$1 a minute should be right on. I gave Lorraine a spread sheet about 'what are you worth' that she uploaded to her website. You just plug in your prices and how long it takes you to do the service. Then it gives you an idea of what you're making per hour on your service. The eye opener is seeing how some service make you a lot and other don't.
Determining your worth per hour and per minute will answer any future questions "how much should I charge?" Hopefully, she'll see this and post the link for us. I'll add her as a cc. Trust me when I tell you, you're clients want something...they'll pay. If you let them exploit your service for nothing (pay) they will continue to take advantage of that. Really! Do they go to the grocery store and tell the clerk..."come on, just give me the eggs free today"? Why do they think they can do it to you? It's not fair. Until you're willing to risk pissing them off for a day, they'll continue to abuse you financially. You have to say, "I'm worth more than this and I deserve better". I get it. I used to be the same way. Now that I've been to TCU (Tony Cuccio University) I'll never be that girl again. Kind Regards, Elaine T. Watson Star Nail International Vice President of Marketing and Sales Global Education Director 800.782.7624 extension 321 fax 661.257.5856 [email protected] Blog: itsnotarealjob.blogspot.com On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > How much do you charge for simple nail art? > > I have a client (A), she is a sweetheart, but I am feeling like she is > taking advantage of my generosity. The client before her (B), I have been > doing simple rhinestones, stripes, a flower sticker or dot flower on a > couple of nails each week (she has been a client for 12 years). This client > (B) is, as well a sweetheart, and somewhat of a lonely heart, so it makes me > feel good to make her feel special with my simple nail art. (B) always lets > me do whatever I am in the mood to do, whether it be simple or elaborate. > (A) saw the nail art I did on (B) about 2 months ago and I told her that I > would not charge for simple rhinestones, a dot flower on a couple of nails. > She comes in ever other week for a mani and the opposite week for a polish > change. Well, about a month ago (A) started to give me direct orders as to > where to place certain "art" on her nails and wanted art on all of her > nails. Nice me, NO CHARGE. > > Last week (A) came in for her polish change, directed to me what she wanted > a Halloween french, orange nail bed, black tip with a strip across the color > change and rhinestones on all 10 nails..... Ok...well this 15 min polish > change ended up being a 35 minute service......as expected NO CHARGE, the > check was already written out for a polish change NO CHARGE for the nail > art. > > Today, she comes in, sees (B)'s nails and says...oh that is cute...but I > want blah blah blah blah blah.....I looked at her, I guess stunned, and her > response is well....that is what I want. I went off and told her that if > she was planning on dictating to me what art I was to do on her nails, I > would have to start charging her because, I am intimidated by "specifics" > when it comes to nail art and if she wants "specifics", it definitely will > take me longer and that would warrant an additional charge (I was planning > on talking to her during her appointment about how a rhinestone or two, no > big deal, but when you start dictating to me what you want, takes more time, > more supplies to complete, I would have to charge for the art). > "But you don't charge (B)" WHAT!!!!! (B) doesn't dictate to me what to > do, I do what I want, she is happy, NO CHARGE. > > Sorry for the long rant, but now.....back to the original ?.....how much do > you charge for nail art??? > Thank you for your input! > > Mary Jo Zwirowski > Tipz n Toez, Ltd. ~ www.tipzntoezltd.com > Naperville, IL > > -- > 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]<nailtech%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- 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.
