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Babalon for Hair

Hairdresser · Redcliffs, 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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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Babalon for Hair

Hairdresser · Redcliffs, Christchurch

Where you stand#416of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health1.6/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.01NameYour 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.

Where we can help

03Map positions5.205Facebook page4.401Google listing3.804Listings and social3.608Opening hours1.602Reviews1.307Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Babalon For Hair is a relaxing, professional hairdressing salon in Redcliffs, Christchurch. The salon offers salon hair services in a calm setting and aims for personalised cuts and styling. Customer feedback highlights consistently excellent haircut experiences and mentions a stylist named Carolyn. A high average rating signals strong local satisfaction among clients seeking dependable hairdressing in the area.

Babalon For Hair is a relaxing, professional hairdressing salon located in Redcliffs, Christchurch. The salon describes itself as focused on providing a calm environment for clients who want reliable hairdressing services close to home.

Services centre on hairdressing and styling, delivered in a salon setting. The description emphasises a professional approach and a relaxing atmosphere, which suggests work tailored to routine cuts and styling needs for local clients.

Customer feedback points to consistently positive haircut experiences, with reviewers specifically noting an outstanding cut and naming a stylist, Carolyn. The review snapshot records a high average rating, which reflects a pattern of satisfied clients who comment on the quality of cuts and the personal touch from staff.

Locally, Babalon For Hair stands out as a neighbourhood salon in Redcliffs that combines a relaxed atmosphere with a professional focus on hairdressing. Clients seeking dependable cuts and straightforward styling will find a small-salon experience where attention to the haircut itself and a comfortable setting are emphasised.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Babalon For Hair shows a below-average Google Business Listing health score with clear room for improvement. The strongest fixed area is the phone number and full address, which are present and accurate. The listing has claimed status and an open-for-business signal, while photos are competitive but the description and website link need attention.

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 three opportunities

  • 1
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 2
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Hairdresser · Redcliffs3
Open 1 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website 1
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

A relaxing, professional hairdressing salon

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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Babalon For Hair shows very low overall health on Google Reviews, indicating more work is needed to build engagement and volume. The top achievement is a brilliant star rating in the top 10% with strong customer satisfaction. The key opportunities point to improving response rate, growing total reviews, and continuing to lift the rating by maintaining excellent experiences.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
1.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Babalon for Hair
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #434 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Babalon For Hair shows an average health score of 5.5 out of 10 for Google Maps search performance, indicating room for improvement in visibility. Notable progress is seen in the top keywords for Redcliffs, with the business ranking highly for hair salon and unisex hairdresser queries in the area. Focus should be on expanding aggregate visibility and sustaining suburb presence.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "hair salon" in 1 suburb, seen in 3
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Black Suede House of Hair4.9 ★ (12) · Hairdresser
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Lisa Humphrey Hair and Make Up5.0 ★ (5) · Hairdresser
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Babalon for Hair25.0 ★ (1) · Hairdresser
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Yazu Hair Lounge4.8 ★ (102) · Hairdresser
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #240 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Babalon For Hair shows strong, consistent client satisfaction from recent social and directory activity, but health sits at 4.8/10. The most important findings are a very high Facebook presence and solid Fresha listings, while Instagram, TikTok and Yellow profiles show room for trust and completeness improvements that could boost discoverability.

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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe found your Tiktok Profile page through search alone, with nothing on your own website or your Google listing pointing at it.
  • 3
    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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookbabalonforhairBabalon for Hair | Facebook✓
Tiktok@adventurewithanna_Babalon for Hair | Tiktok2
Freshababylon-barber-deakin-avenue-mildura-a2Pk9KBabalon for Hair | Fresha
Neighbourlyhairdressers/canterbury-region/christchurch/mount-pleasant-redcliffsBabalon for Hair | Neighbourly
Instagramkatproctor6550Babalon for Hair | Instagram1
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #318 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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    A street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
  • 2
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
  • 3
    An email addressA customer who would rather put a request in writing at ten at night has only Messenger to work with, because the page carries no email address.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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★ 2 reviews · recommended 2
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☎ +64 27 777 1480✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #277 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
  • 2
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
  • 3
    Domain UniquenessYour web address belongs to a platform rather than to you - a social page or a site builder's own domain.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your websiteChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here.
0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #212 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Babalon For Hair's opening hours match a small slice of local demand but miss most high-traffic times. The salon is open only four hours weekly, all on Wednesday late morning to early afternoon when demand is strong. It is closed across many high-demand windows, notably Saturday midday and Tuesday late morning, suggesting missed retail and appointment revenue without obvious low-demand waste.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
1.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Babalon for Hair
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday9:30am-2pm
ThursdayClosed
FridayClosed
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#416of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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