Location location location

[mark galoob]

alrighty then...



im looking at putting my sign/shirt business into a 1400 sq ft location in a strip mall w/ krogers anchor. it is 3 doors down from my pack/ship/print store.

will have 64" mutoh, seal lam, and graphtec plotter along w/ brother dtg printer, and will farm out the rest.

27k cars a day drive by. rent 3k month includes triple net

think this will work?

mark galoob

 

[Charlie J]

Only if you know what you're doing

 

[TheSnowman]

Long as you have a bunch of staff to cover "drive by's" or "tire kickers". Ya know, the guys who want stuff for nothin', and waste 30 minutes of your time explaining that. That's the worst part about us moving to a high visibility area. Bein' a one man shop, it really sucks.

 

[Pat Whatley]

Sure it will work for some people. Not enough information to know if it will work for you.

 

[Digitall]

We have a second warehouse ina industrial area, almost 6,000 sft, mostly for our telemarkers - $2,000/month. It more than covers itself just with the construction companies, auto shops, signs banners, flags, cards, trade show displays for the larger firms. it could be a bit risky laying out 3,000/mo, selling shirts,etc with all the competition dropping prices so low. As discussed, so many "customers" are just looking for a place to hang out when you are high exposure. , only you know what you can afford. Good Luck

 

[Gino]

Sure, you have nothing to lose. You can't do business if they don't know where you're at............

 

[Digitall]

The companies with thier salespeople aggressively on the road are the ones getting the jobs

 

[Checkers]

Like the others said, it's not much to go on.
How much money do you have in reserves? How much competition do you have? Is it a residential or commercial location? What are the market conditions? What kind of experience do you have? How do you plan to advertise and market your company? I could keep asking a whole lot more.
Do your homework and develop your business plan. Then talk to your banker, accountant, real estate agent and attorney to see what they have to say.
One thing for sure, make sure your lease agreement prevents competition from moving in or others from getting into the same business. Also have an escape clause should the landlord loose the anchor store.

Checkers

 

[jiarby]

sounds like my place....but I am not sure about the traffic statistics here. two miles away seems to have twice the traffice, so for that I'l say location is important.

I myself, after two years, would rather have an industrial warehouse space and focus on outside sales and web sales. I will be moving out of the strip mall in 10 months.