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Hair Sense

Hair salon · Riccarton, Christchurch

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Hair Sense

Hair salon · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#292of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health4.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions8.808Opening hours6.8

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.702Reviews5.601Google listing4.604Listings and social3.607Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Hair Sense is a hair salon and barber located in Riccarton, Christchurch. The salon provides hairdressing and barbering services for both men and women. Customers note a friendly, professional welcome and skilled stylists who work quickly and affordably. The location serves Riccarton locals and visitors seeking straightforward, reliable hair services.

Hair Sense is a hair salon and barber based in Riccarton, Christchurch. The salon operates as a local hairdressing and barbering business serving neighbourhood clients and visitors from the wider Christchurch area.

Services include hairdressing and barbering for men and women, carried out by the salon's team of stylists and barbers. The salon's offering focuses on routine cuts and styling rather than specialised medical or cosmetic procedures.

Customers commonly describe a professional and friendly welcome on arrival, with staff who listen to styling requests. Reviews highlight skillful cutting for both men's and women's styles, and frequent comments note affordable pricing and a quick, efficient service experience.

Located in the Riccarton area, Hair Sense is positioned as a practical local option for straightforward haircuts and everyday styling. Its combination of friendly staff, consistent skill across men's and women's services, and emphasis on value and speed are the features most often mentioned by clients.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Hair Sense shows solid basic information on the Google listing, with a health score of 4.6 out of 10. The listing has a phone number and website link, and is claimed and verified, which helps customers reach out and learn more. The main remaining gaps are a missing logo, a weak or absent description, and limited photos, which constrain interest and trust.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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
    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
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.4 ★★★★★ (165)
Hair salon · Riccarton
Open 5 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Hair Sense displays a below-average health score for Google Business Reviews, at 3.4 out of 10. The business shows solid initial traction with at least one review and a responsive approach to some feedback, but there is significant room to improve overall review volume and consistency. Customers see a friendly, affordable service and professional staff as strengths.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Hair Sense
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
4.4★★★★★165 reviews
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Katherine M.★★★★★ · Edited 4 years ago

One of the best.

Response from the owner2

Really happy to hear that ! Thanks!!

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Elizabeth E.★★★★★ · 8 years ago

very happy, lovely friendly lady.

Response from the owner

We r really happy to hear that Thanks for coming^^

Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Hair Sense shows a very strong overall health score in Google Maps search, indicating solid visibility across maps queries. The top finding is dominance for key keywords like hair salon in riccarton and unisex hairdresser in riccarton, ranking first. Borough-specific visibility is outstanding, placing in the top 10% and supporting local footfall.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "unisex hairdresser" in 2 suburbs, seen in 5
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Hair Sense✓4.4 ★ (165) · Hair salon
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Synergy Hair Riccarton4.5 ★ (175) · Hair salon
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J&K Hair Design4.7 ★ (45) · Hair salon
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Angels Hair and Beauty5.0 ★ (14) · Hair salon
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Where customers find you

Hair Sense shows a low overall health score for social and directory presence, with opportunities mainly in Instagram, TikTok and NoSecretSalon listings. Strengths include a strong Facebook and active local profiles on Neighbourly, Fresha and Yellow Directory. Focused gains could come from establishing social profiles and consistent updates to directories already listed.

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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    Yellow ProfileWe can see your Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/hairsense-579429118) found via: Google search results.
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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/hair-sense-riccarton-road-christchurch-QvED3X) 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
    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.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Yellowhairsense-579429118Hair Sense | Yellow✓
Facebookhair20sense15Hair Sense | Facebook✓
White Pageshairsense-riccartonHair Sense | White Pages
Freshahair-sense-riccarton-road-christchurch-QvED3XHair Sense | Fresha✓
Infobelhair_senseHair Sense | Infobel
Family Company Studiohair-senseHair Sense | Family Company Studio
Neighbourlyhair-senseHair Sense | Neighbourly
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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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 follow half the pages here.
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    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.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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★ 12 reviews · recommended 3
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Strengths

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

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
9:41
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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

Hair Sense's published hours mostly align with local customer demand, with all 45 well-aligned peak hours during key weekday and weekend midday windows. There are notable gaps on Monday midday and one Sunday afternoon when demand is high but the salon is closed. No open hours fall in low-demand periods, so reducing wasteful hours is not currently necessary.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
6.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Hair Sense
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am-6pm
Wednesday9am-6pm
Thursday9am-6pm
Friday9am-6pm
Saturday9am-6pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#292of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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