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Bronzed Goddess Ilam

Beauty salon · Ilam, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 570 Christchurch beauty businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Bronzed Goddess Ilam

Beauty salon · Ilam, Christchurch

Where you stand#54of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health9.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social10.003Map positions9.805Facebook page9.407Google search and traffic9.202Reviews7.1

Where we can help

08Opening hours5.401Google listing2.606Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Bronzed Goddess Ilam is a Christchurch beauty salon in Ilam offering spray tans and a range of beauty services alongside an online shop for self-tan and cosmetic products. The salon provides spray tanning, lash and brow services, teeth whitening and other beauty treatments. Reviews note friendly, efficient staff, dependable tan results and easy parking, with many clients reporting quick, comfortable visits.

Bronzed Goddess Ilam is a beauty salon located in the Ilam suburb of Christchurch. The salon promotes spray tanning as a core service and also offers a variety of beauty treatments and retail products available through an online shop.

Services mentioned include spray tans, lash extensions and brow shaping, teeth whitening and other common salon treatments. The online shop lists self-tan products and cosmetics, reflecting a mix of in-salon treatments and take-home options.

Customer feedback emphasises friendly, welcoming staff and efficient appointments. Multiple reviews single out technicians by name and describe positive experiences with lash sets, eye treatments and first-time spray tans. Clients commonly report reliable tan results, quick in-and-out visits and convenient parking at the salon.

Locally, Bronzed Goddess Ilam combines salon services with product retailing and positions spray tanning as a prominent offering. The mix of visible customer satisfaction with tanning and lash treatments, an online product range and practical factors such as parking and fast appointments are the recurring themes that shape how clients describe the salon.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Bronzed Goddess Ilam's Google Business Listing shows a low overall health, with key gaps in claimed status and description. The listing includes a title, website link, open status, phone number and full address, which helps customers find and contact the salon. Current strength lies in accessible contact and location details, plus a growing photo effort.

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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    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.
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    WebsiteYour listing links to your website, so a customer can move from Google to your own pages in one tap and read your account of the work before they ring.

Top three opportunities

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    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
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    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
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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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Bronzed Goddess Ilam1✓
Own this business?
4.9 ★★★★★ (54)
Beauty salon · Ilam
Open 7 days · late Thu and Fri ✓
DirectionsCall Website ✓
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Bronzed Goddess Ilam shows an above-average health score with steady engagement and strong customer trust. The business benefits from a good review response rate and solid ratings, while customers consistently report friendly staff and dependable tan results. Focus remains on maintaining engagement and protecting reputation as volumes lift.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
  • 3
    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Bronzed Goddess Ilam
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Gemma B.★★★★★ · 3 months ago

Easily best eye trio and lash lift I have ever had!!! Listened to what I asked for too! They look amazing! Thank you

Response from the owner1

Thank you so much for your review Gemma!

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Megan A.★★★★★ · 3 months ago

I’ve been a long-term client of Phaedra, having first seen her at Gigi Lash and now at Bronzed Goddess. Her work is consistently exceptional — she takes great pride in her craft and delivers outstanding results every time. I always leave fe...

Response from the owner

Thank you for your review Megan. We really appreciate it!

Google reviewsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Bronzed Goddess Ilam shows very high visibility in Google Maps with a health score of 9.4, indicating strong local presence. The borough-specific ranking places the business in the top 10%, a solid foundation for continued growth. Key strengths include leading positions for multiple Ilam and Avonhead beauty-related terms and a consistent set of high-intent services.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Every check we run here is at its best on Google Maps.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Bronzed Goddess Ilam✓4.9 ★ (54) · Beauty salon
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Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #13 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Bronzed Goddess Ilam shows a very high health score of 9.9, indicating strong third-party presence with solid opportunities to grow in local directories. The most notable finding is outstanding profiles on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, all with very high trust, plus an active Fresha listing.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe found your Tiktok Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    LinkedIn CompanyWe could not find an active LinkedIn Company listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebookbronzedgoddess.coBronzed Goddess Ilam | Facebook✓
Instagrambronzedgoddess.coBronzed Goddess Ilam | Instagram✓
Tiktok@bronzedgoddess.chchBronzed Goddess Ilam | Tiktok✓
Freshabronzed-goddess-ilam-beauty-and-tanning-christchurch-213a-waimairi-road-q0cn8gheBronzed Goddess Ilam | Fresha
Family Company Studiospray-tanning-bronzed-goddess-Found through search, not linked from anything you own
YellowNo listing found1
NeighbourlyNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
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    Recommendations on your pageMore customers have recommended you than at most pages in this market, and depth like that reads as a business that has been doing this a while.
  • 3
    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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bronzedgoddess.co✓
2.4K followers 1
Christchurch experts in Spray Tanning, Beauty & Lash Extensions. Visit our 2 Salons at 439 Colombo St, Sydenham & 213 Waimairi Rd, Ilam, Christchurch. Book or Buy Online at www.bronzedgoddess.co.nz3
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★ 17 reviews · recommended 2
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☎ +64 22 099 6993✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your website

Bronzed Goddess Ilam shows a strong on-page SEO health of 8.3 out of 10, indicating solid technical foundations. Key findings include a valid favicon, secure HTTPS resources, fast load times under 3 seconds, an SEO-friendly URL, and no render-blocking resources. Opportunities exist to refine the meta description length and title tag, and to remove frames.

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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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
  • 2
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, so a reasonable spread of places vouch for you.
  • 3
    The shape of your link profileYour links are spread across a fair range of sites for a profile this size, and the mix of link types looks ordinary.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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✓Page load speed
1Meta description
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3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

Bronzed Goddess Ilam shows a very strong website traffic health with a 9.0/10 score, indicating solid visibility and engagement for local search. The standout findings are: organic traffic value and local rankings are in the top percentile, reflecting established credibility, and organic traffic total is strong in the local market. The business should maintain current SEO efforts while cautiously exploring paid opportunities to add growth.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Gear piercing ilam
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321No ads from you on any search
www.bronzedgoddess.co.nzEar and Nose Piercing now available at our Ilam salon!!!

11 Apr 2025 — EAR AND NOSE PIERCING NOW AVAILABLE AT BRONZED GODDESS ILAM!! Nose = $55 Ear = $40 Helix = $40.

www.fresha.comBest Ear Piercing near me in Ilam, Christchurch - Fresha
About 3,151 visits a month from search, across 399 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #46 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Bronzed Goddess Ilam's opening hours align with several strong midday and afternoon demand peaks, notably Tuesday 11am, Wednesday 3pm, Thursday 4pm and Saturday early afternoon. However the salon is closed during several busy mid-morning and lunchtime windows on Thursday and Friday (10-12pm and 11am), representing missed bookings. No low-demand open hours were flagged, so overall hours are broadly efficient but could be nudged to capture missed mid-morning trade.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
5.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Bronzed Goddess Ilam
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Hours 1
Monday10am-6pm
Tuesday10am-6pm
Wednesday10am-6pm
Thursday1pm-9pm
Friday1pm-9pm
Saturday10am-4pm
Sunday10am-2pm
Opening hoursChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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02Reviews3 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#54of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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