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<\/a><\/p>\nWe feel like the industry has made a move toward sunless. It\u2019s something that we are able to offer to a larger customer base \u2013 we have some clients that are very fair skinned, and they don\u2019t want to try to achieve a tan in a sunbed. But we have also had a lot of customers that will switch over from sunless to UV. After a couple spray tanning sessions, they warm up to coming into the store and want to dabble in UV. A lot of those customers end up moving from a sunless EFT to an all-inclusive membership, since the price difference is only $15 per month.<\/p>\n
We have an EFT option just for sunless, and it\u2019s also included in the price of our all-inclusive EFT. For $39 per month, they can use the booth as many times as they want, or they can upgrade to a custom spray for $5 more per session. They can also get a discounted one-time upgrade to go into a UV bed. We have learned from the classes we have attended that we don\u2019t want to close our customers off from accessing other services. We discount our EFT memberships well to incentivize people to give it a try.<\/p>\n
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We get requests for the custom sprays in the other stores, but they are our busiest stores and we just haven\u2019t been able to add the extra personnel yet. At stores with custom spray as an option, everyone is required to learn how to operate it. We have a couple girls who have been with us for a long time, and they train all of our new employees on spray tanning. We want to make sure everyone is trained the same way, and that we are specific about how to spray. We teach them to clean people\u2019s hands and feet and be personable \u2013 ladies respond really well to that because they love to be pampered. WE also teach them to sell the retail products. We push the maximizers, and they have been a huge seller for us. We feel like the industry has made a move toward sunless. It\u2019s something that we are able to offer to a larger customer base \u2013 we have some clients that are very fair skinned, and they don\u2019t want to try to achieve a tan in a sunbed. But we have also had a lot of customers that will switch over from sunless to UV. After a couple spray tanning sessions, they warm up to coming into the store and want to dabble in UV. A lot of those customers end up moving from a sunless EFT to an all-inclusive membership, since the price difference is only $15 per month. We have an EFT option just for sunless, and it\u2019s also included in the price of our all-inclusive EFT. For $39 per month, they can use the booth as many times as they want, or they can upgrade to a custom spray for $5 more per session. They can also get a discounted one-time upgrade to go into a UV bed. We have learned from the classes we have attended that we don\u2019t want to close our customers off from accessing other services. We discount our EFT memberships well to incentivize people to give it a try. 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