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05-25-2012, 06:08 PM | #12 (permalink) |
Join Date: Aug 22 2005
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Rep Power: 19 | Re: 8 Months in... Do my numbers make sense? Your numbers look about right for a new salon with your setup. Now for the bad news they will start going down after June. Then they will go back up next year. Year over year you can add maybe 20% to the numbers you're doing. Will you ever break even? I very much doubt it. It is a very seasonal business. The numbers spike up as you have seen then drop back down (you have not yet seen how low it will go) But it will suck! Best of luck to you! :) |
05-25-2012, 07:37 PM | #13 (permalink) | |
Join Date: May 24 2012 Location: calgary
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: 8 Months in... Do my numbers make sense? Quote:
As I said the plan is a higher end bed to compliment the standup... So you have a base package and a premium package. That is my current plan but do you have suggestions that might be better?? Everyone talks about spray tan but I MAYBE get 2 requests a month. And at $26,000 for a booth. I just can't make sense of this. Does anyone have any success selling other retail products? And if so what? We're doing lotions body creams moisturizers etc.... Right now. | |
05-25-2012, 07:40 PM | #14 (permalink) |
Join Date: May 24 2012 Location: calgary
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: 8 Months in... Do my numbers make sense? Never said anything like that.... I am on here looking for peer support. I am trying to outline the advantages I see my salon has to allow others to get a more well rounded view of my business.... Don't care for the bashing so keep the comments to yourself if you don't want to have a constructive conversation. |
05-25-2012, 11:02 PM | #15 (permalink) | |
Join Date: Aug 22 2005
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Rep Power: 19 | Re: 8 Months in... Do my numbers make sense? Quote:
As to spray we had maybe 2 calls per week for spray (not too many right?) then we brought in a new Versa Spa, it paid for itself in the first 5 months. now we are looking for a 2nd spray but we are waiting till a couple of the newer units hit the market to see if any will be better than the Versa. You are clearly very customer service minded, thats great! However don't let your customers or your competition dictate your policies or you will be failing to run YOUR business. You are getting advice on this forum that is worth six figures, don't ignore or waste it! | |
05-25-2012, 11:17 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
Join Date: May 24 2012 Location: calgary
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: 8 Months in... Do my numbers make sense? Quote:
WOW I guess thats why everyone has spray tan !! lol.... sooo questions for you is... 6th room.... what do I do? another upgrade bed, or, a spray tan booth?? I am not out here trying to reinvent the wheel, just build a great company and make some money ;) I'll take all the help I can get.. | |
05-25-2012, 11:39 PM | #17 (permalink) | |
Join Date: Aug 22 2005
Posts: 770
Rep Power: 19 | Re: 8 Months in... Do my numbers make sense? Quote:
The difference in points vs minutes is that you sell the session not how long they go in for. 5 min or 10 min are the same price or in this case number of points. Points also make it very easy to offer different levels of equipment as points can be used for all equipment, better equipment just takes more points. When you sell minutes you are selling time, with points you are selling the tan. There are 100s of posts on minutes vs points, take some time and start reading, then read some more, then re read what you have read and THEN come back with questions and we can help you. Have a thick skin, we wont sugar coat the data, I would rather hurt your feelings than see you lose you life savings, but like I said the info you can get here and other forums is worth more more than any salon I have ever seen. Welcome to the world of tanning! :) | |
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