Nail Salon Business Ideas to Make More Money This Month

Updated 2026-08-25 · Official and only North American distributor of O'2Nails digital nail printers.

Short answerStart with a SKU and a day-part. A second location is a later idea.

Nail salon business ideas to make more money

Nail salon business ideas to make more money usually arrive as a Pinterest board: lashes, brows, a second location, a merch wall. Those are businesses. They also need training, inventory, and another pair of hands. Start with ideas that use the hours you already pay for.

Ideas that reuse the book you already have

  • A named print add-on. $25–$45 typical add-on; events $10–$25 per nail. Ink about $2–$4 in ink for a 10-nail set. Same chair, a second SKU.
  • Two-friends + print. Small salons photograph this well. One extra ticket, one extra photo.
  • One event weekend a month. Parties and bachelorettes are a day-part, not a lease. Pricing: event pricing.
  • Walk-in printed art when fills are booked. The printer is leftover capacity. A second tech is not.
  • A mobile tote on V11. House calls that can print a photo without a 70-minute freehand set. $2,999 CAD, 1.6 kg.

Ideas to postpone

A second location before the first location has a priced extra is two rent payments and the same unpaid custom-art habit. Grow the ticket first. Growth page: how to grow a nail salon business.

Official North American O'2Nails distributor. V11 $2,999 CAD. X12.5 $5,999 CAD. 90-day trial. Money playbook: how to make more money at a nail salon.

V11 $2,999 CAD (4 × $749.75). X12.5 $5,999 CAD (4 × $1,499.75). 90-day risk-free trial. Shipping $99. At your door in about a week (North America).

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