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Sublime Hair Studio

Hairdresser · Christchurch Centre, 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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Sublime Hair Studio

Hairdresser · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#32of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health9.4/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing9.802Reviews8.204Listings and social8.107Google search and traffic7.708Opening hours6.705Facebook page6.5

Where we can help

03Map positions5.806Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Sublime Hair Studio is a boutique hair and beauty studio in Christchurch Central City, specialising in hair recovery treatments, balayage and colour corrections, plus personalised in-depth hair care. The studio also offers eyebrow design, lash lifts and customised facial and skincare consultations. Services are tailored by an experienced head stylist for a professional, relaxed salon experience.

Sublime Hair Studio is a boutique hair and beauty studio located in Christchurch Central City. The studio presents itself as a one-stop salon for colour and care, emphasising hair integrity alongside beauty services in a compact, city-centre setting.

The salon specialises in hair recovery treatments, precision colour corrections, bespoke blonding and balayage, and in-depth hair care. Beyond colour work, services include expert eyebrow design, lash lifts and customised facial treatments, together with personalised skincare consultations aimed at healthier, more radiant skin.

Customers commonly report professional, knowledgeable service and consistent results. Reviews highlight clear advice from the stylist, successful remedies for difficult colour issues, and ongoing improvements in hair health. Several clients note long-term loyalty to the same stylist and an experience that combines technical skill with personalised guidance.

Sublime presents itself locally as a small, detail-focused studio where services are tailored to individual needs. The salon's senior stylist brings substantial experience to colour and corrective work, and the emphasis on hair integrity and bespoke treatments helps the studio stand out in Christchurch Central City for clients seeking careful, experience-driven hair and beauty services.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Sublime Hair Studio shows a very high listing health with a 9.5/10 and clear basic details. The strongest finding is that the listing is claimed, has a phone number and a website link, and the Open-for-Business status is accurate, supporting easy customer contact. The top opportunity is to enhance the listing description further to target the top 10% of local profiles.

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 two opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Sublime Hair Studio
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4.8 ★★★★★ (130)
Hairdresser · Christchurch Centre1
Open 6 days · late Thu and Fri ✓
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From the business

We are a boutique hair and beauty studio in the heart of Christchurch, specialising in hair recovery treatments, balayages & colour corrections, and in-depth hair care. Our head stylist brings over 20 years of experience in the hairdressing, ensuring expert guidance to achieve your #hairgoals. Beyond hair, we offer a range of beauty services, including expert eyebrow design, lash lifts, and customised facial treatments. We also provide personalised skincare consultations to help you achieve healthy, radiant skin. At our studio, every service is tailored to your unique needs, ensuring a personalised and professional experience in a welcoming and relaxing environment.

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

Your reviews

Sublime Hair Studio shows a high overall Google review health score with solid engagement. Key findings point to strong rating confidence and a top 25% position for total reviews, alongside a good response rate. While momentum is positive, there is room to push further toward the top brackets by maintaining service quality and consistent engagement.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
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    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Sublime Hair Studio
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4.8★★★★★130 reviews
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G T.★ · Edited a week ago

Staff is rude and not accommodating, won’t greet you when you walk in and a hostile service. Definitely not a safe space for males who want scissor haircuts from a hairdresser went to the barbershop down the road and got a much better serv...

Response from the owner3

Following a review of our records, we can confirm that this individual has never received any services at our studio. This review is therefore not based on a genuine customer experience.

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Kia-Angela T.★ · Edited a week ago

I went to this salon asking for dark purple hair. Instead, I left with red/brown patchy tones that were completely different from what I had requested. I was also getting my extensions dyed the same colour and when I arrived I was told “I d...

Response from the owner

Response from Sublime Hair Studio We’re sorry you left feeling dissatisfied. However, several statements in this review are factually incorrect. The original consultation was for a dark...

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

Where you show up on the map

Sublime Hair Studio shows average overall health in Google Maps searches, with room to improve. The strongest opportunity is to expand performance in aggregate maps queries, while continuing to build borough presence to push into top local results. Focused keyword performance already highlights several relevant terms that attract nearby clients.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 7 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Forbidden Hair & Extensions4.7 ★ (36) · Hairdresser
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uncommon hair4.8 ★ (89) · Hairdresser
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Hair Art & Beauty4.9 ★ (296) · Hairdresser
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Elite Hair & Extensions5.0 ★ (7) · Hairdresser
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Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Where customers find you

Sublime Hair Studio shows very high health (8.7/10) for market presence, with strong Instagram and Facebook trust signals and a solid Fresha footprint. Key strengths include outstanding social profiles and a well-established booking/directory listing presence. The main improvement area is expanding on TikTok, GrabOne, Neighbourly profiles and local visibility to 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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    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.
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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/sublime-hair-studio-high-street-christchurch-RvEw4Z) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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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
    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.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagramsublime.hairstudioSublime Hair Studio | Instagram✓
Freshasublime-hair-studio-high-street-christchurch-RvEw4ZSublime Hair Studio | Fresha✓
Family Company Studiosublime-hair-studioSublime Hair Studio | Family Company Studio
FacebookSublimeHairNZSublime Hair Studio | Facebook✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #96 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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    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.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Sublime Hair Studio shows a very high on-page SEO health with a score of 9.4/10 and strong technical fundamentals. The most notable findings are fast page load under 3 seconds, a valid favicon, and an H1 heading, which support clear structure and user trust. Minor polish opportunities remain around render-blocking resources and meta description length.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    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.
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    Pages linking to youFewer pages link to yours than most of this market, so search engines have few routes into your site.
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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2The shape of your link profile
3Pages linking to you
Your websiteChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Sublime Hair Studio's Website Traffic health is solid, with a health score of 7.6 out of 10 indicating decent performance relative to peers. The strongest position is in organic rankings, where the business sits between the 25th and 50th percentile. Key opportunities focus on paid traffic underperformance and consistency in organic content to lift visibility and capture more potential clients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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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 ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than half the businesses here, so competitors are picking up searches you could be answering.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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21No ads from you on any search
Sublime Hair StudioNot in these results
3About 444 visits a month from search, across 138 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Sublime Hair Studio's opening hours largely match local demand, with strong alignment across midweek and Saturday lunchtime peaks. Saturday 11am-1pm and Tuesday 11am-12pm are open during high-search windows. There are no low-demand open hours, so published hours avoid obvious inefficiencies. However, some popular Sunday and Monday lunch/afternoon slots remain closed, representing clear revenue opportunities if demand justifies staffing.

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.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Sublime Hair Studio
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Hours 1
Monday12pm-6pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-8pm
Friday8:30am-9pm
Saturday9am-5pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch Centre
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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#32of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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