I own and run two Nail Shadow salons in Atlanta (Buckhead and Kennesaw), and I've built them to fill chairs with paid ads and an AI receptionist instead of me answering the phone all day.

Opening a nail salon is the easy part. Keeping chairs full and not becoming a prisoner to your own shop is the hard part. I run two locations and can walk you through what actually works: choosing a location, hiring and keeping good technicians, pricing your services, getting new clients with paid ads, and using automation (AI booking, follow-ups, reminders) so the salon runs without you there every hour. Straight answers from someone doing it right now, not theory.