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Stand up tanning booths, or vertical tanning units, are a lay down type tanning beds mounted on a base.   There are many advantages to a vertical tanning devicethis is a photo of a stand up tanning booth versus a lay down type which you should be very familiar with if you plan on owning a tanning salon.  One of the greatest advantages of stand up tanning is the number of bulbs you can be surrounded by increases dramatically, and because you are standing and not sitting down, the manufacturers want to make the time as short as possible, like 9 to 11 minute max session times.  This is a good thing for both the salon owner, who gets clients in and out of a unit they charge the most for, and the customer who gets the best possible tan in the shortest period of time.  There is a very successful business model by Hollywood Tans of New Jersey, who builds tanning salons which ONLY have stand up booths.  You can now buy used Hollywood Tans stand up tanning booths for sale and follow this successful business model if you think that is the right thing to do with your location and target demographic.  If you buy my eBook, I will give you my opinion of when, where, and how many stand up tanning booths to plan with your salon.  Click here to buy my eBook on How to Open a Tanning Salon.



One important decision a new salon owner may have today is whether or not to buy used tanning beds or used stand up tanning booths when opening a "new" tanning salon :  With so many tanning salons going out of business during this consolidation period, there has been a flood of used tanning salon equipment on the market.  Although you may save thousands ofthis is a photo of used tanning beds for sale dollars trying find a deal, and there are many of them out there, you could end up spending much more than you expected if you are properly prepared when buying used stuff.  As a new tanning bed salesman for 10 years and used tanning bed broker for the past 5, I can honestly give you great advice on which used tanning beds to buy and who to buy them from! (I no longer sell them).  I have created this website to help speed your learning process and for the very low price of $20, you can have instant access to over 100 tanning salon industry links and over 10,000 words to help bring you "up to speed" on this rapidly changing business opportunity.  Click here to buy this eBook, receive a free Tanning Salon Business Plan, and activate all the links to the right       >>>>>

Consider this...a customer walks through the door pays you anywhere from $5 to $35 for a "session", and after a click of the mouse and quick conversation, you go back to reading, watching a movie or your kids!  Once the customer leaves, you sanitize the tanning bedthis is an eBook on How to Open a Tanning Salon and your job is complete.  No inventory, no mess, very low maintenance, and you can even do other things like operate a video store, laundry, smoothie counter, or even day care!

My name is Rick Houston and I have been in the indoor tanning industry for over 15 years with experience in manufacturing, retail salon locations, and online marketing of all tanning salon products and I can honestly say NOW is the best time to open a tanning salon!