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Cutting Ace

Hair salon · Riccarton, 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
Your marketChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Cutting Ace

Hair salon · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#408of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health2.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours8.502Reviews6.0

Where we can help

01Google listing5.705Facebook page3.404Listings and social2.303Map positions0.407Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Cutting Ace is a hair salon in Riccarton, Christchurch, offering haircuts and styling for men and women. Customers report attentive, skilled stylists, a relaxed salon atmosphere with gentle background music, flexible appointment options and straightforward pricing, including a commonly mentioned NZD 45 haircut.

Cutting Ace is a hair salon located in Riccarton, Christchurch. It provides hair services for local clients and visitors, operating as a small, neighbourhood salon known from customer accounts for being accessible and easy to reach.

The salon offers haircuts and styling for men and women, with both male and female hairdressers mentioned in reviews. Services reported by customers include face-framing cuts and personalised styling after discussion with a stylist. Staff are described as listening to clients' requests and delivering the look requested.

Customers describe the experience as relaxed and uncomplicated. Review themes note friendly service, gentle background music and a calming environment. Several customers mention staff flexibility, for example opening late for an appointment when needed, and simple booking arrangements such as short-notice calls. Repeat visits are cited and a typical haircut price of NZD 45 is mentioned by one reviewer.

Locally, Cutting Ace is distinguished by a combination of attentive, skilled stylists, a relaxed salon environment and pragmatic service options that suit clients seeking straightforward appointments and clear pricing. The salon's accessible location in Riccarton and recurring positive mentions of staff attention and atmosphere are prominent features in customer feedback.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

This executive summary evaluates Cutting Ace's Google Business Listing health, using the provided context. The overall health score is 5.4 out of 10, which indicates average performance and room for improvement in listing completeness and optimisation.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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
    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.
  • 2
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
  • 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.
5.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.7 ★★★★★ (158)
Hair salon · Riccarton3
Open 6 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business
No description yet1
Google listingChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Cutting Ace shows a decent overall health but room for improvement in Google reviews. The business has made progress on the star rating and listing reviews, while engagement with reviewers remains limited but active. With a 4.6/10 health score, focus on responding to more reviews and continuing service quality to move toward higher bands.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
  • 2
    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
  • 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.
6.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Cutting Ace
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
4.7★★★★★158 reviews
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Jeremy R.★★★★★ · 7 months ago

Response from the owner1

Hi Jeremy. ^^ Thank you.

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Jayon T.★ · a year ago

Was very good and efficient haircut but only come here if you like the feeling of having others who came after you be served first.

Response from the owner

I'm truly sorry for hurting you.

Google reviewsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #228 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Cutting Ace shows very low overall health in Google Maps search visibility (0.2/10). The top finding is that the business already ranks for several local keywords such as hair salon in riccarton and unisex hairdresser in riccarton, indicating some baseline presence. The borough score is minimal, signaling limited local prominence and room for improvement.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Not seen in the searches we ran across Christchurch
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Cutting Ace2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #550 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Cutting Ace's overall health score is 0.8 out of 10, indicating very low social presence health. The strongest current asset is a highly trusted Facebook profile and an active Fresha listing that helps visibility beyond the main profile. Primary opportunity areas include launching or reviving Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn presences to reach local customers and professionals.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/cutting-ace-riccarton-road-christchurch-PVE7R4) found via: Google search results.

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 could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 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 5 of them.
2.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Freshalp/en/bt/hair-salons/in/nz-christchurch/riccartonCutting Ace | Fresha✓
FacebookCutting-Ace-100050888898610Cutting Ace | Facebook✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #441 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.
  • ✓
    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
    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 2
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
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264 followers 2
FollowMessage
★ 7 reviews · recommended 3
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☎ +64 3-341 8001✓
PostsAboutPhotosReviews
Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #378 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

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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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AllMapsImagesShopping
No ads from you on any search
Cutting AceNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #266 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Cutting Ace's opening hours align well with local demand: 55 weekly hours match peak search times and there are zero low-demand open hours. Strong alignment includes midweek and Saturday afternoon peaks (Tuesday 11am, Wednesday 3pm, Thursday 4pm, Saturday 1-2pm). However the salon misses 22 hours of demand, notably Sunday early afternoon and weekday evenings (Wednesday 6pm, Thursday 7pm), which could reduce bookings.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Cutting Ace
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday9am-5:30pm
Tuesday9am-6pm
Wednesday9am-6pm
Thursday9am-6:30pm
Friday9am-6:30pm
Saturday9am-5pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Riccarton
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These are your top 18 opportunities, from the 43 checks we run on every business. Tick any of them to see where it takes you.

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#408of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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Christchurch beautyOverall · 570 businesses
You are #408 overall
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