• Serve as an incubator for independent electrologists, through resource sharing and professional development needed to grow a sustainable practice — while making permanent hair removal more accessible to the consumer in a centralized location.

• Rent, utilities, Wifi 

• Scheduling software

• Client leads forwarded to you

• Fully equipped treatment room: Clareblend Elegance+ epilator with accessories, hydraulic table, lighting, adjustable stool, medicaments cart, tweezers, positioning pillows, etc.

• Treatment supplies: Sterex Probes, drape sheets, nitrile gloves, table paper, antiseptic, conductive gel, protective masks (KF94), cotton rounds, baby wipes, etc

• Client comfort supplies: disposable eye masks, Kleenex, ice packs, bottled water

• Sanitizing equipment & supplies: dry heat sterilizing oven, color indicating sterilizer pouches, Organisol, Barbicide TB, high level disinfectant wipes

• Health & Safety Basics: dry heat sterilizer monthly spore testing, biohazard disposal, SDS Binder

• Credit Card transaction fees (2.6%)

• Guidance on insurance acceptance options. If an electrologist chooses to accept insurance and wants to work with our vendor (a third party claims processor), TEC will pay for claims processing fees (6.5%), cost of the initial credentialing for you to work with two insurance providers (e.g. Kaiser & Moda), and ongoing 90 day attestation fees

• TEC pays for membership in AEA/OALE and the attendance fee for the OALE seminar to satisfy your Oregon Annual Continuing Education requirement

  • *After 90 days at TEC, for electrologists working 3 or more shifts weekly

Each business on the premises is required to have their own:

• Active Oregon Electrologist License

• Active Facility License

• Multnomah County Business License

• Liability Insurance

*We are happy to provide links for info/application on each of the above items, as well as the estimated cost

• Maintain HLO health & safety standards

• Pay your own taxes (state, federal, and county)

• Manage your own schedule and clients

• Market your business

• Adhere to TEC House Rules 

• Maintain equipment in good working order  

• If an electrologist chooses to accept insurance and work with the third party claims processor, they are responsible for paying monthly database fees

• Maintain SDS Binder: add sheets for any additional products you use to service clients

• Eyewear / Loupes

• The Electrolysis Collective fee is 38% of gross treatment revenue.

• Unlike the industry standard—where 40–60% typically goes to the house without added benefits—our members receive perks like continuing education, association memberships, professional development, and operate under their own business name.

• More clients receive the treatment they need

• TEC electrologists gain the skills, clientele, and financial foundation to launch their own independent practices

• Everyone prospers—personally, professionally, and financially! $$$

• As an independent business, you are under no obligation to use specific equipment or supplies, you may bring in and use anything you prefer.

• YOU determine the clients that you do or do not work with, your rates, etc.