The Goba Store

Question by bblythe54: What’s best to start up? An online business or a public store business?
What would be the most successful as far as the business not failing and staying open for the long term….A online business or a Public Store business working from a building?

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Answer by love3680
It all depends on what you want to sell.
The on-line business is a good choice if you have the space in your house to store it. I once thought about doing a on-line business with dropshipping. I decided it was not a good idea because I could not control it. Such as, if the customer got the wrong product then they would think it was my fault. I have enough faults without adding other peoples to it. LOL
But a public store is good if you have the time to stay there all day at least to begin with until you can hire someone else. The key to a store is location. It has to be in a good location.
I am working on opening up at a flea market for now. It’s cheaper than a store.

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Question by estoyavkhruciavencko: How do I find free hits for my online dollar store business?
I have an online dollar store business. I’ve been all over the web signing up fo hundreds of free ads on various web sites, including the major search engines. Yet, since the ads have been posted, I’ve only gotten about 40-45 hits in 3 days.

Anybody who can help me please contact me immediately.

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Answer by Remember ya ask
I was going to get into that but the net is to saturated with them.There are dollar,family dollar,dollar general, 99cent stores on every corner.Thats why the don’t do to good on the net.Good luck whish could help you.

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Question by Jzeus: Starting a shoe store business?
i want to open up a sneaker store in my local neighborhood but not too sure how to start (as far as finding a source for the product) so i was wondering what is the best way to purchase whole sale items for brands such as nike and reebok..etc… any informtation will helpful… thank you!

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Answer by kemperk
a; find at the US small biz admin’s web site, a BUSINESS PLAN template.
download one and fill it out as best you can

b; visit any community college for help on “a”

c; visit any library and seek from the librarian, directories of
manufacturers of tennis shoes.

d; make sure you do research as to UNMET needs re the shoes
you want to sell. Nothing is more humbling than needing to
eat inventory!

am available to guide you further

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Question by Patty: Where would be a good location to open a shoe store business in Chicago???????????

im doing a business plan and i want to see the locaton of my business

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Answer by LabRat
That’s pretty open…

What capital are you working with?

What’s your operating budget?

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Question by La Chica Bonita: I want to start a shoe store business….?
how long will take to get it up and running? how much do I need to start the business? what do I have to pay and how much do i have to pay to help the business runnin’? (ex: taxes)

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Answer by oldnodd
bad time to be thinking of opening a business but you need to start right at the beginning with a business plan, do a course first as there are many catches that you might miss – you need licences etc.No-one can tell you how much you need it could be anything from $ 30,000 to 300,000 depending on where you plan to open how much stock you wish to carry all sorts of things.

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Question by FortyLove: Starting A Shoe Store Business, Is this A Good Time?
Due to the financial crisis in the United States, is this a good time to start a shoe store business in a suburban city right next to Los Angeles? The store is actually ready to open once the Certificate of Occupancy is received, which is the only reason the store is not already open. Everything is already set to go.

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Answer by Dr. Campbell
Seems as though you are a little late on the question here. Having second thoughts? Now is a terrible time to open a shoe store. You will have a hard time competing price wise with longstanding chains. Additionally shoe sales are among the first businesses to feel the pinch (right after resturants) during times of tight money. Shoe profits basically derive solely (pun intended!) from the unnecessary purchases of extra shoes. In times when money is tough, guess what isn’t necessary? shoes.

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Question by rero843: How to go about starting a shoe store business and getting shoes through manufacture?

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Answer by heather
ask Al Bundy .. he has all the answers

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Question by MissFuturistic: How do I start my own shoe business boutique store in New York City?
I have drawn out a couple of sketches of my shoes and I am just trying to see what do I do now? I would like to start my own shoe business and my own boutique, but where do I start? Who do I actually get to make the shoes for me. How do I sell my shoes through another company like (bergdorf goodman). Or any other designer outlet store?
How do I make my online store?

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Answer by presofenv
You’ll need allot of money for starts, even in Small towns the rental on property on main streets is very high.

To go fully online you’ll probably need to use mail order, and you’ll need a good web-site.

In either case you should know most big shue companies have their shoes make overseas at a small fraction of the cost of what they could have them made for within the U.S>; and even then big companies, by making things in mass and having already spend the big bucks up front, can make things for less than a small business person may, per item.

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Question by juiced_peach: What do I need to do to start an online store…(business license,tax id, resell certificate, wholesale)?
I thought all I needed was a business license and tax id number but I’m finding out more. Basically I would like to purchase clothing from a wholesale source (what do I need to do that?) and then resell the items on my ebay store. Can I get help from people who already do this please?

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Answer by Frances M
Well what I do is buy stuff from ebay then create my own website using webnode dot com and people order their items and I ship it to them,I guess you can do that but I don’t think you need a license if your using ebay,people do it all the time,I recommend you use a COD.

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Question by justwannaknowstuff: What income can I expect when starting an online business/store?
I am interested in starting an online business (specializing in dogs/breeders and w/ an store). I am wondering if anyone has successfully started an home based internet business. I know that the income is based on many factors but I was wondering what others have made as far as profits and also how much did you invest?
Also what are your average monthly profits and expenses and what industry is your business? Thank You.

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Answer by girlwhoknowsitstrue
I’m not sure what your on-line business is? food, animals, breedings, specialty services?

pet Supplies plus and some of the other “big box” stores tried selling all of their stuff online, I remember buying 50 pound bags of dogfood from them with no shipping charges, I never figured out how they could make money doing it (they don’t sell that anymore).

That being said, if you’re selling a specialty breed of dog, you’d better have a darned good reputation or an unusual breed like sarplaniniac if you think someone’s going to plunk down hundreds / thousands on an unknown animal.

If you’re trying to sell specialty items like dog combs et al, know that you’ll need to buy in sufficient quantity to be priced comparable to the big retailers, and factor in shipping costs. A more likely scenario is something that the big guys don’t do – maybe you can have people send in pictures of their dogs and you re-create them on silkscreen and make ties or scarves, or something that differentiates you.

If you just want to be a me-too, set up a wholesale business and try to sell on ebay (although fees are eating many retailers alive there), that’s a possibility, see what the prices /shipping is before you place your order through the wholesalers.

I have a side business that I run on the internet – I raise exotic animals and sell them and their end products – I am moderately successful, but have 6 figures into the business, my ROI is decent but I still have my day job.

Expenses depend on whether animals are healthy or ill – most of the feed and other expenses have been fairly flat for the past 5 years. Income swings dramatically depending on how the industry is doing -

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