Good evening all,
I have been an avid follower on Salongeek for some time now and have leant so many things from you all for that I am thankful.
I am now in need of all your advice. I will set the scene .
In July I rented two rooms with my friend within a hairdressers, we were both new to the industry but as we were/still not youngsters and knew what we wanted from the business and naively or not how to run and start up the business.
We made contact with the owner of the hair salon by pure chance. He had two rooms to rent so we explained our situation i.e just starting up, not got a business loan or grants or client base etc. He seemed very understanding and was eager to get us started as the rooms had been vacant for over a year. We agreed we would pay him 30% per week of what we earned and review it when we have a client base.
So things have slowly picked up and we are gradually building a client base. We use one room for treatments i.e. beauty and holistic and the other room for nails and spray tanning, its been working well. Until now
He has sprung it on us now that he wants us to pay £150 a week. On average we have only been paying him £50, some weeks are good others are not so good.
He himself has admitted to being in financial difficulties and his salon is getting more and more empty by the day. He has lost drive and barely comes in any more, and has made numerous comments about what are we doing to get the clients? Well we have done all we can at this point in time, i.e., Facebook, website, leaflet drops, local business discounts, radio ads and a competition, special offers, packages, local networking meetings etc etc
When asked what else he suggested we do, he said it wasnt for him to say .. cop out or what? :smack:
He isnt doing anything to promote his business and expects things to come to him. The worst thing is, I found out his rent is only £400 a month and rates is £200! So wed be covering that! He is not putting us through the books, that I know for sure so the money is just going wherever he wants, ie his pocket.
So I ask myself is this a reasonable amount he is asking? Am I just being too naive in the world of business? Should we stick it out until our client base grows? Should we look elsewhere? How long does it take to build a client base?
Im at a loss, my business partner and I are both so tired by everything, we dont know what to do, we feel like giving up ..
If anyone can offer advice or opinions it would be appreciated, good or bad I want to hear it.
Sorry for the length of the post! I thank everyone in advance for reading and replying! J
XXX
I have been an avid follower on Salongeek for some time now and have leant so many things from you all for that I am thankful.
I am now in need of all your advice. I will set the scene .
In July I rented two rooms with my friend within a hairdressers, we were both new to the industry but as we were/still not youngsters and knew what we wanted from the business and naively or not how to run and start up the business.
We made contact with the owner of the hair salon by pure chance. He had two rooms to rent so we explained our situation i.e just starting up, not got a business loan or grants or client base etc. He seemed very understanding and was eager to get us started as the rooms had been vacant for over a year. We agreed we would pay him 30% per week of what we earned and review it when we have a client base.
So things have slowly picked up and we are gradually building a client base. We use one room for treatments i.e. beauty and holistic and the other room for nails and spray tanning, its been working well. Until now
He has sprung it on us now that he wants us to pay £150 a week. On average we have only been paying him £50, some weeks are good others are not so good.
He himself has admitted to being in financial difficulties and his salon is getting more and more empty by the day. He has lost drive and barely comes in any more, and has made numerous comments about what are we doing to get the clients? Well we have done all we can at this point in time, i.e., Facebook, website, leaflet drops, local business discounts, radio ads and a competition, special offers, packages, local networking meetings etc etc
When asked what else he suggested we do, he said it wasnt for him to say .. cop out or what? :smack:
He isnt doing anything to promote his business and expects things to come to him. The worst thing is, I found out his rent is only £400 a month and rates is £200! So wed be covering that! He is not putting us through the books, that I know for sure so the money is just going wherever he wants, ie his pocket.
So I ask myself is this a reasonable amount he is asking? Am I just being too naive in the world of business? Should we stick it out until our client base grows? Should we look elsewhere? How long does it take to build a client base?
Im at a loss, my business partner and I are both so tired by everything, we dont know what to do, we feel like giving up ..
If anyone can offer advice or opinions it would be appreciated, good or bad I want to hear it.
Sorry for the length of the post! I thank everyone in advance for reading and replying! J
XXX