Hi Patricia,
I will speak to you from a salon owners point of view as well as a nail professional. First, As a salon owner I feel that you are paying too much commission especially when it sounds as though you have supplied every single thing. I feel that if I was the salon owner in your situation, I would be in the range of 70/30 or 75/25. This is before the fact that you are going to now be sharing your product, station and equipment. With that being said, I feel that the salon owner should pay you an amount of rent that you feel is fair. Take into consideration, what you will be supplying for the cosmo and negotiate and fair weekly rent /fee based on usage and time expected in the station by the other cosmo. Commission won't work because you won't have access to what the other person is going to be making. Otherwise, I feel that you all will have to go back to the drawing board and work out what will be fair and create a win/win for everyone involved. As a nail professional, I would not accept the offer of 60/40 because you have had to supply everything.literally. More importantly, you are not getting any support from the salon to grow your business. Therefore, you have to take into consideration the cost for you to create a "brand" and grow your business, i.e. brochures, business cards, direct mailing pieces etc. Higher commissions normally come with all of that and an expectation of how you can expect your business to grow. I don't need to tell you that during these times, we should all be treating our business as though we are going out of business. The other hard fact is this salon just might NOT be the place for you. You will spend quite a bit of time there and it should be a good fit. That's my two cents in, I hope that helps you out a bit. Good Luck, LaShaun Brown-Glenn Speaking On Point <http://www.speakingonpoint.com> www.speakingonpoint.com P/F:888.983.3444 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patricia Arsenault Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 9:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: NailTech:: Commision Question I'm currently at a salon paying 40% commision and I supply everything right down to my table, chairs, pedi chair, supplies, I mean everything. As we know nail products are not cheap! I think 40% is too much and now we have a cosmo. coming in that does everything. She is going to use my table and pedicure chair and now the owner and she will be making money with my equipment (and polishes). I am only there 2 days a week and have asked the salon owner to let me pay her 25% commision and she can use my equipment. My question is do you all think this is fair or am I being unreasonable with this offer. There is also no advertising done, I supply my own business cards and brochures. I feel like a heel but I'm trying be business smart here. What do you all think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
