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Man Up Barbershop

Barber shop · St Albans, 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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Man Up Barbershop

Barber shop · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#209of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health5.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social8.907Google search and traffic7.6

Where we can help

05Facebook page4.908Opening hours3.601Google listing1.903Map positions1.102Reviews1.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Man Up Barbershop is a barbershop in Merivale, Christchurch offering professional haircuts, fades and colours. Located on Papanui Road, the salon is staffed by experienced, NZQA-qualified barbers and serves men and boys. Customers commonly report friendly, professional service and consistent results, with occasional comments about pricing.

Man Up Barbershop is a barbershop located at 186 Papanui Road in the Merivale area of Christchurch. The website notes the operation has experienced, NZQA-qualified barbers and that the trade name has changed while services continue at the same address.

The shop offers professional haircuts, fades and colours, and provides typical barber services including beard trims and appointments for events. Contact details on the site list a Christchurch phone number and an email for bookings, indicating an appointment-based service model.

Customers commonly report consistent, reliable haircuts, friendly service and a professional atmosphere. Reviews reference on-time appointments, pleasant conversations with staff and satisfaction with a range of services from boys' first haircuts to wedding party bookings. A small number of reviewers raise concerns about pricing for brief services such as very short buzz cuts.

Locally, Man Up Barbershop presents as an experienced, qualifications-backed barbershop serving men and boys in Merivale. The combination of NZQA-qualified barbers, standard barber services and a history of repeat clients contributes to its local character. Customers seeking traditional barbering services, beard trims or event bookings in Christchurch will find a clear set of services and contact details on the business's website.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Man Up Barbershop shows low overall health on Google Business Listing, score 2.1 out of 10, indicating many optimisation gaps. The strongest positives are having a website link, a listing title, a visible open status, a listed phone number and a full street address. Key missing elements include a claimed listing, a clear business description, a logo, and expanding photos to improve engagement.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Man Up Barbershop
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4.0 ★★★★★ (4)
Barber shop · St Albans
Open 5 days · late Thu ✓
DirectionsCall Website ✓
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Man Up Barbershop shows a very low health score, indicating significant room for improvement in Google review performance. The top findings point to lack of owner responses to reviews, an improving but still modest star rating, and a small but growing total number of reviews. Overall, efforts should focus on engagement and increasing review volume to build trust.

Strengths

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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
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
1.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Man Up Barbershop
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
4.0★★★★★4 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Man Up Barbershop shows very low overall health on Maps search, at 0.9 out of 10. This indicates limited visibility but some presence in broader maps queries. The strongest top keywords include barber shop in merivale and barber shop in strowan, with others in st albans and nearby areas. There is opportunity to improve both aggregate and suburb scores to lift local visibility.

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 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.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 3 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Le Barbier Barbershop4.7 ★ (55) · Barber shop
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VJ Barbers4.3 ★ (101) · Barber shop
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Beard'n Flame Barbershop Merivale4.7 ★ (27) · Barber shop
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Man Up Barbershop24.0 ★ (4) · Barber shop
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Where customers find you

Man Up Barbershop shows a below-average health score with room for improvement in social and directory presence. The strongest current asset is a very high-trust Facebook profile, while Fresha listings support visibility. Key takeaways point to expanding on Instagram and adding TikTok, GrabOne, and Neighbourly profiles to reach broader local and younger audiences.

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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/man-up-barbershop-papanui-road-christchurch-6QAXPe) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Freshalp/en/bt/barbershops/in/nz-christchurch/st-albansMan Up Barbershop | Fresha✓
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FacebookMan-Up-Barbershop-100063649236810Man Up Barbershop | Facebook✓
InstagrammanupbarbershopMan Up Barbershop | Instagram✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #57 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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
    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
    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1.5K followers
Hair Society Barbershop (Formerly known as Man Up) is the Mens fine grooming experience. In the heart of Merivale3
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★ 30 reviews · recommended
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☎ +64 3-355 0318✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Man Up Barbershop shows a very strong on-page SEO health with a 9.3 out of 10 score. The most notable finding is excellent meta and title tag health, paired with a fast, compact page that includes an H1 tag and secure content. Opportunities include favicon implementation and reducing render-blocking resources to improve speed and usability.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
  • ✓
    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
  • ✓
    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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
  • 2
    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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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

Man Up Barbershop's website traffic health is solid, with a health score of 8.2 out of 10, indicating strong overall traffic and visibility compared with local peers. The strongest opportunities lie in paid traffic and paid SERP presence, where initial, targeted campaigns and careful tracking can begin to capture more potential customers. Organic value is mid-range and showing steady progress.

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
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.6Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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21No ads from you on any search
Man Up BarbershopNot in these results
3About 542 visits a month from search, across 254 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #118 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Man Up Barbershop's opening hours show solid alignment with peak demand on several key mid-day slots, especially Tuesday 11am-12pm and Saturday 11am-1pm. However, the shop is closed during several popular Wednesday and Saturday afternoon hours, representing measurable missed revenue. No low-demand hours are currently open, so inefficient open time is not a concern.

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.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Man Up Barbershop
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday9am-6pm
Tuesday9am-6pm
WednesdayClosed
Thursday9am-7pm
Friday9am-6pm
Saturday9am-2pm
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

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#209of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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