For stylists · San Francisco and the East Bay · Founding group
A better way to be found, booked, and paid.
Encore is a platform for independent stylists, opening across San Francisco and the East Bay, and we’re accepting a limited number of stylists into the founding group. You keep your clients, your rates, and your methods. We help the right clients discover your work and handle the parts that slow you down.
You set your rate and receive all of it. The client pays Encore’s 25% service fee on top. $0 to join, no monthly cost.
About 2 minutes: a few questions and a photo of you. We reply within 48 hours.
See how it works
For independent stylists.
What we handle
The whole business, running behind the work.
You are good at the styling. The booking back-and-forth, the chasing of payment, the paperwork, the staying in touch, all of it is the part that eats your week and pays you nothing. Encore takes it on.
A profile that gets you booked.
A page that shows your work the way it deserves to be seen.
Booking without the back-and-forth.
Clients request a time, you take the ones that suit you.
Money that arrives on its own.
Your full rate transfers automatically once a session is complete.
Your clients stay yours.
Every client stays linked to your profile, rebooking is a tap.
What stays yours
Independent, in every way that counts.
Your rates, your calendar, your methods, your clients. You run your own business; we just make it easier to run.
100%
of your rate is yours on every session and every rental, paid out automatically once the session is complete. Clients only pay a separate service fee that supports the platform.
$0
to join. No monthly cost. We handle booking, payments, and scheduling, at no cost to you.
Your full rate, transferred after the session.
How it works
Three steps to your first booking.
Apply and be reviewed
Send us your work. We review every application personally and reply within 48 hours.
Build your profile
We help you build a profile that shows your work at its best. You set sessions, rates, and availability.
Take the work that suits you
Clients find you, request times, and you accept the ones you want. Payment is automatic.
Getting started
What we ask, and when.
To apply (about 2 minutes): your name, email, the city you work in, a photo of you, and your Instagram or portfolio link, or a short note if you don’t have one. Photos of your work are optional, and no documents are needed.
Once you’re approved: build your profile (photos, bio, sessions, and rates), accept the Stylist Agreement, and connect your bank through Stripe so payouts reach you. Stripe asks for your tax details there, so there is no separate W-9.
Before your first booking: nothing else. If your city requires a business license, you confirm that you have one when you accept the Stylist Agreement. Insurance is your call; we recommend general liability coverage, and our guide shows simple options.
Already have clients?
Bring a few you choose.
Bring a few clients you choose and run their next booking through Encore, while you keep the relationship entirely. Your clients stay yours, on Encore and off.
The rest is your taste.
We review every application personally and reply within 48 hours.
Start my applicationAbout 2 minutes: a few questions and a photo of you. We reply within 48 hours.
Rentals
Put your wardrobe to work,
if you want to.
Rent out a few pieces from your own wardrobe alongside a session, or on their own. You pick the pieces and set every price, Encore handles the rental terms, the return, and the payment, and your full rate on every rental is yours. Completely optional, entirely on your terms.
Your full rate is yours
Rentals carry the same Encore service fee as sessions (25% of your rate, paid by the client on top), and you set every price. As a starting point Encore suggests about 20% of a piece’s retail value per rental; you can charge whatever you like.
Returns, your way
Offer drop-off (free), a prepaid mailer, ship-to-client, or pickup at a fee you set. For the mailer and shipping, Encore prints the label and charges the client the exact carrier cost - it never comes out of your pocket or your cut. Pickup is a fee you set, and 100% of it passes to you.
Late and damage, on your terms
You set the return window and any late, loss, or damage charge directly with the client. A charge reflects your actual, documented loss, never a punitive or per-day fee. Encore only facilitates: it never sets the charge or takes a cut.
The full terms you set with the client (your prices, any declared value, the condition-photo flow, and how charges tied to your actual, documented loss work) live in your Stylist Agreement.
From the founder
We’re starting with a small founding group.
We’re accepting a limited number of independent stylists into Encore’s founding group for San Francisco and the East Bay, and founding stylists are on Encore from the very start.
Every application is reviewed by hand within 48 hours. Have questions? Message me on Instagram at @encorestylist.
Kevin
Founder, Encore
The founding group is forming now.
Encore is opening across San Francisco and the East Bay with a founding group of independent stylists. You keep your clients, your rates, and your methods. You set your rate and receive all of it, and it is $0 to join with no monthly cost.
Start my applicationAbout 2 minutes: a few questions and a photo of you. We reply within 48 hours.