Discount Professional Salon Products And Where To Find Them
Three decades as a hairdresser has brought by my chair changes in hair care, color and perms that couldn't possibly have been imagined back in the early days of Vidal Sassoon. Nano Technology has entered the arena - bringing with it changes that are immeasurable in benefit and performance. From early Redken and Jhirmack to Pureology, Alterna, Kerastase and the like, we have moved from simple ph balanced cleansers to scientific marvels.
We started many years ago being a bit apprehensive about selling a bottle of shampoo that cost $5.00. We now have products in the salon that go out the door for $150 a liter. That's just for the shampoo. You need the companion conditioner as well. By an order of magnitude these products have changed the way we view quality hair care.
If you consider that comparatively we pay 10 times the amount we did on gasoline, candy bars, snow tires, automobiles, housing etc., it's more easily understood. Still, I have a difficult time wrapping my head around paying $150 for a liter of shampoo and another $150 for the companion conditioner.
All along the way, the usual logistics and distribution companies play their roles and bump the price before it finally gets to the consumer. These margins are what ultimately spike the retail price to the levels that make it difficult for some consumers to afford these salon luxuries.
From the salon owner, discount salon products are not a consideration as their need to maximize profits to cover heat, lights, insurance, rent, payroll, taxes and the like have necessitated their quest for maximizing profits to meet all of these needs.
SalonProDirect.com and a multitude of other online retailers have risen to the occasion to usurp these expenses via the digital universe and can now bring to your doorstep these same products at substantial savings. You can now purchase online the finest quality hair care products - the very same products you enjoy from your local salon - delivered to your door at drastically lower prices.
This is accomplished by saving you sales tax (except in our home state of Washington) and offering Free Shipping on orders over $75 (half a liter of shampoo to those of you with champagne tastes.) Being able to market products and services worldwide gives the online retailer the opportunity to take the Costco approach of leveraging quantity instead of margin.
The variety of discount salon product vendors runs the gamut from full retail prices to often as much as half off. Buying distributor close outs in bulk allows them to offer these products at radically reduced prices over what you will find in your local salon. Same high quality products, but the savings can be enormous.
Most vendors offer a variety of options for returns and guarantees. It's difficult to offer 100% money back guarantees on opened product, but you should expect that if your order was not filled properly, product was damaged in transit or some such issue arises. You should also check the sites privacy policies and secure transaction measures that are implemented to protect you from spam and web miscreants.
One final note of caution. I've had many inquiries over the years about "watered down" product. I've never personally seen this happen and can't imagine anyone going to the trouble to do so, but if you suspect you've been the victim of such a ploy, I would contact not just the people you purchased from, but more importantly the manufacturer. I would hope that they have the ability to pursue these miscreants and prosecute them for fraudulently misrepresenting their products. Discount Salon Products should not mean Diluted Salon Products!!
So rest assured that we and our friendly competitors in the marketplace are here to offer you the power of the web and e-marketing to save you some money and get your products delivered to your door. I personally have had the pleasure of developing customer relationships with people from the Australian Outback, South Africa, Beirut, and the far reaches of Northern Canada - all from this same laptop I'm writing this missive.
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Richard Palmer has 30 years behind the chair as a hairdresser and salon owner and currently has a internet presence where he sells discount salon products. You can visit his website at www.salonprodirect.com
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