Pam, According to my accountant your time is not deductible and you supplies are already deductible.
Smiles, MJ Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:46 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. -- 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.
