glowtanning530

Alright. As most of you knwo I bought a salon in Sept and it has been doing great. I went in knowing 3 of the 6 beds really needed to be replaced. I have already replaced one. Now here is my question. I have an old Hex stand up that is doing the job. I don't have a huge demand for it, but it is one of the beds that needs to be replaced, a fuse went out yesterday not a big deal. Well where I am going with this is do I replace the stand up and get a another base bed like the Santa Barbara or do I nurse the stand up along for another year and up grade to an ergoline I cannot do both it is either the ergoline (which I can get more revenue) or the other two beds. The issue is the stand up again is not super popular... We did a pole new lay down or stand up everyone went with lay down. So the stand up would not be generating money like the lay down. HELP

SUNNYDAYS1

If the HEX is your only standup up do not replace it with a bed. The HEX may not be the best standup but as long as it does the job I would keep it. Upgrade one of your other beds and make more money with it.

I have a HEX II and it is eight years old and it does just fine. Standup is not that high of a demand in either of my salons. (My other salon has a Sontegrea Sunami)

missyhot

Every salon should have at least one stand up don't you think? I have one sitting here waiting to be hooked up and customers can't wait for it (so they say). Maybe baby it for a while longer. Do you not have room to put another bed and keep the standup?

nailartist710

Well, If u did a pole and everyone said that they would much rather have a laydown, I would go with that. Honesty, I am not a huge fan of stand up units. They give you a great tan, but I like to take that short little nap in a laydown. And if u fall asleep in a stand up... that can hurt!! ;)

So, my vote would be the lay down.

Good Luck!

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glowtanning530

No my plan was to replace with another stand up but I think another lay down is a better option.

lisa@oceantan

We have alot of guys that like the standup, because the time spent is alot shorter. We have 2 SunDash 252's at each store. I had a guy come in the other day and buy one month unlimited in it. The booth has 52- 200 Watt bulbs, and gives out a 6.5% UVB emmission. I think. which is very high. 12 min max. I like to use it to get over the "plateau" and also because it's great when you need something to get your sides and underneath the arms. Personally I think its a great thing to offer clients... let us know what you decide!

SandiGirl

It's not like those people that said they'd prefer laydown don't have that option now. You're asking laydown people if they'd prefer standup. Of course they'd say laydown. My standup is the least used bed too but I wouldn't want to exclude the standup users that I do have. It may only be 20 people but that's 20 people that could go somewhere else.

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glowtanning530

Oh no I never planned on excluding it. It was a matter of replacing it first or adding another level bed to the salon... which was a lay down. I would NEVER eliminate it. Its the only one in town

sunsally

You say the stand up isn't getting a lot of use, and you are trying to decide between:

1. Replace the infrequently used standup, and add a base bed (lowest profit producing bed in a salon)

OR

2. Hold onto the standup and still get those customers who use it now AND add a new, higher profit producing bed that the customers have already said they want.

No decision -- #2. You make more money, and you give clients what they want. Win-win, absolutely!

glowtanning530

I went with #2 hold on to the standup and still get those customers who use it and add a new higher profit producing bed that the customers are already demanding