Salon clients book on visuals and convenience. This audit covers the booking, portfolio, and pricing items that decide whether they tap the button.
Every audit item below traces back to one of these jobs. If the site doesn't make them frictionless, conversion suffers.
These don't show up in a generic Lighthouse audit, but they decide whether a hair salon site actually converts.
Most salon clients book online; phone booking loses millennial/Gen Z business.
Clients pick stylists, not salons. Without portfolios you're invisible in the choice.
Salon pricing has wide range; transparency prevents sticker shock and saves time.
Specialties drive higher-ticket bookings; non-specialist salons should still call out what they do best.
Aesthetic businesses live and die on the visual. Stock photos signal 'amateur'.
Every audit also covers the four standard Lighthouse categories — the same ones Google uses to rank pages in mobile search.
Core Web Vitals (LCP, FCP, CLS, TBT). Slow sites lose mobile users in the first 3 seconds.
Meta tags, headings, indexable content, mobile-friendliness. The basics Google needs to rank you locally.
HTTPS, image optimization, no console errors, security headers. The hygiene Google penalizes if missing.
Color contrast, ARIA labels, tap targets. Required for many ADA-sensitive customers and rewarded in ranking.
Pulled from real audits across the niche. Sorted by impact on conversion and ranking.
| Issue | Severity |
|---|---|
| No online booking Bookings that would've happened at midnight go to competitors that take them | Critical |
| No stylist portfolios Clients pick stylists they can see — invisible stylists don't get booked | Critical |
| Slow Instagram embed or hero video Salon sites are image-heavy by design — they need to load fast anyway | Major |
| No pricing transparency Color and extension clients walk away rather than ask | Major |
| Stock-photo only gallery Aesthetic credibility collapses — clients move on | Major |
| No address/parking/transit info Salon visits are local; missing logistics info loses convenience-driven clients | Minor |
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