SunBaby82

Curious if any of you other tanning salons out there have an esthetician or cosmetologist to offer other services such as waxing, facials, teeth whitening, etc. If so, do you hire them on as an employee and what is an adequate pay? Or do you do a split commission? I am looking to bring in an esthetician but do not want to insult her with an inadequate pay structure since this is new to me. Any advice would be helpful!

delany

I am an esthetician and did facials/waxing/lashes out of my tanning salon. It never picked up. It was too noisy for facials and people want to tan at their salon, not get other things done some place that doesnt specialize in it.

Now I have a sunless spa. I am currently hiring estheticians for new locations that I am opening. the average rate of pay requested is $12-15 an hour plus 35-50% commission. Crazy high. I am expecting to pay $12 an hour plus 15% commission on services. I know at the wax chain here they pay $9 and max out at 10 an hour plus 15% commission.

delany

Oh and it also depends on if you are supplying all the supplies and clients or if she is.

SunBaby82

I would be supplying all of the supplies... she would just be a part timer who is brought in specifically for waxes. We get a ton of interest in waxing, so I know it will be a success. Just needed an accurate pay scale! thanks for your help!

delany

No problem! Before I started doing esti stuff at my salon, I polled tanners about what they would be interested in...they all wanted me to do waxing, facials etc. I think I waxed 4 tanners and did one facial on a tanner in the year that i did it. When I closed my salon, I worked out of a friends tanning salon. same thing...I was there a few months and her clients were not real interested.

If you can get a girl that is willing to work the desk to promote herself that might help

Black Sun

You may be better off if you have them work as independent contractors. It removes you of legalities/buying supplies etc. Simply rent out space to them and charge rent...$125 week to $300 a month...whatever your area sports

delany

Rent in my area goes from $500-2k for a very small room a month depending on location and type of salon.

SunBaby82

For those that booth rent out a space in their salons, do you take any % of their sales? Or they pay only for the room rental and they take 100%?? Thanks!

sunsally

My friend's salon hires out a room to a nail tech - they get room rent, she keeps all her sales.

When they advertise, they have sometimes included a coupon for her part - and charged her a portion of the ad.

Run the numbers two different ways:

1. How much do you make if you just charge rent (I'd do it weekly - and stay on top of it....)

vs

2. How much to hire someone in, pay them a salary plus expenses and commission.


Agree with Delany's experience - I think I would be more inclined to let someone motivated rent a room first and see how they do with it. If they take off gangbusters -- you get the rent and the chance to sell tanning to her clients. If it DOESN'T - you got the rent and the chance to see it wasn't really a fit like clients said....

If I was an esty --- I think I would be a lot more motivated knowing that I didn't get paid unless I brought in business -- but if I DID bring in business, I got the benefit of what I was selling! It will be a harder sell for them in a tanning salon then setting up in a spa -- so want to find someone with a bit of "entrepreneur" spirit to try to hustle for herself to find and keep clients.

parrot head

Good points Sunsally. The key word here is "motivated". The renter must be available to their cliants at all times. If their claint is unhappy in any way, they get mad at you because they are situated in your salon. They might be totally independent from your business, but it still reflects on you.