#444 - Uncapped Commissions Will be the Standard in 3 Years
Thriving Stylist Podcast
Britt Seva
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
If you've been in the salon industry for any length of time, you already know the traditional commission model is broken. Stylists feel cheated, salon owners feel cheated, and somehow, we've all just accepted that this is "the way it's done." But what if there was a model where everybody wins, profit is protected, and your top performers actually want to stay?
That's exactly what uncapped commissions deliver, and I genuinely believe that by 2030, this will be the standard of pay across our industry. In this episode, I share exactly how uncapped commissions work, why the traditional model keeps everyone stuck, and how we build a compensation structure that puts profit first without sacrificing your team.
This is the future of salon compensation, and understanding it now is what separates the salons that thrive from the ones that struggle to compete!
Ready to see exactly how this works for your salon? I'm hosting a free 3-day training starting July 13th where we dig into all of it. Head to www.thrivingstylist.com/nextlevelsalon to register. Spots are not held, so make sure you sign up before the 13th to get access!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I want to read you something a salon owner DM'd me. |
| 0:03.6 | She said, any chance you can help me sell my salon. |
| 0:07.1 | Six years owning and I want out. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm exhausted, tired of hearing the team complain, |
| 0:12.5 | and I'd honestly make more money as a booth renter. |
| 0:15.7 | I've taught my stylist everything, handed them things on a silver platter. |
| 0:19.4 | It's never enough, and I cannot figure out how to make |
| 0:22.0 | this work. If that hits close to home, what I'm about to say is for you. What stylists want has |
| 0:29.2 | changed. The old compensation models that used to work are now the exact thing that is draining |
| 0:35.8 | your profit and pushing your best people out the door. |
| 0:39.7 | But here's what I also know. |
| 0:41.8 | Thousands of salons have already figured this out. |
| 0:44.2 | And in the last year alone, they added $250,000 to $500,000 in revenue while paying uncapped |
| 0:52.1 | commissions and turning away stylists who were desperate to work for them. |
| 0:57.0 | That gap between the salons that are thriving and the ones that are barely surviving is exactly |
| 1:03.8 | what I'm closing at next level salon. It's a three-day completely online virtual training |
| 1:10.3 | for salon owners. It's happening July 13th |
| 1:13.8 | through the 15th, 2026. Over three days, I'm going to show salon owners how to increase salon |
| 1:19.3 | revenue by 20% or more in 90 days or less, how to offer uncapped commissions while guaranteeing |
| 1:25.6 | your own profit every single month and how to attract |
| 1:29.3 | and retain the high performing stylist your salon deserves. This is a paid experience. |
| 1:33.8 | Seats are limited. Get registered now at thrivingstylist.com forward slash next level salon. |
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