Rename Stylist to Barber (or Anything Else)
Using Terminology to make Perceny speak your industry vocabulary, everywhere at once.
Perceny ships with salon vocabulary. If you are a barbershop, a nail studio, a clinic, a gym or a tattoo shop, "Stylist" is the wrong word, and it is on hundreds of screens.
Where to change itCopy a link to this section
Business Settings → Features Configuration → Terminology.
Change the terms and the whole product follows: menus, buttons, notifications, the booking page your clients see, and even the helper text under other settings.
What changes with itCopy a link to this section
Because the terms are substituted rather than hard-coded, a rename reaches places you would not think to check:
- The left navigation and every screen title.
- Button labels and confirmation dialogs.
- Client-facing booking and kiosk copy.
- Notification and reminder text.
- The helper text under settings: read a Payment Settings description after a rename and it will be talking about barbers.
- Report names and columns.
SavingCopy a link to this section
Terminology is saved with an explicit Save rather than instantly, unlike the switches on other tabs. That is deliberate: a rename touches every screen at once, and half-typed words appearing product-wide as you type would be worse than useless.
Do it earlyCopy a link to this section
Change the vocabulary before you train your team, not after. Once people have learned the interface with the wrong word, the rename creates a week of "where did that go?", and the whole point was to remove friction, not add it.
Singular, plural and articlesCopy a link to this section
Terms carry singular, plural and capitalised forms so sentences stay grammatical. "Barber", "Barbers", "a barber": set them all, or you will find a screen reading "add a Barbers".
What it does not changeCopy a link to this section
Terminology renames words. It does not change behaviour, permissions or reporting. A stylist renamed to a barber is still governed by the Stylist role and the Stylist permission tabs; the word on screen changes, the underlying role does not.