Whether you are a new esthetician just getting your career started, or you have been at it for a while, you know that getting regular tips can be a great boost for your income. The problem is that many clients don’t leave tips for estheticians. This can be frustrating.
Sometimes clients don’t tip because they don’t have knowledge of tipping etiquette for the beauty service industry. Or they just don’t think about leaving tips for estheticians.
How To Get More Tips
It’s never a good idea to ask for a tip. True, sometimes a hurried client may have intended to tip and just forgot, but it is not for you to remind them. Making this mistake can cost you much more than you would be losing in tips, it can cost you repeat business. Most people feel that asking for tips is rude, even if they were planning on tipping you.
With that said, part of your income is tips, and so it is important that you do encourage tipping by providing the best possible service. That doesn’t just mean doing a great job. Here are three ways that you can increase your tips:
1. Attention To Detail
Attention to detail means more than just providing a good service. It means giving personalized attention to each client. Setting yourself apart from the rest. It is one thing to do the service the client is paying you to do. It is another to dig a little deeper and find out what concerns the client has about her skin, make thoughtful suggestions and come up with solutions to her problems.
Be sure that it is easy to tip you. Take your time, don’t rush clients through. A rushed client is less likely to tip. Be sure that there is a space for tipping on your receipts.
2. Building Repeat Business
Regular customers are more likely to tip their favorite esthetician. Building a relationship with your customers is how you get them to come back. How do you build relationships? Going the extra mile, using their first name, asking questions and giving them your undivided attention. Let your client know that you appreciate her business. Say thank you.
3. Ask For Feedback
This is probably one of the best ways to encourage tips for esthetician. Tipping is a form of feedback, as well as good etiquette. When someone tips you well, they are saying that they appreciated your service. When you take time to ask your client if they are satisfied, or if they had a good experience, you are inviting a tip, without coming out and asking for it. Of course, they may just give you a verbal “good job.” But it also may queue them to give you a monetary tip.
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