tatooing business

[grossreal]

hi all
maybe a funny request but is there anyone that is a body peircer or tatooing person that is interested in a the same in the form of a bus.
the bus is for sale and I can buy and do a deal for you to run business.
it is fully council approved and insured with public liability insurance.
not into this market but I think someone that is can make some money.
I am strickly the van buyer.
I haven't bought bus but if you want the leg up I can invest in it if need be as I think it could work.

 

[yadreamin]

This is a very good example of "Thinking Out side the Square"


grossreal l think a little Bam Bam on the butt might look good

 

[redwing]

This is a very good example of "Thinking Out side the Square"


grossreal l think a little Bam Bam on the butt might look good

???

okay...the mind conjures up many images here !

 

[thefirstbruce]

mobile tatts might do ok in the mines, but the one guy I know making a motza out of this industry is doing it by reputation....a rep he got by being in the same spot for a few years (and not getting one infected client in that time.....(I bet he is the only piercer with an honours degree in anatomy)......now, if you can build a rep and trade while moving around, for a service that often arises on impulse........

 

[michaelg]

Just the thought of tattoos gets under my skin.

But seriously, it may be possible to get a rep and be mobile. Since its a bus - just create a bus-timetable.

That leds to a number of possibilities...

a) Your advertising brouchure becomes the bus timetable - so people would hang onto it a little longer and would be more inclined to pass to others who may be interested.

b) You post the timetable on your website.

c) On the website you have a form people can fill in to nominate other "stops" they want added to the "route". The form would serve a number of purposes...

1) Your customers tell you what they want (ie where)
2) Your customer will inform you of markets they you may not even be aware of
3) You capture customer details that you can build into a mailing list to advise of new locations, or new designs, or specials or special events.

You could even provide helpful things to ask or watch out for when getting tats - i.e. health issues i.e. "if you get a tat make sure that the specialist does blah blah blah to reduce risk of infection - these are technics we use in our business - etc"

Regards
Michael

 

[pete152]

I think it would be a good idea. I have passed it on to a tattooist that I know.
Cheers,
Peter

 

[skater]

It appears to me to be the kind of business that would do really well in an area that has many "underprivilaged" people living. I live in an area that has a lot of unemployed & single parents. There are a lot of them that don't drive & frequently cry poor, however a lot of them can afford to have tattoos, along with other expensive vices like alcohol & cigarettes.

Maybe a mobile business that does tattooing & sells alcohol & cigarettes as well would be extremely profitable.

 

[Bargain Hunter]

A mobile tatooist could do the rounds of the pubs on a Friday and Saturday night. That way they are getting the impulse buyers and still creating credibility over time.

They could start a franchise company, "Mobile Inc".

 

[Simon]

Covering rural centres might be a good idea. Pt an ad in their local rag a week or two before and do a pub poster campaign then roll up for a few days and ink up the clients then move on.

 

[Peter Parker]

Maybe a mobile business that does tattooing & sells alcohol & cigarettes as well would be extremely profitable.

You forgot to add the other Tatts - ie Tattslotto!

A lot of existing tattoo businesses also do piercing.

Re this you will find that chemists and beauty shops in middle class areas will only say on the window that they do 'ear piercing'. Whereas in the poorer areas the windows will proclaim that they do 'body piercing' and often also tattoos.

It may be possible to predict average house prices from the mix of businesses in a main street. You'd take the metropolitan average (let's say $400k) and add or subtract depending on the local facilities.

My list (from extensive travels of every poor suburb in Melbourne) would go something like this:

- (un)employment or welfare agency: - $20 000
- Pawnbroker or payday lender: - $20 000
- Tattoo and/or piercing shop: -$20 000
- TAB: - $20 000
- Stand-alone liquor store: - $10 000
- Stand-alone Tattersalls shop: - $5 000
- Op shop: -$5 000
- $2 shop: - $5 000

- Greengrocer: +$5 000
- Swank cafe: +$5 000
- Library: +$10 000
- Swank 'recycled clothing' shop: +$10 000
- Book shop: +$20 000
- Organic greengrocer: +$20 000

This could be calculated per shop, so if there were three pawnbrokers then it's $60 000 off the price the area should command since it's clearly very low socio-economic. All this does sound rather snobbish (and even borders on morality, virtue, wealth and poverty). However snobbery is socially-constructed as are property values and even money (see alexlee's post in current thread) so it needs to be considered as part of the rules of the game that one person alone is unlikely to change.

Getting back to mobile businesses, woudn't you need a trading permit in every council area you went into? And existing proprieters (who pay rates) wouldn't be expected to support it. Neither would residents who'd argue that it lowers the tone of the area. But one could probably get away with it for a few days at an out of town truck-stop or industrial area. Do business bankers ask if the enterprise has all required permits before handing over the money?

Peter

 

[grossreal]

hi all
interesting reply but for me I was only asking if someone wants this business and knows how to do it
I would look at financing it as for the morals of tatooing I can think of alot of other businesses that have alot more queationable morals.
this was more of a if you want it but can't fund it ( and not sure if a normal lender would lend on it)(I would look at it)

 

[Strannik]

A mobile tatooist could do the rounds of the pubs on a Friday and Saturday night. That way they are getting the impulse buyers and still creating credibility over time.

They could start a franchise company, "Mobile Inc".

Good idea but it won't work.

No reputable tatooist is going to touch you if you're drunk/on drugs.

If you are drunk you will bleed too much, and blood will be washing out the ink, plus tatooist won't see what he's doing so it will be nearly impossible to do nice job.

So there goes the credibility

 

[Bargain Hunter]

No reputable tatooist is going to touch you if you're drunk/on drugs.

People only get tatoos or piercings when they are stone sober.

I understand what you are saying, and within the context perhaps going out of the way to park near clubs/pubs would be somewhat unprofessional.

Maybe there are just a lot on non-reputable tatooists out there... I know that some of the ones around here will do piercings for minors without parental consent.

Regards

Andrew

 

[Jimmyjamjars]

To add to Strannik's post, I do honestly think that a lot of people are now very conscious of hygiene ie: sterilization, autoclaving etc. The thought of a bus rolling up, park, and start spruiking for tattooing, piercing etc, would have me walking the other way. I have abolutely nothing against tattoos and have several but went to a proper tattoo establishment and asked to see their sterilising techniques and methods first. Also asked many questions, would people going to a bus be able to see these techniques or would they just be taking the bus driver's word on this. Just my thoughts.
JIM

 

[willair]

I would look at financing it as for the morals of tatooing I can think of alot of other businesses that have alot more queationable morals.

Grossreal,
imho.
Something also to consider a very high % of tatooists are run as fronts
for some very heavyweight outlaw motorcycle clubs and if you know the way
they operate then you be better to stay clear as they say
why build when you can burn.....
good luck willair........

 

[Strannik]

People only get tatoos or piercings when they are stone sober.

Well that's how i got mine.

Every time apart from the first one i actually made an appointment a week before i got them.
Even though with the latest one i regret not eating the whole pack of nurofen before doing it, as it was so painful i nearly fainted there.

 

[skater]

Well that's how i got mine.

That maybe how you got yours, but we're not talking about you, are we. There are many upstanding citizens, I am sure, who have tattoos etc, same as there are (I presume) many great tattooists. But, you can be sure that there will also be some at the other end of the spectrum too.

 

[Aceyducey]

It'd be a great service if it went round a lot of the festivals.

You'd build a clientelle who'd promote it amongst their peer group.

I've never seen this service at the festivals I've attended (like Woodford and Canberra Folk Festivals)

Cheers,

Aceyducey

 

[wish-ga]

Is Acey talking about tattooing at the festivals or another service. Because there are understandably stringent laws regarding hygeine. Equipment has to be sterilised. Portable autoclave?

And a festival setting may be conducive to impulsivity that many tattooists work hard to discourage. I believe many are adept at assessing whether or not anyone is ready mentally for the art or are being rash. I suspect such tattooists may send more away from their tent than accept. And the thought attempting to maintain sterile conditions in all that mud

GR, I also recommend a spell check before getting any stationery printed *g*

 

[Indifference]

One of mine I got on the spot.... but I had a good idea what I wanted already and happened to find the right flash and the tattooist was available and the rest is history.

The issue is that most reputable tattooist are so busy that you have to book into see them. I have been able to get elective surgery faster than an appointment with certain well regarded tattooists.

Ever wondered how some of those blokes on $40K Harley's pay cash for their hogs?? Some actually do it plying their skin art trade.... and can earn as much as a medical specialist because they are so damn busy. $120-140 /hr is not too shabby!

I too think a mobile tattoo clinic (& piercing) would be great for extended festivals like Acey said.

cheers