How independent beauty pros raise prices without dumping their best clients: notice, a reason, and a clean policy. Warn them once, in writing A price change that shows up at checkout feels like a trick. Put the new rate on the booking link and send one note with the date it starts. Two to four weeks is enough for most books. Longer if you see people on a long cycle, like a twelve-week color. Give a reason they can repeat Product cost, time per visit, or a private studio instead of a shared floor. One sentence. They will repeat it to a spouse. They will not repeat a speech. If you just moved into a suite, wait until the new address feels normal. Do not stack a move and a jump in the same week unless you have to. Protect the book you care about You can honor the old rate for a visit or two for the people who filled your Tuesdays when nobody else would. Then everyone pays the new menu. A forever exception becomes a second business. The ones who leave over a fair increase were buying a discount, not you. Fill those hours. (865) 684-5973 if the suite is the reason the work is worth more. Elite Suites is a salon-suite building, not a traditional salon. Professionals are independent tenants, not employees. Monthly rent covers the private room, equipment, electric, water, Wi-Fi, laundry, climate control, and a front-desk concierge. There is no commission split and no house service menu — clients book the individual provider. Norvell spray tanning is offered at Farragut and West Town. Follow Instagram at elitesuitessalonstudios or Facebook at EliteSuites10536.