Practical advice to fill your appointment book, cut no-shows and grow your hair salon.
The advertised price is rarely what leaves your account, and in Australia it is sometimes not even in your currency. Every cost line of salon software explained, with figures checked at the source.
A price copied from the salon across the road is not a calculated price. Here is how to build a UK price list that covers your costs and values your skill.
No single law says "patch test". Your colour manufacturer and your insurer do. Here is what UK salons must actually do, record and keep.
The licenses come from your state board, the EIN is free, and the booking system does not have to cost a dime. Here is the opening roadmap, in order.
No national licence, but plenty of real obligations: registrations, byelaws, insurance, VAT. Here is what opening a UK hair salon actually involves.
Whether you need a certificate to cut hair depends on your province. The rest of the opening roadmap is surprisingly consistent. Here it is, in order.
Most of Australia will let anyone pick up scissors, but NSW and SA will not, and your council may want the premises registered. Here is the opening roadmap, in order.
Radio by the till, a playlist at the basin: as soon as clients can hear it, UK copyright law calls it playing music in public. Here is what that costs, and the honest alternatives.
No rent, no chair fee, clients who love that you come to them. Mobile hairdressing works, if you price the travel and run the diary like a business.
No rent, no chair fee, and clients who love that you come to them. Mobile hairdressing works in Australia, if you price the kilometres and run the diary like a business.
The 2 pm client is not here and the 3 pm color just walked in early. Here is how to handle lateness and no-call no-shows without losing the client or the day.
It is 2.12pm, the 2pm colour has not arrived, and the 3.30pm client is always on time. Here is how to decide quickly, and exactly what to say.
