Last_Bullet Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Thread necro! So there is a local game store up here in Everett that I might becoming involved in and I remember reading all these threads months ago. So I was wondering what ended up happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnerson Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 CCG singles easy peasy MTG singles sell like hot cakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroZero Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Same applies as before. First hand knowledge right here.and no mtg singles are an awful awful.awful investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnerson Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 My comic shop used to pay its rent by MTG singles. If you know what you are doing you can make a mint. MTG are cash in your pocket. If you are not making cash off them you aren't marketing them correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stark1261 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Brick, did you ever check out that blog? "Quest for fun" will find it in a search. It is a gold mine for how to look at inventory and keep metrics to help with decisions and run a game store. Also talks about what industry trends are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroZero Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Gunnerson that may be the case in an area not already saturated in singles sales. PDX metro is positively overstocked in singles retailers. Here you're cutting your own throat to break even, with declining margins. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I still like the idea of a gaming shop which doesn't sell any models in the store, and just has play space and discounted orders. I doubt you could keep the profit margin very high, but with minimal things to steal and minimal investments into the store's stock, should be a pretty cheap business to run. Essentially, I want an online store with an in-store playspace.... -Pax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Bullet Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 How do you pay the rent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroZero Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Pax- you just described the future of brick and.mortar "stores" The future is really a clubhouse style area with an online presence, and order on demand product. Minimal stock on floor, just the big turnovers for walk ins, and a paint rack. The margins most definitely do not support massed in store stock. Online stores just eat brick and mortar stores lunches if you try to volume compete. What a store MUST be is a destination store. People must want to make it a special spot to take time out of their busy lives to come spend hard earned cash at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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