How To Buy Tanning Beds and Get a Tanning Bed That Will Last and Produce Revenue!

If you want to buy tanning beds for a salon or spa, or you want to buy a tanning booth/bed for your home, then this might one of the most important articles you read...

Buying beds for a salon is not something to take lightly. Each tanning bed will have it's own room and each room is there to make money.

Do not buy beds that are cheap or seem like that look nice. Buy tanning booths from a quality manufacturer with quality electrical and sturdy design.

Also, if possible, buy tanning beds from a company that has a local maintenance and/or repair technician. You don't want to be stuck in the middle of the busy season with one of your best tanning beds out because then it's not making you any money. And you may have to wait days for someone to help you, or you could be stuck on the phone with technical support trying to do it yourself. That can be a nightmare.

Avoid using a middle man when you buy tanning beds. He or she usually is not going to be in the business for long, and although they may help you in the beginning, they will disappear soon enough. Start and maintain a relationship with a manufacturer.

When you buy for a salon think about your tanning bed mix. But first find out what your competition has. You may be tempted to get a bunch of level one tanning beds (basic tanning beds) because they are cheap (and you can get some really nice ones as well). But you need to have more powerful beds in your tanning bed mix. Some tanning salons have 6 levels!

In addition to regular tanning beds, you should have a spray tanning booth or airbrush tanning system. More and more people are getting spray tans, and you'll be leaving money on the table if you don't.

Side Bar: Be sure the electrical system in your tanning beds have the correct power for the bulbs you will be using. What I mean is, some tanning bed companies say they have 140 or 160 watt tanning beds because that is what the bulbs say. But in actuality they have maybe 120 because they put a cheap electrical system in to save money in the manufacturing process. This is another reason to buy tanning beds from well known brands because you get what you pay for in this business.

If you are buying a home tanning bed, the same advice should be applied. You don't want to be stuck with a broken part or error messages coming up on the screen and trying to sort it out with technical support (unless it's an easy fix), because then it may be broken for days.

If you buy a cheap tanning bed you will really be in for a ride because they break easily, parts are hard to get, and the companies that sell cheap tanning beds usually have bad support.

So if you buy tanning beds be sure you at least get a mid range to upper high end for your home from a good quality company that has good support and someone local to help you if possible.