Starting out to cheap

[Vetty]

give your regulars notice about it.

Exactly what I do - put prices up from 1st Feb but tell regulars that their prices increase from 1st April.... They get plenty of time to get used to the idea and appreciate that they are paying less for 3 months than any new clients.

Btw, I charge £35 for a full set and £25 for a 2 week rebalance and those prices are going up this year. Don't undersell yourselves.

 

[Emily9]

Treatments are always quite a personal thing i think and you'll find if your clients like you, like your work they will stay with you.

Sit down work out how much on it costs you in petrol, costs in product work out a cost for your time and see how much a set of nails costs you to do and work out the cost of nail art sepreatly. My price list covers everything, i put my travelling costs in my prices i dont list them sepreatly as my clients don't need to know that infomation.

Personally i think you should charge extra for nail art i wouldn't give it away it cost me time and money to do so why would i do it for free? also let your exsisting clients know your putting your prices up i wouldn't offer a discount.

 

[jax]

If your nails are lasting 2-3 weeks then you're not charging enough.

I would prepare your existing clients that your 'probabtion' period following your training is coming to an end shortly and that you will soon have to increase your prices accordingly - be confident about it, your work is worth it.

Prepare yourself that you will lose some clients, maybe in the long term you might lose all of them because at the moment you have the 'budget' spender, these folks arent very lucrative, ideally you want a new client base and believe it or not your higher prices will attract that!

Good luck, it has to be done - better sooner than later!

ps. In my salon I charge £45 for a full set and £34 for a rebalance after 3 weeks