About extension
Lower your salon's payment processing costs with Helcim's interchange-plus pricing. Keep Boulevard for bookings, appointments, and client management. Use Helcim to process payments for less.
The Helcim Payment Extension is an independent productivity tool designed to help you work more efficiently across your favorite platforms. Please note that this extension is not a direct API integration and is not officially sponsored, authorized, or endorsed by Boulevard or the third-party software providers it supports. Instead, it acts as a smart bridge in your browser, automating the manual entry of your Helcim payment data into other apps to save you time. We are proud to offer this innovative solution to give you more flexibility and choice in how you manage your business data!
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Features
Continue managing appointments, memberships, client profiles, and bookings in Boulevard. Use Helcim to process payments without switching your salon management software.
Replace flat-rate processing with interchange-plus pricing that can save your salon 25–33% on processing costs on average.
Get automatic volume discounts and transparent pricing without monthly processing fees or long-term contracts.
Get access to a compliant surcharging program and pass on the processing cost to your clients. Pay 0% when your clients pay with credit cards compared to BLVD's Offset program that still deducts 1% on every transaction.
How it works with Helcim
Boulevard manages appointments and client profiles, while Helcim processes payments. Transactions sync to your Helcim dashboard for reporting and deposits. Refunds or external adjustments may require manual updates, and invoice currency must match your Helcim account.
Requirements
Setup
Create a free Helcim account. If you already have one, you can skip this step.
Install the Helcim Payment Extension to your browser from the Chrome Store.
Follow the guide that appears after downloading the extension. It will prompt you to log in to your Helcim account to sync the extension, and then select a currency.
If you have a Card Reader or Smart Terminal, you can pair it by copy-pasting your 4-digit device code onto your Payment Extensions tab in AutoRepair Cloud.
FAQs
Yes — Helcim’s interchange-plus pricing is often much cheaper than Boulevard's built-in payment fees.
Yes. The Helcim Payment Extension is a Chrome browser extension that lets you take payments through Helcim for invoices, appointments, and outstanding balances while you work in Boulevard. It is an independent Helcim product and is not a direct integration with Boulevard.
You get lower fees, ability to process card-present transactions, faster workflows, and reduced manual reconciliation across your invoices.
Yes — Helcim Payment Extension provides affordable payment processing which can be an alternative to Boulevard's built-in payment system.
