It's no secret that being a hairstylist is an incredibly lucrative career path on its own, but small differences in your day-to-day business can boost your bottom line even more. Here, Jessica Scott, salon owner and hairstylist, shares three tips for making more money behind the chair.
1. Upsell At Least One Service Per Day
Example: If you do one eyebrow wax per day at $14, and work five days per week, that's $70 extra dollars per week / $280 Month / $3640 a year (no expense taken out). Imagine if you added a conditioning treatment on two guests per day at $25 each and work five days per week? That would be $250 weekly/ $1000 monthly / $13,000 yearly in sales.
2. Work with an Assistant - Double the Income
If you only take one highlight client per day, working with an assistant can up that to two clients per day. Instead of $300 per client, now you are at $600 in sales while your assistant helps shampoo, tone, blow-dry, etc… (minus the expense of what you pay your assistant and expenses).
3. Sell Retail