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Aesthetic Business Start-Up

By IPLLAB Categories: English
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About Course

Turn your certification into a booked, profitable practice in Québec. Six modules take you from launch foundations through services and equipment sourcing, client workflows and automation, website health and search visibility (organic, AI and paid), social media, and first-year finances — anchored to the rules that apply to estheticians here.

Each module ends with a practice workshop where you produce a real deliverable for your own business — a launch checklist, an equipment plan and supplier shortlist, a client journey with automated follow-ups, a website and search audit, a first ad campaign with a 90-day content calendar, and a first-year plan — followed by a quiz and an essay. Business start-up support from the IPL Lab team continues after the course; social media management and automation are available as a separately billed service.

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Course Content

1. Launch Foundations: Legal, Premises and Insurance (8h)
The market and your business model, legal form and registrations in one pass, premises compliance, insurance and liability — everything that must be in place before the first client, without the detours.

  • 1-1. The Aesthetics Market and Your Business Model
  • 1-2. Legal Form, Registration and Taxes in One Pass
  • 1-3. Premises Compliance, Insurance, CNESST and Liability
  • 1-4. Practice: Your Launch Compliance Checklist

2. Services, Pricing, Suppliers and Equipment Sourcing (8h)
A service menu inside the esthetic scope, pricing from real costs and margins, and how to source devices, consumables and skincare: supplier vetting, Health Canada licensing, warranties, training, leasing versus buying.

3. Workflows, Booking and Client Systems (8h)
Online booking with deposits and cancellation rules, intake and consent, OPC-compliant packages, Law 25 records, and the automated reminders, follow-ups, rebooking and review requests that run the day without you.

4. Online Marketing: Website Health, SEO and AI Visibility (8h)
Brand and honest claims, a website that loads, converts and is technically sound, local and organic search ranking, Google Business Profile, and being visible and cited in AI search.

5. Paid Advertising and Social Media (8h)
Google Ads and Meta ads for local aesthetic services — budgets, targeting, creative and platform rules for cosmetic services — plus social media content and SMM automation (offered as a separately billed service).

6. Money, Growth and Start-Up Support (8h)
Bookkeeping, cash flow and funding, measuring cost per lead and return by channel, hiring, subcontracting and scaling, and the start-up support that continues after the course.

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Student Ratings & Reviews

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6 months ago
Highly recommended if you want to skip months of administrative headaches. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5 months ago
Clear, straight to the point, and highly realistic about the costs of opening a spa. Love the downloadable spreadsheets!
6 months ago
So worth it! Got my setup ready in weeks. 💸
8 months ago
A perfect step-by-step pipeline. I was transitioning away from solo room-rental to a storefront team setup with a lot of anxiety, but this course provided the exact operational blueprint I needed.
6 months ago
Saved me months of endless research. Having all zoning laws, municipal permit requirements, and employment structures compiled into one guide made execution incredibly swift.
5 months ago
Great comprehensive overview of business foundations. The ready-to-use patient intake sheets and legal liability templates are worth the entry price alone.
1 month ago
An essential regulatory guide. Everything regarding bio-medical waste handling, workspace sanitization protocols, and drafting proper client waiver forms was laid out explicitly.
2 months ago
Solid and highly structured training program. It helped me declutter my layout plan and establish an organized, realistic pre‑launch timeline for my new clinic.
4 months ago
The advice on inventory procurement, device purchasing strategies, and negotiating wholesale consumables with vendors was incredibly eye‑opening. Essential for start-ups.
6 months ago
Incredibly practical. It bridges the gap between being a great treatment technician and being an actual business owner. The soft opening check-lists kept me totally sane.
4 months ago
Highly recommend! 🙌 I used the business plan template included in this course to present my project to the bank. It got my commercial equipment financing approved with zero hassle.
5 months ago
Extremely thorough regarding Canadian bylaws, professional liability, and operations. I would have loved a tiny bit more depth on retail inventory margins, but the setup framework is stellar.
7 months ago
Fantastic investment. Understanding treatment profitability and treatment cost‑per‑minute changed everything. I am finally charging my true value and structured my bundles correctly.
3 months ago
This course gave me the exact blueprint I needed to launch my home-based clinical aesthetics studio. ✨ The financial planning spreadsheets and pricing calculators made the business side feel completely manageable.
3 months ago
Absolute goldmine for anyone looking to open a medical spa. The modules breaking down local regulations, insurance policies, and laser safety certifications saved me from making incredibly costly mistakes.