I am a salon owner trying to save money by using a cheap templated online supplier such as Wix, SquareSpace, GoDaddy, Vagaro to create my new hair and beauty website, but I am running out of time and running out of ideas, should I hire a professional website agency to take over..?
The short answer is “potentially YES“
If your website isn’t live yet or you are still working on it, is not productive, or not converting visitors to clients within the next few weeks, hiring ClientWave Creative will likely make you money, not cost you money.
You’re running a salon business, not a web design studio — and those are completely different skill sets.
You may be at the point where many salon owners realise their time is way more valuable than the money they trying to save.
If the website is draining you and delaying your online presence, outsourcing is a growth decision, not a luxury.
Let’s break this down as a business decision, not a tech decision.
1 The Real Question is – “Is my time better spent building a website or servicing clients?”
As a salon owner, your highest-value tasks are:
- Serving clients
- Training staff
- Marketing locally
- Retail sales
- Building loyalty & referrals
Website design sits far outside your core revenue activities.
Every hour you spend fighting layouts, fonts, or booking widgets is an hour not generating income.
2 Cost vs. Lost Revenue
Let’s do the sums……
Professional salon website: £800–£2,500 (typical range in UK)
So now consider:
You gain say, three new clients per week from better online visibility and on average they spend £70, thats £840 pcm = £10,00 pa.
A proper site can pay for itself fast — especially if you’re in a competitive area.
3 Signs It’s Time to Hand It Over
If any of these are true, outsourcing is the smart move:
- You’ve been “almost finished” for weeks
- You keep changing your mind on design
- You don’t know what pages you actually need
- Online booking feels confusing to set up
- You’re unsure what to write on the site
- You’re avoiding working on it
- You need it live soon
This isn’t about ability — it’s about mental bandwidth.
Decision fatigue is real, especially when you already run a client-facing business all day.
4 What a Good Salon Website Should Do (That We Understand)
A professional doesn’t just make it “pretty.”
We design salon websites to convery visits to clients to regular bookings “conversions”.
Most DIY salon websites using Wix, GoDaddy, SquareSpace, Vagoro or similar do not have the required structure to drive Google website listings.
5 The DIY Hybrid Option
You could:
- Hire ClientWave Creative
- We will build your salon website structure, layout, branding and implement SEO.
- We handover to you
- You update prices, photos, blog posts and protions when required or have time.
This keeps your costs lower while removing the hard part.
Look for a specialist design agency such as ClientWave Creative that has actual salon / beauty websites in their portfolio — not just generic business sites.
