Mobile Waxing - do you impose a minimum spend?

[millyspook]

Hi

I am currently offering spray tanning and am thinking of doing a waxing course at college in September so that I can also offer this.

As I cannot do waxing on the same day as spray tanning, do any of you impose a minimum spend so that I make it worth my while travelling to a clients house. It would seem pointless if all they wanted was an eyebrow wax!

 

[beauty4you]

The way I think on it is that I would go out the house to earn the £15 for the tan so I stipulate that waxing or other treatments should come to a min of £15 for me to go to them.

Other than that I need the client to come to me.

hth

Cath

 

[nixnewcastle]

I agree with Cath, if you are making profit off the client in other ways then yes but if it's a 1 off eyebrow wax with a fair travel you could either charge for the travelling costs or have a minimum spend

 

[marie111]

Many mobile therapists have a minimum charge otherwise it wouldn't be worth their while for say one eyebrow wax. My minimum is £22

 

[user 28883]

Although I am not Beauty, with hair my lowest Price is £8 which is enough to cover my time etc, just, I always have an extra charge of between £2 - £5 for clients slightly further afield. For Kids I charge £5 - £8, if its 2 from 1 family then I will do the child for £5 plus the cost of the other family member, so it will be £10 minimum if 2 children, if its for just 1 child then I charge £8. Hope that makes sense.

With other Beauty Therapists, Nail Techs etc.... I have noticed quite a few in my area that charge a minimum of £10 or £15, even if its just a Eyebrow wax at £6, some even charge extra for fuel on top of prices.

 

[Martin Duffy]

As well as minimum spend, perhaps you could offer free fuel costs to those in the same postcode area (if it's small enough) but fuel costs for those outside of it? I know a few people who do this.

 

[weezie]

I do a minimum £25 spend but take each case as it comes, I always ask where do you live? and if it's on route from where I am traveling to that week I will plan the journey so that I can go there on the way or way back from another clients. I have done loads of £20 or less treatments where the client then books £70 of treatments regularly after they have seen whether I am good or not, they may just be testing you out with a small treatment. My advise would be to put a minimum spend on the advertising but if someone calls you for a smaller appointment and it is near by consider fitting them into a day where it is convenient.

E.g I did a £20 wax the other day and now the client is having regular waxing and pedicures at £50