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Make money by selling your hair
Reading Time: 5 minutesDid you know your hair has value? You can actually make money selling your hair! But how do I sell my hair today?
Well, we all remember the scene in Little Women when Jo sells her hair because the family needs to make money. While they all cry together over her lost locks, they’re all consoled by the much needed hard cash it’s got them.
But this is not just the stuff of fiction. Scientists have decoded DNA and cloned sheep, but still can’t cure baldness! As a result wigs, hair extensions, and hair pieces have never been so popular. If you’re willing to get a snip, you can make a pretty penny from those luscious tresses.
Sell my hair for a wig: Start Growing and Grooming
Before thinking about selling your hair you’ll first have to start growing and grooming. Most companies will want hair that has absolutely no chemical treatments so your hair can’t be coloured, permed, highlighted or tinted. You’ll also need plenty of it – at least six inches.
Hair must be clean, healthy and shiny. Cigarette smoke or traces of drugs taken will linger in your hair long after it’s washed.
Remember if you’re thinking: can I sell my hair to a wig company? That actual wig makers are hair experts, so if they detect damaged hair they’ll toss it, and you’ll be sporting a crop without getting any cash.
Unusual natural hair colours are in for a treat, as they command the highest prices. The healthier your hair is, the more you can get for it.
Before you chop of your lovely locks make sure to contact a wig seller and find out how much selling your hair type will earn you. This way, you can see whether it’s really worth chopping it all off.
Sell my hair UK: Some tips for keeping your locks healthy
- Regular trims will keep broken and split ends away (trimming every six to eight weeks is best, but remember not too much!)
- Remember healthy body = healthy hair. Make sure to get your calcium and protein for strong hair
- Wash out all product from your hair at night, there are loads of chemicals in them that dry out your hair
- Give up your hair dryers, curling irons or flattening irons, hairspray and other styling products now! These dry hair out and cause hair breakage and split ends
- Instead of blow drying, towel dry
- Braid your hair overnight and in the morning you’ll have lovely waves without any of the damage curling irons will cause
- Though you might be tempted, don’t brush your hair more than twice daily and use a high quality vent brush when you do
- Oils like rosemary oil, cedar wood oil, juniper berry oil, and lavender oil will help lock-in your hair’s moisture. At night apply the oil, braid your hair and you’ll be moisturising your hair. This way it won’t be breaking while you sleep
- Go au natural – Beer and egg whites make excellent hair conditioners.
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Sell my hair online: start Marketing
Market your new product online. Firstly, we recommend you try buyandsellhair.com, a classified ad site for buyers and sellers of human hair worldwide. To advertise is quite cheap, only $14.50 for three months, and all transactions are managed through PayPal. They take no commission on completed sales and everything you make will be yours, so it is worth trying out.
Otherwise, hop on Gumtree and you’ll find lots of ads from wigmakers willing to pay your asking price for your hair. If you’re going to post an ad on advertising your hair you’ll need to include:
- Clear, accurate pictures (mostly of length)
- Include a description of hair length, colour, quality, ethnic type of hair
- Contact details.
Keep it simple; there are already wigmakers advertising for hair on Gumtree, so you don’t need to waste too much time on writing your own ones. Responding to ads can be just as effective.
Remember – wigmakers aren’t the only ones looking for hair. Market yourself in places that others haven’t yet thought of like hairstylists who work with extensions – whether they’re brown hair extensions, blonde, ginger or otherwise. Hair colleges will also need human hair supplies and even high quality paint brushes are made with human hair.
Look up your local hair colleges. Make some calls and find out what they’re willing to pay for your hair. Remember that your advert details apply here too. You might also be thinking: can I sell my hair at a hair salon? So it may be worth trying them as well. Keep in mind that people will want to know the condition, length, colour, quality, and ethnic type of your hair before they buy. That may take some time to research but the pay-off could be big.
Sell my hair online: How do I make the cut?
If you’re ready to take the plunge and chop those locks it’s important to remember that hair-buyers are very specific about how your hair should be cut.
Here’s advice from HairHarvest.co.uk:
“If you are interested in selling your hair to us, there are two ways to proceed. You are more than welcome to go to your local hairdresser and tell them you are going to sell your hair and that you need a ponytail/ponytails cut off. It can be one ponytail at the back or various ponytails positioned around the scalp to get maximum length from the hair. We emphasise that the hair MUST BE EXTREMELY TIGHTLY SECURED IN A PONYTAIL/PONYTAILS as we need the hair to be root to tip perfect. We cannot accept loose hair. Please do not plait your ponytail(s), as we will need to assess them in their natural condition. You then send the hair to us by post.
Just place the hair in a plastic bag with your name, address, telephone number, email address and the full name of who you would like us to pay the cheque to (We can also pay by PAYPAL for international payments).”
Selling your hair online – How much can you expect to make?
Selling your hair can be very lucrative. Bloomsbury Wigs will pay up to £200 for your hair. They’ll even cut it off on the spot for you. Before you picture some mad scientist coming at you with clippers – they just cut off your ponytail.
The main hair buyer in the UK, Banbury Postiche (Wigs UK), pays up to £7 per 25 grams of hair. The longer your hair, the better the price!
You may want to try other ways of selling your hair, and may be wondering: can I sell my hair near me? Get on Gumtree where several wigmakers are looking to buy hair and are open to negotiations. The buyers could also be very close to you too – some are even willing to buy children’s hair, so you can score some cash from your kids’ locks too.
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Hi, I m Jana from Slovakia ( Eastern Europe) currently living in London. I m 21 in August and I live a healthy life. I want to sell my hair. It has NEVER been dyed, blow dried, colored or permed. I have never used curling irons or straighteners. It is NATURALLY STRAIGHT I never smoke, use drugs or medications. I don t drink alcohol just vine ocassionaly. Color: brown ( in the summer it gets lighter, some bits blond and in the winter it is brown) Texture: Straight, thick, smooth and shiny. I often gets compliments not only from my… Read more »
hi send me some pictures &we will take it from there pete
so where is your mail? my e mail is [email protected]
I am a 26 years old Indian female. I’d like to cut 24” of my naturally, long, wavy, shiny, 6 “thick, black hair. It has never been dyed; blow dried, colored or permed. I never smoke, use drugs, medications or alcohol. I always maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet. I massage my scalp with virgin coconut oil twice every week. My hair has always been trimmed regularly, washed, conditioned by good quality salon products. Hair can be cut by the buyer or shipped. I can accept payments via paypal or directly. Once payments are completed, hair can be cut and… Read more »
hi are you still looking to sell your hair [email protected]
Anyone interested to buy my hair? I am in Central London. Malaysian. Waist length. Black. Straight. No dye. No perm. Hair dryer blowing. Please email me at [email protected]
Hello
I would like to sell my hair.
I will be able to sell a 43 cm long ponytail which is in virgin condition.
My hair is light brown, thick and a bit curvy.
I am a male so I never use any hair products except for shampoo, which I use less than twice a week. I never use blow dryers or anything like that. I do not smoke.
My hair dresser says that my hair is very healthy.
Contact:
[email protected]
i want to sell my dark brown 11 inch male hair
[email protected]
Hello,
I would like to sell my drk brown 12-14 inch hair, 2-3 inch thick. It is naturally straight, so I do not use heating tools or lots of products unless on special occasions. I wash/condition every 3-4days, and get a trim every 4-6 months. I am in Canada
email me me at [email protected] if interested!
Thanks 🙂
Hi,
I’m trying to sell my hair.
Is 40-45 cm long, Latin , dark brown, healthy, I tinted once per year with wella color tuch amonya free, never stretched it or other chemicals.
If you are interested to buy my hear please contact me [email protected]
Thank you
We cut long hair hair to be processed for extensions and wigs. If you are in or around the Essex, England area and have long hair that you are interested in cutting and selling, please feel free to get in touch.
[email protected]
I’m from Ireland … Are you interest to buy my hair? Thanks
hello i would like to sell my hair. they are in black colour.would you like to buy?thanks
Hello,
I have a 12-13 inches long black hair and I am from the philippines. I am thinking to cut my hair short and my friend told me that i can sell it. How much do u pay for it? Thanks
124cm of hair length to be sold, Want to get rid of it, Used heat on it before but hair is in VERY good condition, It’s brown with natural blond highlights,I get it trimmed regularly and it grows very fast. Its got a natural pretty wave and never been colored in any way, I only ever towel dry and braid it when i go to bed and i never usually use heat on it unless its a special occasion, And always heat protect, Wash and condition 3 times at the most a week, Other then that just water wash it.… Read more »
Hiya Emma, we buy hair in the UK and would be interested to hear from you if you are considering cutting your hair. Thanks
I am an American businessman who has been living in the Philippines for years and can provide very high quality virgin Asian hair.no quanity limits.
please reply to my email [email protected]
your requirements please and any other details.
we would have to ship the hair of course,so also details on how we can do that to your specifications.
your company website please.
Emma says: June 7, 2012 at 11:21 pm 124cm of hair length to be sold, Want to get rid of it, Used heat on it before but hair is in VERY good condition, It’s brown with natural blond highlights,I get it trimmed regularly and it grows very fast. Its got a natural pretty wave and never been colored in any way, I only ever towel dry and braid it when i go to bed and i never usually use heat on it unless its a special occasion, And always heat protect, Wash and condition 3 times at the most a… Read more »
Hi, I am interested in selling some of my hair, i do dye it every 5 months but my hair grows like every 3/4 weeks, at the moment my hair is black but i keep it healthy. If you are interested please drop me an email on: [email protected].
thanks for reading
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