Your customers sit in that chair for twenty minutes to an hour with nothing to do but listen. No other business gets that much attention from a captive audience — and most shops fill it with a phone playlist that never mentions the shop.
Whoever opened up picked it, it doesn't match the room, and streaming a personal account in a business isn't permitted under those services' terms.
The local station plays adverts. Some of them are for the salon two streets over, and you're the one broadcasting them.
The "see you in four weeks" happens at the till, if the stylist remembers, if the customer is listening. Most of the time it just doesn't.
WHAT YOU'D ACTUALLY PLAY
Music that suits your room — laid-back, upbeat, whatever your shop is — with your own voice dropping in between tracks. Not adverts. Just the things you'd say anyway, said every time, to everyone.
WELCOME
“Welcome to Mr. Jay's. Grab a seat — we'll be right with you.”
REBOOKING
“Ask us to book your next cut before you leave — it takes ten seconds and saves you the wait.”
ADD-ON
“Today's special: fade and beard trim together, twenty-five dollars.”
LOYALTY
“Every sixth cut is on us. Ask about the loyalty card at the counter.”
Type the words, pick a voice, and the spot is built for you — or record it yourself in one take.
You control how often spots play. Most shops run one every few songs — often enough that everyone hears it during a visit, rare enough that nobody notices it as advertising.
You can run separate zones with separate stations if you have separate speaker areas. A single open floor is one zone, one sound.
Streaming a personal account in a business is outside those services' terms. FrontDoorRadio uses a music library licensed for commercial use, so there's nothing for you to clear. Full explanation here.
Change it from your phone between clients. It's on air within seconds — you don't need to be near the speaker or a computer.
Any speaker you already own. Five minutes. From $15.99/mo, 14 days free, no credit card.
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