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Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks

Hairdresser · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

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Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks

Hairdresser · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#178of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health6.4/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks is an Addington, Christchurch salon specialising in natural dreadlocks, extensions, maintenance, repair and removal. The salon focuses on hands-on loctician services delivered by Maggie and emphasises ongoing upkeep and practical solutions. Clients visit for new dreadlock creations, routine maintenance and assistance with repair or full removal.

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks is a hair salon based in Addington, Christchurch specialising in natural dreadlocks. The salon identifies as a loctician service focused on creating and managing dreadlock styles within the local community.

Services include new dreadlock creation, extensions, regular maintenance, repair work and full removal. The salon materials describe hands-on loctician techniques and aftercare, with attention to both starting dreadlocks and later-stage upkeep.

Customer comments frequently mention interaction with Maggie, noting knowledge, friendly manner and a relaxed salon experience. Review themes include clients returning for maintenance, positive first-time experiences, advice around embracing natural hair and practical savings by reducing regular colouring costs. Many clients describe feeling supported during their dreadlock journey and planning repeat appointments.

As a local Addington specialist, Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks is positioned as a practical choice for Christchurch clients seeking dedicated loctician services. The combination of full-service offerings - from installation to removal - and client-reported continuity of care is a distinguishing local feature. The salon's focus on maintenance, repair and long-term dreadlock care identifies it as a destination for those wanting an ongoing dreadlock service in the area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks shows a solid overall health on Google Business Listing with a 7.0/10. The profile already lists essential details and has strong claimed status and contact options, while room exists to improve the description and keep growing photo content to boost local visibility.

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
    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.
  • 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.
7.1Good
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Hairdresser · Addington-Middleton3
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From the business

Natural dreadlocks, extensions, maintenance, repair, and removal in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks shows an overall health score of 4.3 out of 10 for Google Business reviews, indicating room for improvement. The most important findings are a zero response rate to reviews and growing total reviews that are above the bottom quartile, plus strong rating confidence and a high star rating. This suggests customers value the service but engagement with feedback is lacking.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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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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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.0Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #298 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks shows very low health in Google Maps search (0.2/10). The business ranks in a few broader maps queries, but visibility remains limited. The top opportunity is to improve aggregate and suburb-specific maps results, especially ensuring the listing address matches the queried suburb spelling. Building on current rankings, focus on accurate listing data and Maps-specific optimization.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.3Room to grow
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #481 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks shows a below-average health score for citations and social presence, with key strengths on Facebook and Fresha profiles. The main opportunities concern growing TikTok and LinkedIn presence, plus directories like GrabOne to broaden exposure and reach new clients.

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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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/knotty-knots-natural-dreadlocks-poulson-street-christchurch-znZaeM) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
  • 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.
4.7Room to grow
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Instagramnaturally.knottyKnotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks | Instagram1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #266 for listings and social
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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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    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.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.1Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks shows a very high on-page SEO health for its homepage, with a score of 8.9/10 and several solid foundations. The most important findings are a strong on-page SEO score and presence of an H1 tag, along with fast load times and a compact page size. Opportunities focus on meta description length, adjusting the title tag, and reducing render-blocking resources.

Strengths

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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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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.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
  • 3
    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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks shows a reasonably healthy website traffic profile, with an overall health score of 5.9 out of 10 (above average). The strongest finding is customers already visiting via organic search, while paid activity remains minimal and could be targeted to grow reach. Priorities include starting small paid campaigns and refining SEO fundamentals.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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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 search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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31About 25 visits a month from search, across 12 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #199 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks has mixed alignment between opening hours and local demand. The salon's weekday midday slots-especially Tuesday 11am-2pm and Wednesday noon-line up well with strong customer interest. However, several high-demand Saturday midday hours and Friday 10am are closed, representing missed bookings. No open hours fall in low-demand windows, so reducing hours is not currently indicated.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
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Knotty Knots Natural Dreadlocks
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Hours 1
Monday11am-6pm
Tuesday11am-6pm
Wednesday11am-6pm
Thursday11am-6pm
Friday11am-6pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Addington-Middleton
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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

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#178of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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