When Is It Time to Increase Your Prices?

When Is It Time to Increase Your Prices?

A practical workbook for hairdressers who are busy, skilled and are still not earning what their work is worth

Most hairdressers don't realise they are undercharging. Undercharging is not a skill issue. They undercharge because raising prices feels personal.

This workbook walks you through the whole process, from spotting the warning signs, to knowing your real numbers, to the exact words to use with your clients, so you can stop guessing and start charging what your work is actually worth.

Written by a hairdresser, for hairdressers and salon owners.

What's inside

• The 16 warning signs it's time, with a simple scoring guide
• Know your numbers: a worked example and worksheet covering price, GST, product cost, overheads, tax and ACC, so you see exactly what's left in your pocket per hour
• Five proven approaches to raising prices, and how to choose the right one for you
• A timing plan, so your increase lands well, not badly
• Ready-to-use client messages: in the chair, by text, an in-salon sign and a social post
• Scripts for handling pushback, without losing your nerve or your prices
• A dedicated section for stylists who don't set their own prices, including how to open the conversation with a salon owner
• A full Price Increase Planner to bring it all together, and a quick-start checklist

Who it's for

• Every hairdresser: salon owners, managers, freelance stylists, chair renters, or if you're working from a salon price list.

Format: Instant PDF download, 14 pages. You get two files: a fillable version to type into on a computer, and a print version to fill in by hand.

Price: $27 NZD (includes GST)

Already done the free checklist? This workbook is the next step, it takes everything you discovered there and turns it into an actual plan.

From me to you 🌸

I built this workbook the same way I built my own confidence around pricing, slowly, and from the numbers up. Knowing you're underpriced is one thing. Knowing exactly what to say, when to say it, and what to do when a client pushes back, is what actually gets you there.

You've spent years building your skills, your column and your reputation. This is the workbook that turns "I should probably raise my prices" into "I have a plan, and I'm doing it."

Helen xx