clayaikenfan

Hi! I have a friend who owns a gym/karate school, and he just purchased 4 2003 Solairis and a 2003 Sundome. He has decided that he doesn't want to deal with opening a salon so has offered them to me for $12,000. The salon is going to be located in the gym, it should have a good bit of traffic. He isn't going to charge me rent, just the difference in the lightbill, basically not much overhead. I have to paint and make the place look nice but not much else. Should I jump on this? We live in a small town with a couple of other salons that do very well. If I do decide to do this, where do I start with opening the salon? Thanks so much!

unity

Is there enough electricity to run the beds? Rooms going to be big enough. Those are big beds! What will you offer to make your salon stand-out above the others. Are you sure they are doing well? If they are opening a third in a city with only two other could saturate the market and everyone loses.

I think SunSally will help out with some questions for ya. Free rent is great though!

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clayaikenfan

Hi, thanks for the reply! Electricity and room sizes are fine, I know I can offer lower prices than the other places. I need to come up with some other things to make me stand out, though.

mr belvedere

#1 - You need to charge whatever the other salons are charging for their comparable beds! Hai?

#2 - You need to be promoting the tanning services to all of the gym and dojo members, their friends, their family, their co-workers, etc. There are several promotions you can do in this area to get the ball rolling and start producing revenue immediately. Always remember, Danielsan, word-of-mouth advertising is the best, especially in this business.

#3 - The tanning business needs to be run as a seperate business from the gym/dojo. You'll probably need to offer different hours (longer). You'll have tanners that don't want to work out or attend Karate classes.

Sounds like a great opportunity to me! Yosh! Onei gozai masu! ~Go for it! Good luck ... so to speak! hehe~

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