Hair Business

Hair Business

Question: Good afternoon, I’m looking to start my own hair business. I have been a licensed hair stylist for over 12 years. For the last 2 years I have been a stay at home mom. I see a need in my area for good quality hair extensions. The problem I seem to be having with trying to start my business is a trying to find a whole vendor. I came across this site and I would love to know more about how to purchase hair wholesale.

Thank you for your time!
Phylicia B.

Answer: If you sell hair to your clients you want to be sure the quality is good and if your clients are happy and they return to you for more hair, you want to provide them the same quality as before. If you have to pay for your order, you also want to be sure that the supplier will provide you the hair. And how can you be sure it is indeed 100% human hair, for example from India as the supplier told you? A lot of questions that will have a great impact on the success of your business, so you need to get the answers before you start selling hair. First you have to find the supplier, and check the reputation of the supplier followed by the test on the product. As for the supplier you can enter into business in various ways: * Supplier with physical presence in your country, * Online store in your country * Online store anywhere in the world * Supplier with physical presence outside your country

The search for suppliers is rather easy, you can check the yellow pages, use an internet search engine (yahoo, Google or Bing), visit hair shows or just ask other people who are already selling. And, on top of this, once you opened your business you will receive emails from all over the world with offers to buy hair. Too bad they do not want to buy from you!

What to consider when buying from an online hair supplier

Start Now Selling Hair Extensions

advice on start up

advice on start up

Question:  Good evening , i really enjoyed reading your ebook on selling hair extensions it was very informative and insightful .I want to start selling hair extensions online i have been approved for a business loan to start up my business . i wanted to know if 5000 pounds would be enough to start how many bundles of hair would you start off buying ? would be grateful for advice 

Answer: Thanks you for your kind words, very happy to read the eBook helped you in getting started. And I am very happy you´ve got a business loan approved. The inventory you should have in house depends on your  turnover and the day´s to delivery you promised your clients. But especially in the start phase of your business it´s difficult to estimate the type of hair your clients are interested in. There is the risk you have invested in some length or texture your clients are not interested in. I recommend you not to invest too much of your cash in stock. Please read our post on enough hair but at the lowest stock and keep some money aside to do special offers or promotions to grow your client base.. 

What to consider when buying from an online hair supplier

Start Now Selling Hair Extensions

advice on start up

I lost my eBook bought two years ago

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Question: hey can i get the ebook and blog again my hard drive died here is proof of purchase thank you in advance

Answer: off course, good to read you bought the eBook in 2013 and still use it to make your hair selling business grow! Good luck and I am sorry about your hard drive. I recommend to read our post about how to make regular backups to protect your clientdata.

In regards to hair business

Question:  I would like to find out information in regards to having my own hair extension business.   I would like to know where do I need to start.

Answer: Every business starts and ends with your clients needs. Your clients will decide if your hair business is successful or not. They will tell you the type of hair they ant, the price they are willing to pay and how the packaging should look like. So your first step should be to meet your potential clients and to ask them what they are interested in. Make sure to interview enough clients, say around 20 or 30 if possible.We have a list of questions to ask included in the eBook package, so no need to think of this yourself. Do not forget to ask for emaill adresses so you can keep in contact wityh them, for example to announce the launch of your shop.

Hair Extensions Suppliers

Hair Extensions Suppliers

Question: I purchased your eBook on “How to Sell Hair Extensions´. I was hoping to find suppliers. In the back of the book, you said email if you need suppliers. Please send any reputable suppliers we may consider establishing a relationship with. Thank you very much for your assistance.

Finding good hair extensions suppliers is not easy, and indeed we have some good hair suppliers we work with for a couple of years. Hair extensions suppliers that have the interest of the client as number one. So, no suppliers looking for one deal, but hair suppliers interested in a long-term relation.

But if you prefer to find you own suppliers, you can follow this path.

How to find your best Hair Vendor

The hair you sell is the best asset you can have; with good quality hair you will get a lot of loyal clients. So, it is important to allocate enough time fining hair extension suppliers.

hair vendor list

On the internet you can purchase so called hair vendor listings. A list with contact details of hair vendors. These hair vendors should supply hair and wigs at wholesale conditions. This means at a price you can resell the hair but also with other interesting conditions as fast shipping or the possibility to let the hair vendor design the hair for you. If you want tailor made hair pieces, you need a hair vendor that can create this. When you have a middleman, in most cases they are not able to provide tailor made hair pieces.

When you search the internet for hair vendors list, it is difficult to see the level of research the seller of the hair vendor list has done. You can pay up to hundred of dollars and end up with a list that is not more then the result of a google search on the internet. You need to be sure these vendors are serious. That is the reason you pay money for it.

 

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Your own research on hair extensions suppliers

When you planned to invest some money in a vendor list, you can also put some money aside to test the hair suppliers you find on the internet. Or sometimes even nearby. Only when you have tested and perhaps even installed the hair you know what the best for your ideal client is.

To support you doing your own research please look at the 40 plus questions we prepared you can ask the hair vendors. These questions will help you to get a good understanding, not only about the hair, but also about the service they provide and the shipping and payment conditions.

You can search for hair suppliers abroad, in the countries of origin or manufacturing, or for wholesale companies in your own country. Be aware of the payment and shipping charges or import duties that you might have to pay when you buy abroad. The hair your buy abroad should be cheaper and allow you to compensate the shipping and import duties, plus a good margin.

Pitfalls when buying hair overseas

Buying hair overseas is a matter of trust. You will have to transfer an amount of money before the vendor will ship the hair. This means you must pay and wait a couple of days or even longer before you get the hair. You will check the track and trace number every day. When is the hair arriving? When finally, the parcel with the hair has arrived, you must test the content. Does it smell good, is the water clean when I wash it and how is the texture. Too bad there are always sellers who sell bad hair. And you will have to pay for it, because when you use payment providers like western union, there is little to no chance you get your money back.

It is all understandable, the hair vendor has the same fear. When they use PayPal, with buyer’s protection, they can ship the hair and receive a complaint even if they know they shipped the best hair. They will lose the hair and the money.

So how to deal with this trust issue. Please do ask enough questions, check the internet for the website of the hair supplier, check if they are also registered on platforms like Alibaba or Ali express. Place a small order first and slowly build up the relationship and larger orders.

Contact us for good hair extensions suppliers

When you are ready to start selling and are looking for a hair supplier, feel free to contact me and I am willing to share with you one of our long-time hair extensions suppliers’ relations,