HIGHLIGHTS • How I Went from $10 Haircuts to $3000 Services w/ Taylor Perry

The Hair Game

Salon Republic

Business, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.6 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Successful scalp micropigmentation (SMP) artist @taylorperry was tired of the grind of $10 barber cuts and used his experience as a tattoo artist to transition to SMP. He shares how he built a new clientele and went from $10 hair services to $3000 SMP sessions.

This Week's Topics:

• Understanding Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP)

• The Artistry Behind SMP

• The Journey to Discovering SMP

• Technical Aspects of SMP Application

• Location and Clientele

• Cost Comparison: SMP vs. Hair Transplants

• SMP as a Foundation: Complementing Other Treatments

• Client Acquisition: Engaging with Potential Clients

• The Power of Networking

• Transitioning to Education

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0:00.0	You're listening to the highlights of the full episode.
0:09.4	Hey, hair gamers, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast.
0:13.5	Salonanin Public has a new location in Philadelphia, opening later this fall in the center
0:17.5	city area, so go to Salonurupublic.com or our link in bio at the hair game
0:22.2	podcast book yourself a virtual tour and check out the new space it's gonna be great all right
0:30.3	on to our episode with taylor perry so man my my in during my career, I've done it all.
0:38.1	I've worked in high-end shops.
0:39.5	I've worked in low-end shops.
0:41.2	Um, the last nine years of my barbering doing haircuts, I was in a $10 barbershop.
0:49.0	We're talking, yeah, bro.
0:51.2	And we're talking with my years and years of experience and my skill set. I'm in a low
0:58.5	skill set barbershop doing $10 haircuts. Granted, I still made at least $500 every single day.
1:06.3	I made stupid money. But I'm also killing myself. I working you know 10 hours a day so many clients I
1:14.6	mean Jesus Christ if you figure I guess 10 bucks plus a tip hopefully guys are tipping you a few
1:21.0	but yeah but I'm averaging like 20 20 clients a day even even more. Right, which is just, it's insane.
1:29.9	Crazy.
1:31.1	Yeah.
1:31.6	That's cool when you're starting out, but now when you're in the game for so long.
1:34.9	Right.
1:36.1	And these, you know, a $10 barber cut, this is like the level where you're like the dude,
1:43.6	they're all like lined up against the back of the wall and they're like, give me a one and a two and stuff, that kind of thing.
1:50.2	For the most part, honestly, it was a group of of eight guys and we cut hair extremely good.
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