Bismarck is home to about 74,000 people. The moderate cost of living means competitive pricing — and every dollar saved on software goes further.
Hair Stylists in North Dakota need a Cosmetology License. Requirements vary — contact your city or county business licensing office for current details.
Insurance: $100K-$500K general liability
Continuing Education: Most states require 5-16 hours biennially
North Dakota has a 0-2.5% income tax. Very low income tax (effectively 0% for most solopreneurs under new flat rate). Oil economy in west. Low population. Fargo is primary market.
When evaluating software costs, factor in your effective tax rate. A $600/year software expense is partially deductible — but Nexa at $279 once is a one-time deduction that eliminates the recurring expense entirely.
Whether you call it invoice management, a solution for clients, or a processing payments system — most hair stylists in Bismarck string together Vagaro, Booksy, Square, boulevard and other monthly services. That's $600/year in tool subscriptions. Over 5 years at today's prices, the total damage is $3,000.
Nexa gives you the ability to stop renting software. Your CRM, invoice management, booking, clients, time tracking, and financial tools — wrapped into one solution. A single action books a client. A single action generates an invoice. No bouncing between tools. No middleware. No sync fees. It's a one-time purchase — cut costs from the first day. For hair stylists in Bismarck weighing the switch, the 30-day money-back guarantee covers the migration window — you can run Nexa in parallel with your existing subscriptions, verify the workflow handles your real client load, and only cancel the monthly tools once you are confident the data and processes have settled in.
You're a suite renter paying $350/week. Your 10am cancels last-minute — that's a $120 color appointment gone. You've got back-to-back clients until 7pm, but you need to reorder color and you can't remember what formula you used on your 2pm's balayage last time. You check Vagaro, your notebook, and your texts — it's in none of them. Meanwhile two new clients are trying to book through Instagram DMs and you haven't responded since yesterday.
That is the work Nexa is built around: the job, the client, the hours and the invoice live in one place, so the paperwork side of the day doesn't need a second shift.
Every one of those was bought once and earns its keep for years. Nexa is priced the same way: $279 once, and it keeps working whether business is busy or slow.
Dated changes to the subscriptions a hair stylist might rent. Each one links the announcement or report it comes from. Tap one for the numbers.
For renewals on or after February 1, 2026, Pro Plus and Mac Plus went from $999 to $1,149 a year for one user, and each extra seat from $200 to $230.
Source: SWK Technologies, Insightful Accountant (Dec 2, 2025)
From July 1, 2025: Simple Start $35 to $38, Essentials $65 to $75, Plus $99 to $115, Advanced $235 to $275 a month.
Source: Woodard Report (May 27, 2025)
Only changes we can link to a vendor announcement or a named publication are listed. Plans, add-ons and discounts vary, so check the vendor's current pricing page before you decide.
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