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Nomadic Barbers

Barber shop · New Brighton, 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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Nomadic Barbers

Barber shop · New Brighton, Christchurch

Where you stand#248of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health5.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.602Reviews8.808Opening hours7.0

Where we can help

03Map positions5.901Google listing3.105Facebook page2.107Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Nomadic Barbers is a mobile barber and stylist operating from a distinctive bus in New Brighton, Christchurch. They describe themselves as a professional barber/stylist with 18 years' experience, working with all hair types. Customers can expect personalised service delivered in an informal, friendly setting with a focus on skilled cuts and a relaxed, chatty atmosphere.

Nomadic Barbers operates from a converted bus in New Brighton, Christchurch. They describe themselves as a professional barber and stylist with 18 years' experience and state they are skilled in all hair types. The mobile setup in a bus is a notable local presence and defines much of the customer experience.

Services focus on barbering and styling for a variety of hair types, delivered by an experienced stylist. The listing highlights skill across cuts and styling rather than specific treatments. The business notes dedication to great service and the physical setting on a bus provides a compact, personalised environment for appointments.

Customers commonly report friendly, professional service and a relaxed, chatty experience. Review themes mention attentive, knowledgeable staff who provide consistent haircuts, with some describing the visit as more like a spa treatment than just a haircut. Clients also note helpful conversation and a comfortably informal atmosphere during appointments.

Locally, Nomadic Barbers is distinguished by its mobile bus setup in New Brighton and the stylist's long experience. For customers seeking a personable, skilled barbering experience in Christchurch with an informal, bus-based setting, Nomadic Barbers offers a clearly defined local option.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Nomadic Barbers shows a below-average overall health score for its Google Business Listing, indicating room for improvement in profile completeness. The listing already has a claimed status, a visible title, phone number, and full address, which helps customers reach and locate the business. Key opportunities include adding a website link and a logo, while the description and photos have progressed and can continue to improve.

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

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    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
    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
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (23)
Barber shop · New Brighton
Open 6 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Professional barber/stylist with 18 years experience. Skilled in all hair types. Passionate and dedicated to great service on the coolest bus you've ever seen.

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

Your reviews

Nomadic Barbers shows a very strong health score of 9.5 out of 10, indicating solid Google review performance. The two key findings are: a top 10% star rating reflecting high customer satisfaction, and an elite 10% review-response rate indicating strong engagement with clients. These factors support a positive reputation and steady growth potential.

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.
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    Response rateYou answer virtually every review, which almost nobody in this market does, and the page reads as a business that is present.

Top two opportunities

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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 all of them.
8.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Nomadic Barbers
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M!LAN★★★★★ · a week ago

The entire experience felt more like a spa treatment than just a haircut. Tamsin is very friendly, professional, and clearly knows her craft inside out. Thanks for everything! -Highly recommended-

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Thank you Milan! Glad you had a great experience.

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Joshua S.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

Excellent, with good commentary. Knows how to cut your hair. Would recommend!!

Response from the owner

Thanks for your review Joshua. Always a joy having you in my chair

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

Where you show up on the map

Nomadic Barbers shows a fair overall health in Google Maps search performance, with room for improvement. The strongest signal comes from top rankings for core barber keywords in nearby areas, particularly 'barber shop in north beach' and 'barber shop in waimairi beach', which help visibility. The borough-specific score has improved and remains the main growth lane.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "barber shop" in 3 suburbs, seen in 8
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Brighton Barbershop4.7 ★ (123) · Barber shop
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DC Barber Shop0.0 ★ (0) · Barber shop
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Nomadic Barbers15.0 ★ (23) · Barber shop
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Brighton Style5.0 ★ (17) · Barber shop
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #203 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Nomadic Barbers shows an above-average health score of 7.0 out of 10 in the citations and social presence area. The strongest evidence is the very high trust Facebook presence and solid Neighbourly and Fresha directory visibility, suggesting strong local credibility and 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.
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    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.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe found your Tiktok Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
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    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
    Fresha ProfileWe could not find an active Fresha 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.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramnomadicbarbersnzNomadic Barbers | Instagram✓
FacebookNomadic-Barbers-61567551449065Nomadic Barbers | Facebook✓
Tiktok@barber6973Nomadic Barbers | Tiktok1
White Pagesnew-brighton-barberFound through search, not linked from anything you own
Neighbourlyhairdressers/canterbury-region/christchurch/new-brightonFound through search, not linked from anything you own
Freshalp/en/bt/barbershops/in/nz-christchurch/new-brightonNomadic Barbers | Fresha3
YellowNo listing found2
FreshaNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #22 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    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.
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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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
2.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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229 followers 1
Friendly, professional service with decades of experience and skill. Barbershop in a bus at the best locations! Walk ins welcome on the corner of Marine Parade and Bowhill Road in New Brighton or call...
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #393 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
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    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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How people find you on Google

Strengths

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Where we can help

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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

Nomadic Barbers shows a mixed fit between opening hours and local demand. All 40 weekly open hours fall into peak-demand windows, notably mid-morning and early afternoon on Saturdays and Tuesdays. However, 31 popular hours are missed, especially several Sunday midday and afternoon slots and a Wednesday 5pm. There are no low-demand open hours, so mis-timed openings are not a weakness.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
7.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Nomadic Barbers
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Hours 1
Monday10am-5pm
Tuesday10am-5pm
Wednesday10am-5pm
Thursday10am-5pm
Friday10am-5pm
Saturday10am-3pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#248of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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