Thursday, July 18, 2013

Can't Afford to Buy Hair Salon Chairs? Rent Them Instead


If you are a hairdresser you have several options when it comes to employment. You can either join a salon as an employee or you can also start your own business. This way you either get paid the rate which is present in the salon or you can get more with your own venture. You will find that most hairdressers prefer to be self employed and have their own salon. Now if you have your own salon you have to have proper hair salon chairs.

When you first start your business, you won't have enough money to buy all different types of furniture or equipment. So there are some things which are important and which you will need in your salon that you won't be able to afford. So the best thing to do would be to rent it. This way you save a lot up front and you can buy later on when you have enough money. But these are the steps which you should follow while renting one.

You should get all of the certificates and licenses which you need in order to be a shop owner. You will find that in some cases you will need state licenses if you want to be a hairdresser and be self employed to cut hair. You have to get your paper work done in an orderly fashion before you apply for a rent. Sometimes if you don't have a state license, then you can be given a grace period. During this time, you won't be able to use any sort of chemicals but then you will be able to wash the hair or even style it. This way you get experience added to your board.

The next thing is to save money. Without it you won't even be able to rent the hair salon chairs. You should have rent for say three months saved up. Then you need to keep your eyes open for hair salon chairs which are available to rent. You can either check out the classified ads, or you can even visit salons and check for ones which offer chairs on rent. Keep checking in with the salons to see if there are vacancies available. You can also try the barbers shop.

Now finally, after you make a list of say around four stores from which you can rent hair salon chairs, you should go and make appointments to talk to the owners of the stores. Ask them how they expect you to take care of the chairs once you have gotten them. Also, try and negotiate. Try to get the rent amount down by a few dollars. You can also ask questions about your shop and difficulties you are having to the owners.

The key thing to realize is that if you don't have available capital, you want to keep your initial costs down as much as possible. Buying chairs up front may not be an option. Renting them will save you money, and at the same time allow you to save more money that can later be used to buy the chairs you need.

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