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Advanced Hair Studio

Hair replacement service · Woolston, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers.

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Advanced Hair Studio

Hair replacement service · Woolston, Christchurch

Where you stand#219of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health5.6/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Advanced Hair Studio in Hillsborough, Christchurch offers hair loss and regrowth services using methods they describe as formerly patented procedures and breakthrough technology. They state over 500,000 people have benefited and note a global network of about 65 studios. Customers encounter clinic-based regrowth programmes and hair replacement options delivered by salon staff.

Advanced Hair Studio operates in Hillsborough, Christchurch and offers hair loss and regrowth services. The studio presents itself as part of a global network of studios and promotes a combination of technology-based treatments and in-clinic hair replacement services.

On its materials the company states that more than 500,000 people have benefited from its procedures and that some methods were formerly patented. The website and promotional content also note an emphasis on customer service and name-checked celebrity endorsements; these points are presented as the company's description of its history and approach.

Customer feedback shows mixed experiences. Reviews commonly praise individual staff while criticising management and pricing. Several clients describe limited or no long-term results and attribute any improvement to topical minoxidil rather than the clinic programmes. Other reviews mention problems with contracted hairpiece orders and dissatisfaction with value for money.

Locally in Hillsborough the studio offers hair regrowth programmes and hair replacement options that align with its wider company messaging about technology and service. For Christchurch customers, the studio is notable for its advertised international network and stated history with patented procedures, alongside publicly available customer feedback that highlights both positive staff interactions and concerns about outcomes and pricing.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Advanced Hair Studio in Hillsborough, Christchurch shows an exceptionally healthy Google Business Listing with high completeness and a clear presence. The listing clearly benefits from claimed status, open-for-business status, a direct website link, a listed title, and a phone number. The top opportunity is adding more photos to move away from the bottom quartile on photos.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top two opportunities

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    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
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    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
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From the business

Over 500,000 people around the world have benefited from the advice, developed and formerly patented hair regrowth procedures of Advanced Hair Studio. Our unique combination of breakthrough technology and outstanding customer service has seen us grow into one of the world’s largest hair loss companies, with approximately 65 studios worldwide. Our success is further highlighted by the willingness of so many celebrities –legends like Shane Warne, Graham Gooch, Austin Healey and Greg Matthews – to not merely participate, but to endorse them so enthusiastically. Please free fee to explore our website – and contact us personally – to see how new hair could give you a new attitude, and just why Advanced Hair Studio is a better way.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Advanced Hair Studio in Hillsborough, Christchurch shows a very low health score on Google reviews (0.8/10). Overall health indicates significant room for improvement in stakeholder confidence and engagement. The business has begun collecting reviews and has a minimal presence, but there are no responses to customer feedback yet, which affects trust.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.8Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Advanced Hair Studio in Hillsborough, Christchurch shows very low visibility on Google Maps, with a health score of 1.2 out of 10. The business ranks well for several hair-related keywords in the local area, including hair extension technician in Hillsborough and unisex hairdresser in Hillsborough, but overall growth is limited. Opportunities focus on improving aggregate and suburb-specific map results.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
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2Top three for "hair extension technician" in 1 suburb, seen in 4
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Advanced Hair Studio11.3 ★ (6) · Hair replacement service
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Elite Hair & Extensions5.0 ★ (7) · Hair replacement service
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August Hair Extensions5.0 ★ (4) · Hair replacement service
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Savanna Hair Solutions4.8 ★ (78) · Hair replacement service
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #415 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Advanced Hair Studio shows a strong health score with solid social presence, including outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles and an active LinkedIn Company page. The top opportunities suggest adding TikTok activity, a NoSecretSalon listing, and a LinkedIn owner profile, plus exploring a GrabOne listing to reach deal-seeking customers.

Strengths

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    Yelp ListingWe can see your Yelp Listing listing (https://yelp.com/advanced-hair-studio-auckland) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
0.5Room to grow
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Yelpadvanced-hair-studio-aucklandAdvanced Hair Studio | Yelp✓
White Pagesadvanced-hair-wellington-centralAdvanced Hair Studio | White Pages
FacebookadvancedhairstudioAdvanced Hair Studio | Facebook1
Instagramadvanced_hair_australiaAdvanced Hair Studio | Instagram2
LinkedInadvanced-hair-studioAdvanced Hair Studio | LinkedIn
Freshalp/en/bt/hair-salons/in/nz-christchurch/woolstonAdvanced Hair Studio | Fresha
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Advanced Hair Studio shows a very high on-page SEO health (9.6/10). The page loads efficiently and has a clear H1 and a well-optimised meta description, with secure HTTPS and a favicon. The most relevant findings are the strong meta description, presence of an H1 tag, and secure content, along with a page size under 256KB.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than most of this market, so search engines see a wide spread of independent sites vouching for you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Advanced Hair Studio shows a very high health score for website traffic, indicating strong overall performance. The strongest finding is outstanding organic traffic total and high organic SERP coverage, with traffic value in the top percentile. A notable opportunity is to begin paid traffic activities to diversify channels and capture potential customers.

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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About 4,097 visits a month from search, across 1,867 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #29 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Advanced Hair Studio's opening hours largely align with Christchurch demand, especially late-morning and early-afternoon midweek and Saturday. The studio is open during several high-demand windows but is closed across multiple popular Sunday and Saturday afternoon hours. No open hours fall in low-demand windows, so inefficiency from being open when customers are inactive is not evident.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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Advanced Hair Studio
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Hours 1
Monday10am-6pm
Tuesday10am-6pm
Wednesday10am-6pm
Thursday10am-7pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday9am-2pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Woolston
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Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing2 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#219of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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