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Short answerAnnounce a date. Attach the increase to something clients can see. Grandfather one cycle, not forever.
How to raise prices at a nail salon
Raising prices is not a speech. It is a better reason on the menu and a date. Most techs delay because they imagine a room full of walk-outs. What usually happens: two people complain, and the book gets healthier.
How to raise prices without a revolt
- Pick a date 3–4 weeks out. Tell regulars once, in writing.
- Attach the increase to a visible upgrade. A print add-on, a better gel system, a longer appointment that isn't rushed — something they can see.
- Grandfather for one cycle, not forever. Forever grandfathering is how you fund other people's nails.
- Don't apologize in the chair. "New menu starts the 1st" is a complete sentence.
If you added printing, do not hide it inside the old gel price. That is how a $3,000 machine becomes a free gift. Put the add-on on its own line so the raise is honest.
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