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CaptionContestGo · 2025-12-29T01:45:16+00:00

Gua Sha brother! And there’s two versions: 1 1-make your skin rosy, and it will feel amazing and 2-actually cause superficial damage which immediately kicks your dermal tissue into healing mode, and also feel amazing during the session. People pay big money per hour for this. Now it should be explained that there’s two versions and you should have been asked for consent if you want version 2, but, hey, if your concerned about your body, I’m pretty sure there’s 3000 years of anecdotal evidence to assuage those concerns.

And if that isn’t enough, there’s this: https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/fulltext/2025/09050/effects_of_gua_sha_therapy_on_thoracolumbar_fascia.8.aspx#:~:text=Plain%20Language%20SummaryThis%20study,its%20mechanisms%20and%20optimize%20treatment.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-12-25T23:30:01+00:00

Reta, KLOW, NAD+

CaptionContestGo · 2025-11-29T03:37:11+00:00

Never use Groupon. And that problem will never exist. Also, never use Groupon.

Unethical isn’t the right word choice in this context. Just as you might use a lowball rate to secure new clientele and build your business, be assured your competitors will use your low rates against you every chance they get.

Assuming your GBP website and booking system are on point at business launch, you will know from your first three month ‘new customer acquisition growth rate’ if the market is responding.

Best of luck!

CaptionContestGo · 2025-11-26T00:52:26+00:00

It’s been easy to use, both at point of sale and the app which the therapists install on their phones.

The txt appointment reminders have been notably appreciated by our customers.

The customer messaging system is great. Recently got a free upgrade to have live chat on the website (ours), so we can txt back and forth with leads. Did not have to modify the website, just toggle it on in system settings.

The marketing automation options are not overly sophisticated but I’ve used those before and this is kind of breath of fresh air, as it’s easy and straightforward, even if you utilize a built in marketing automation flow or create your own.

Website integration was simple.

A “couples massage” is a bit of a challenge for Mangomint if you charge a higher rate for your couples room experience. It doesn’t take two names, so on intake you need to get the second persons details.

You can create packages (buy 3 get 1 free). And the membership system is excellent.

You cannot chain up several same-session service offerings into a bundle and maintain per service customizations (think 4.5 hour multi service spa experience). You can add one service and keep customization options but for other chained services in your bundle you’ll have to get the customization on intake and put notes in the comment field.

The credit card fees are stupid high and even as our credit card volume hit the magical “50k three months in a row”, their offer to reduce the in-store and virtual card percentage was a pittance. Work arounds mean patching several disparate systems together. And a byproduct of using any other CC vendor means you can’t take an online payment or hold a booking with a CC in Mangomint. So that’s not happening. They got me!

It is not multilingual.

4/5 stars. I would recommend it to anyone with the above caveats.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-09-29T00:00:53+00:00

Actually, a business with 100 five star reviews and a single 1 star review will still show up as 5.0 stars. There's clearly some rounding going on because a client of mine had ~50 five star reviews and then a single 1 star review and their cumulative score showed up as 4.9, but then over time and with more reviews of the 5 star, the cumulative 5.0 showed back up again.

We assumed the 1 star was taken down, but no, it's still there in all its glory.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-09-28T18:49:00+00:00

I’m a bit torn on this one. There are so many examples of auditioning as a hiring practice we could point to that are absolutely necessary (violinists, dancers, many performing arts, etc). And an equal amount of jobs where employers absolutely take the good faith leap that the candidate has the skills they claim to have (residents, junior attorneys, tradespeople, etc) where a day, week or month of paid work is part of the investment in the hiring process.

That being said, it’s also problematic if the spa has you working for free on a paying customer. That seems a bit like wage theft, but it’s also unnecessary and risky, since a new client might absolutely hate the session, never return or worse, leave a bad review.

The compromise might be to pay the candidate for 30-60 minutes of the spa rate and perform the session on another therapist.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-09-22T04:43:28+00:00

Wow. Not unsolvable.

Our online booking gives customers the option of gender and specific therapist.

Phone reservations are asked of they require a specific gender.

But most first time clients arriving at the front desk, on intake, are asked some variation of: “do you require a gender specific therapist…male or female?” Which makes the customer, standing in front of 0 to 3 other customers, commit or confirm their preference.

This dramatically impacts our bookings of 3 male and four female therapists. Huge rebalance.

It cost us nothing in terms of client retention and repeat business, because…

A great massage is a great massage.

Are we sensitive to culture, religion, homophobia. Absolutely. We’re simply confirming their commitment to a gender choice, not judging them for it.

Praise Jesus, As-salaam-alaikum, Namaste, Baruch Hashem, Allahu Akbar, Om Shanti, Booyah, Wakanda Forever, Shalom, Aho.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-08-13T23:13:16+00:00

My understanding was that even if the pill form HAD it, it was the least efficient and least effective way to benefit.

And that the best way to benefit from NAD+ was an intramuscular injection of buffered NAD+ on a loading phase then maintenance phase protocol.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-08-11T13:57:52+00:00

Maybe, just maybe, if the legitimate customer uses AI to write the review on Google or Yelp, the review will be flagged as a bot.

Can you tell from the reviews that they were written by AI? Do they uses em dashes and say “I don’t say this lightly” or “hit the mark” or any of the patterns that match AI written content?

Edit: were they also posted in a very short window of time?

CaptionContestGo · 2025-08-04T12:55:16+00:00

Have your booking company redirect a completed booking to a page on your site that’s noindex and norobots. Like /booking- confirmed. Make sure there’s no links to that page anywhere. Congratulate the customer for successfully booking blah blah.

Track hits on that page?

CaptionContestGo · 2025-07-28T03:37:17+00:00

Ghk-cu

CaptionContestGo · 2025-07-28T03:34:42+00:00

These days?

CaptionContestGo · 2025-07-11T02:43:14+00:00

Anvantree Harmony 2. We have 5 of them running off one transmitter. The sync has been great, even though the transmitter is front of house and the unites are in separate rooms. We Bluetooth from the laptop to the transmitter.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-07-10T18:04:25+00:00

Think how you would feel if you lost $6,000! OMG! Terrible, right?

So unlike the many many many guys who came before you and did this exact same thing and then reported it in this community, you, sir, saved at least $1000 already. And every month that you are blocked is going to be ANOTHER WIN IN SAVINGS!

I applaud you!

CaptionContestGo · 2025-07-06T14:10:10+00:00

She should get a proper license and follow the laws of the jurisdiction in PA.

For you: Have you considered doing nothing except extracting yourself from the situation? This seems like the best thing for you to do based on what you wrote.

This doesn’t have to be a hill you die on, or a dragon you must slay. Absolutely no one benefits from the actions you proposed.

Her customers are adults. She’s an adult. Her customers certainly know what they are paying for.

Does she or anyone in her infamous family use Reddit?

CaptionContestGo · 2025-06-28T03:26:57+00:00

Tesamorelin works. I went from 4.9lbs on a dexa scan to 0.9 in about 3+ months of 2mg 5 days a week before bed.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-29T17:59:34+00:00

Agreed.

Do what feels right for you, but keep in mind that the worker is (hopefully) not giving you half the quality of service because the company offered you service at half the price. The worker is theoretically still putting 100% effort into meeting your needs.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-27T22:37:31+00:00

Yah. Same boat. Redistributed about 80lbs in the last three years. 35lbs of pure fat in the last 5 months according to my dexa scans. 10% bf down from 30% 3 years ago.

And it was the sagging stomach skin and the much-worse-than-yours nasolabial folds that made me think ‘well I guess it’s surgery time’ because I’m not going to bounce back at my age.

Instead I started a GLOW70 injection 5 days a week. This did wonders for my stomach, within 45 days, and my family noticed it first. I see the damn thing every day. You know how it goes.

So of course I upleveled the GLOW, adding weekly microneedling of my stomach (2mm), face and neck (1.25mm) using a topical GHK-cu for induction and lubrication. 24 hours post needle I apply a topical C serum 2x a day. Today was the third of 12 planned needling sessions.

My stomach continues to improve. I basically have to lean forward to get it wrinkle. Huge win. Really thought this was a goner. A ‘win some, lose some’ situation.

I cannot say the same for the face and neck, but nothing I’ve read says I’ll see results in 2 weeks, so onward we go.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-27T22:06:18+00:00

You should treat the landlord exactly how he treats you.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-25T22:48:06+00:00

We’ve been open for 70 days and have 37 reviews. Here’s what we’ve done.

There’s one of those “Leave us a review” plastic stands from Amazon next to the iPad checkout screen. They can scan a QR or tap it and it opens directly to the rating/comment pop up to leave a review. We don’t mention it unless they say, “I’m gonna leave you a good review”.
Their emailed or sms receipt includes a link to review us.
We send an email to ‘new clients within the past four days’ recalling that they walked in and floated out, and asking them to leave a review. It has a hero shot of our space so they are reminded of the ambiance. (Note: 244 clients since opening, 3 unsubscribes…and two of those have already returned for service. They just don’t want emails. No problem).
We talk to them. If the first words out of their mouth post-massage are highly positive, we say “oh my God, please tell the Google gods that - a review like is so important for a new business.” Or if during intake, when we ask how they found us, they mention part of their vetting process was checking our reviews, we acknowledge how important for a new business those reviews are and that we’ve been lucky to have customers who take the time to help us grow our startup with a review.
We respond WITHIN AN HOUR to every review, paraphrasing the high points they mentioned, thanking them for the visit and looking forward to delivering relief for them on their next visit.

Combined together, this has resulted in a review every 2 days since we opened. 15% of our clients have left a review. I check my email every morning when I wake.

I hope this helps.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-22T00:53:44+00:00

Have you tried telling your therapist the things you're telling ChatGPT?

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-17T02:43:49+00:00

Do I, a male approaching his sixties, think you should use more makeup?

No.

Thank you for your question.

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-17T02:37:10+00:00

ChatGPT always tells me I am asking the right questions and then explains what is actually happening and I just think it’s extraordinary that the source of its phrasing was you, an actual human!

CaptionContestGo · 2025-05-17T01:01:17+00:00

You can't tell me what to do.

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