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Old 12-08-2009, 01:13 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
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Re: Thinking of Adding Spray Tanning

ive also thought of adding a spray booth. we seem to be getting alot of calls asking if we do spray tanning and there is only one other place in town that does it but they do it by hand. thats just to personal for me. but for me the price of new machines are way to high for my market. i worry that the used ones will need lots of work and i wont know how to fix it. the main problems ive heard of from other salon owners is. clogs in the machines jets. customer streaks because they did not follow directions. and some will not spray at all if it is raining outside. good luck hope it works for you.
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Re: Thinking of Adding Spray Tanning

We too are thinking of adding a spray tanning . From what I am reading the airbrush does better. Why is that and what are your prices?
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Old 12-09-2009, 04:06 AM   #13 (permalink)
 
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If you actually what to see how the general public percieves the spray tanning systems? Take a night off and go see the Old guys with John Travolta and Robin Williams ! LMAO
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It is our (people who spray tan ) job to show them that the "old School" thought pattern is no longer the case. You longer have to look like an umpa Lumpa when you have a spray tan . There some wonderful quality solutions out there. Yes there are some bad stuff but again it is our job to test out solutions before we spray it on clients. In fact we did a test at a trade show awhile back where a brought 2 sales people with me. One was spray tanned and one was tanned in a tanning bed. 80% of the people poles said the Tanning bed girl was sprayed!

Just like "tanning beds cause cancer" isn't true so it is our jobs as the professional to educate them!
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Hey jen, BRAVO makes me think of what General Custer said at the last stand! Listen aren't u getting tired of trying to promote and sell a product / system that is and has been full of flaws! like my title states old school ! over the past 17 years and 7 seven locations 80 pieces of equipment , and wave after wave of new ideas! at least with the traditional beds they have made vast improvements in all areas and NOT AT THE CUSTOMERS EXPENSE! Ive tried all of the spray units out there, either in my salon or someone Else's hoping the manufactures can get it right but they've beat this into the ground! when you get sick of doing the spray tanning industries R and D work at the cost and inconvenience to your customer's you'll understand what I'm trying to say!good luck to you all of you that have the $doe to waste Ive done my part to warn ya!

PS I hope you can regain the trust of your unhappy spray tan clients when you try to sell them a real product that works! if they come back.

Honest Mrs smith this lotion is far better then the last stinky tacky orange goo that turned your clothes orange, Scouts honor and today its only 29.95 for an entire body !
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Re: Thinking of Adding Spray Tanning

Gracie,
You mentioned that spray tan works great if you 'market' it right. Could you share some of the successful techniques you used to market the spray tan system and made $$$ with?
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Re: Thinking of Adding Spray Tanning

Go mobile! we used to have it in the salon but we got rid of it to add another tanning bed but we have always had two units, one is for inside the salon and one is for to go (home or wherever their location) We made so much more money by adding another tanning bed than having the airbrush . We still maintained our airbrush clientèle well I'd say about 85% of them . we just went over and sprayed them in their bathtub or took a pop up tent. Lemme know if you have more questions
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Go mobile! we used to have it in the salon but we got rid of it to add another tanning bed but we have always had two units, one is for inside the salon and one is for to go (home or wherever their location) We made so much more money by adding another tanning bed than having the airbrush. We still maintained our airbrush clientèle well I'd say about 85% of them . we just went over and sprayed them in their bathtub or took a pop up tent. Lemme know if you have more questions
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Thanks for all the post, now if I have a key employee that is going to do the spraying should I offer them a bonus per session?
Or is it part of their normal pay?
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Re: Thinking of Adding Spray Tanning

Hi to all! New here! I was thinking of starting up an airbrushing consultation business and wondered if anyone....not trying to market to you all specifically....would be interested in something like this? I wanted to see if there was any demand before I even got started, lol. I began my tanning salon business in a 1300 sq foot bldg in 2006, in 2008 (thanks to my success with airbrush tanning) I opened a 4500 sq foot facility. I brought in around 90,000 dollars between the months of Mar and July in 2009 with one airbrush artist. All due to marketing and many blessings! Would love any feedback or advice on starting this new dream business for my family!
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