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VIP Cuts Barbershop

Barber shop · Spreydon, 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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Checked13 October 2026
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VIP Cuts Barbershop

Barber shop · Spreydon, Christchurch

Where you stand#242of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health5.2/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions9.704Listings and social9.608Opening hours8.702Reviews7.5

Where we can help

01Google listing3.105Facebook page2.107Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

VIP CUTS BARBERSHOP is a barbershop in Spreydon, Christchurch offering men's haircuts, fades, buzz cuts, beard trimming and face waxing. Services include children's cuts and hair trimming, with barbers who focus on precise fades and classic styles. Reviews note a friendly, efficient atmosphere and consistent results from barbers such as Jaffal and Mohammed.

VIP CUTS BARBERSHOP is a barbershop located in Spreydon, Christchurch, serving local customers with a focus on men's hair services. The salon lists haircuts, children's cuts, hair trimming, fades, buzz cuts, beard trimming and men's face waxing among its core offerings.

The team provides a mix of classic and contemporary barbering, with specific mention of hair fades, beard trimming and precise haircutting. Services are described to include routine trims as well as more detailed styling like fades and beard shaping, and clients can book standard haircuts or children's cuts.

Customer feedback highlights a friendly, welcoming environment and barbers who are efficient and attentive to client requests. Reviews reference individual barbers by name and note consistent, satisfying outcomes from haircuts and beard work. Clients commonly mention that staff are approachable and execute requested styles accurately.

Locally, VIP CUTS BARBERSHOP is presented as a neighbourhood barbershop in Spreydon that combines routine men's grooming with attentive customer service. The combination of specific barbering services and the recurring review themes of friendliness and reliable results are the primary features distinguishing this shop for Christchurch customers.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Vip Cuts Barbershop's Google Business Listing shows below average health at 2.9/10. The listing is claimed, with open-for-business status, a listed phone number and full address, which helps local customers reach out. The main opportunities lie in adding a website link, enhancing the description and adding a logo; photos are already solid and help with ranking.

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
    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
    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.
  • 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.
3.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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VIP Cuts Barbershop
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4.8 ★★★★★ (278)
Barber shop · Spreydon
Open 1 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website 1
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Barbershop - haircut - children cut - hair trimming - hair fade - buzz cut - men face wax - Barber- beard trimming . Hair cut

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

Your reviews

VIP CUTS BARBERSHOP shows an above-average health score of 5.8 out of 10, indicating the business is performing reasonably well in Google reviews. The strongest strengths are outstanding Google Business Rating Confidence and outstanding total reviews, placing the shop in the top 10% for both metrics. The main opportunities lie in improving the Google review response rate and maintaining momentum in star ratings.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
7.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
VIP Cuts Barbershop
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
4.8★★★★★278 reviews ✓
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aavash K.★ · a year ago

Response from the owner1

Hey . Any reason why 1 star ?

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Otto W.★ · a year ago

Got done bad. dont go

Response from the owner

Hey , can you please contact me on 02108385678 . Cheers

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

Where you show up on the map

VIP Cuts Barbershop shows a very high health score in Maps Search Performance, indicating strong visibility across Google Maps. The top finding is that the borough score has moved up from the bottom quartile, suggesting improving local presence. Additionally, aggregate visibility sits at or above the local median, reflecting solid overall performance and increased chances of being found by local customers.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

  • 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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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✓Top three for "barber shop" in 4 suburbs, seen in 49
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Beard'n Flame Barbershop Spreydon4.8 ★ (96) · Barber shop
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VIP Cuts Barbershop14.8 ★ (278) · Barber shop
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Happy Haircuts5.0 ★ (5) · Barber shop
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Fresh Barber Cuts Addington4.9 ★ (378) · Barber shop
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #14 for map positions
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Where customers find you

VIP CUTS BARBERSHOP shows a health score of 4.9/10 for social presence, indicating moderate overall visibility. The strongest finding is a very high-trust Facebook profile, which supports reliable local reach. Fresha directory presence adds additional exposure beyond the core listing. Opportunities lie mainly in expanding profiles on Instagram and TikTok with higher trust, and improving local directory listings.

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

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe found your Tiktok Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
  • 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
    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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Tiktok@the_weaselmannFound through search, not linked from anything you own1
Freshalp/en/bt/barbershops/in/nz-christchurchFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
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 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.
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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

  • 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
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
  • 3
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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★ 2 reviews · recommended 2
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☎ +64 21 287 8909✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #395 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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

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
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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

VIP CUTS BARBERSHOP's opening hours largely match local demand, with strong coverage across key weekend and midweek lunch peaks. High-demand Saturday mid-day slots and Tuesday late-morning to midday are open and well aligned. There are missed openings around 9am on several weekdays and Saturday, which could capture additional bookings. No low-demand open hours were identified, indicating a tight schedule.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
8.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
VIP Cuts Barbershop
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Hours 1
Monday9am-7:30pm
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
ThursdayClosed
FridayClosed
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Spreydon
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Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#242of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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