Pam, That is awesome that your coupon redeemers come back. I have not had that happen at all. It drives me nuts. I do not have that many time slots available, but I leave those open for my standings who may want an extra service, like waxing or facials. I will take a 10-15 minute Brazilian client in a heartbeat to fill an empty space!! Then I have 45 minutes to take out the puppy or read. ;-) buenos dias, Lynnette
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Groupon was MORE than happy to have me as a customer! We went back and > forth about what to offer and finally decided on $60 worth of nail care > services for $30 purchase price. > (manicure/pedicure/acrylic/gel/tips/shellac anything on my menu) I had to > create a website to participate in groupon. I was worried that I might sell > 100 of these coupons and not have time to actually service the new clients, > but not to worry, they didn't "feature" me but added my groupon as a side > offer next to the deal of the day. I sold 8. Groupon takes half of each, > takes the other half, takes out a "credit card fee" of 3% or something like > that (they said they were "splitting" it with me, I doubt it! Told them > they should get "the Square!) I've had 2 of the clients come in so far, > they were very nice and really enjoyed their services. What it really came > down to was this: > > *Do you want to sit there with NO ONE in your chair, OR do you want to > fill those empty spaces with clients who are giving you a chance to do an > excellent service and build a relationship with that makes them WANT to come > back for more? * > > One of the groupon clients sent in her daughter for a manicure after having > a manicure/pedicure herself. Its the referrals that these client are going > to make that will generate income too, don't forget. If they can talk their > friend, their sister, their mother, their co worker into coming to you, you > have made more than the dumb amount Groupon gives you. Here's another dumb > groupon thing, their contract states that they can send you your payments in > thirds, 1/3 the first month, 1/3 the second month, 1/3 the third month. > Stupid. I ONLY SOLD EIGHT! They still sent me only 1/3 of the payment! > Gawd! Really!? 8 x 15 = $120 freakin dollars! Geesh! Nope.. I got 1/3 so > far, $40 bucks! Then they took out the credit card fees too before they > sent it. Seriously!? Anyway, the clients so far have been just lovely, > have really enjoyed the service, have commented what a "luxury/spa pedicure" > it was and I think they will recommend me and come back! Meanwhile, it has > filled my empty spots that the snow birds have left!! Those Fla people > will be back sometime in April, Thank God! > > The other thing I did to fill the empty spots was an event for our senior > citizen activity center. In February they have a "makeover event". They > have someone cutting and styling hair, I do manicures, someone does chair > massages, someone else was doing Mary Kay makeup, etc. I had them raffle > off 3 free manicure services that I did that day, then brought lots of > business cards and price menus and made up some gift certificates. 10 for > $10 off any service, 10 for $5.00 off a manicure. I had nearly every single > lady there up at my table asking me where they could sign up for a > manicure! I told them they had to "win" the manicure service, but that I > also brought gift certificates for the raffle so they might win one of > those. Worked out great, they have been redeeming them and it has helped > fill those huge blank empty "gone to Florida" spots in my book! It was > well worth the 3 hours of time and services that I "donated" that day! > Remember, these are tax deductible "donations"! You do get to claim them on > your taxes for the full service price as a donation! > Hope this helps! > Pam > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:18 PM, cira mench <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The owner of the salon that I work at tried to get us on groupon and they >> rejected us because we "aren't popular enough". >> >> Cira >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:38 AM, [email protected] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I looked into groupon and they have to accept you first of all. Then >>> say you want to do a full set of punk and whites as your special, my charge >>> is $70, they want you to discount 1/2 off so you will be charging $35 for a >>> full set and then "groupon" takes 50% of that. So you make $17.50 less your >>> product you used so basically you make $10 for the hour that it takes you to >>> do a full set and even less if it takes you longer than an hour. >>> I would say that really BITES!!!! >>> >>> *Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless* >>> >> -- > 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. > -- Lynnette Madden Salon 29 229 Main Street East Greenville PA 18041 215-541-9029 http://www.salon29.net -- 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.
