Is this the new business trend??

[sarahpoppy24]

Hello geeks, I was noticing recently that there are lots people popping up who say did beauty at college or what ever but never realy took it on as profession and are now offering say spray tans nails etc after their regular job and at weekends. They are cheaper than salons etc and have taken advantage of the fact people are cutting back on costs and need more money them selves. I am mobile full time and my prices are cheaper than the top salons in my area but around the same as the regual ones and more expensive than the little ones. Does any one think this is a new trend with the two job thing or is it just that I am noticing it more now I am mobile and they are my copmetition. Has anyone else notices lots of part time spray tanners nail techs etc or is it just me xxxxxx

 

[Timeless Tanning]

Hi there

I have definitely noticed an increase in part time mobile techs. Spray tanning seems to be the most popular where I am. But yes, I think people are wanting to earn a bit of extra cash, how committed they are well, we will wait and see.

Jackie x

 

[jes]

I think what your noticing is a general boom of everybody training and then offering a spray tanning service. I'm afraid it seems like the market is getting saturated with people doing spray tans.

 

[spraytangeek]

Its is also with tanning companys offering 'business in a box' and such things as well. Giving people the impression that anyone can do it and build up a buisness, but we all know its not that easy.

 

[user 25559]

Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with a bit of healthy competition, and as long as the person concerned has had the relevant correct training then good for them. Just because someone decides to do mobile spray tanning, nails or whatever part time doesn't make them any less of a professional than someone who works full time. Or maybe it could be that they are building up their business whilst working full time so as not to take the plunge completely before they know their business holds them in good position to give up their regular full time job to pursue their business dreams!!!
Who knows what one persons personal commitments regarding the reasons to them being part time techs are??? Some may have young children and may find it difficult to leave them with their partner or family member/friend etc unless its on evenings/weekends.

 

[Bagpuss]

I agree with keeley in that working part time for some is the only option....I worked part time in a call center for 6 years...(i had to with 3 small children to look after too) it didn't make me less committed than the full timers.

Its what you do during the hours you work that makes for commitment IMO....and what you do do make sure that you are offering a good, safe and trained service.

 

[persianista]

I think it is a reflection of the tough times that many people are experiencing. To do a day job, then sclepp about every evening doing a part time job, where is the work/life balance in that? I really don't blame anyone for having a fallback position in these uncertain times.

 

[Dustysue]

I agree with both Keeley & Angie, I am training on a Gel Overlay Course, I am hoping if I pass that I can work part-time as a nail tech, I will be able to only work part-time as my Husband and I have full care of our Granson (aged 4yrs) who has special needs, but I intend to be committed to offering the best service that I can.
I do not feel that someone working part-time would be any less committed, I have had the experience of having nails done by someone working full-time and got a sub-standard service, with raw cuticles to proove it! There is good and bad in all industries.

Sue xxx

 

[sarahpoppy24]

Hey guys I never once said that these people are providing a bad service lol. I did it before I had clients lol I worked in a shop too?? I was just wondering if this is happening in any other area of the country etc and if it was just me seeming to see it all the time. Its just the impression of the mobile hairdresser a few years back was some old woman who did cheap perms ha ha now it seems alot of people are deciding to enter the beaaty industry self employed. That is all!! I hope i havent seemed as though I have been offending anybody....xx

 

[Timeless Tanning]

I'm also not saying that part time techs are less committed as that is what I am. All I'm saying is that it is hard work to make a success of things with the amount of competition around and having a full time job and I don't think some people realise that.

Good luck to anyone that does two jobs and is able to make it work for them. It is just in my area in the five months that I have started up, that I have noticed several new business starting up which is fine as I have already established a really good client base so hope that i won't be affected too much.

Jackie

 

[Bagpuss]

Since i started out there have been at least 15 nail techs/salons start up around me....Times my clients have arrived and said "ohh did you know that so and so has just trained...or that the local hairdressers has just employed a nail tech".....and i say the same thing every time..."Good for them, there is enough to go round and I hope it works out for them", but past experience has shown me that 6 months later they are gone as quick as they came in....

I do think that for "some" they think its going to be an easy way to earn a quick buck....they like the idea of being a nail tech. When they have done their training though and start to encounter problems, they don't seem to stick at it and work through those problems and give up at the first hurdle realising that its not as easy as it appears.

 

[Dustysue]

I live in a very rural area and what I have come across is a few people that have not done any actual training other than watching a DVD, or Youtube offering to do peoples nails at a "Cut Price", a friend of mine had her nails done by one of these who told her that she had done a 'bit of training?' Her Gel nails lasted 2 days! I feel these are the people that can flood the areas. Just my observation guys.

Sue xx

 

[geeg]

I agree with keeley in that working part time for some is the only option....I worked part time in a call center for 6 years...(i had to with 3 small children to look after too) it didn't make me less committed than the full timers.

Its what you do during the hours you work that makes for commitment IMO....and what you do do make sure that you are offering a good, safe and trained service.

You may be committed 100% while you are actually working but in our business you have to be AVAILABLE and to me THAT is part of the commitment one makes to clients. If one is not available as and when needed, then that is not showing true commitment only part time commitment. IMHO

 

[persianista]

I wouldn't really class someone doing a few spray tans after work in the evenings as "setting up in business" It's just someone trying to earn a few quid. Geeg is absolutely right about clients wanting full time available well trained techs/therapists/stylists.
The clients that will try out cheapo amateur services are usually not the clients that value techs/ therapists/ stylists at our level. As a stylist, I would not compete on price with a fresh out of college mobile. That doesn't make her a threat to me. She could never hope to compete with me on skill and knowledge levels.
Just as there are many types of client ther will be many levels of workers to fullfill demand. There is a call for every level of stylist/therapist/ tech

 

[Marilyn Monroe]

Facebook is best for seeing all these new set ups, i have a girl i know she offering Spray tan and a full set for £20.

 

[persianista]

Thats all very well, at some point the penny will drop that she is making around a fiver for an evening's work!!! If it all came down to the cheapest, I wouldn't have done 61 clients last week. Lots of us on here (Geeg springs to mind as well) are not working cheap, yet we are full booked.
Really, don't get wound up over wannabees having a play in the industry!