Hi, guys.
Do you have experience in how to start a Game Store?
or some recommended resources and advice
thanks
Need advice to start Game Store
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Need advice to start Game Store
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Re: Need advice to start Game Store
Is that how you start a game store? I'm confused.
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I have no clue how I misread that so badly.
I think I read it as "How do I start a game story"
I think I read it as "How do I start a game story"
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Re: Need advice to start Game Store
What kind of store?
Physical store?
I worked at Complete Strategist in Boston for a while.
Its just the same as any store.
First thing you'll need is lots of money, inventory is expensive.
2nd thing: moar money, you need to pay the bills even when people don't buy stuff.
I don't know how stores are doing, but they took a big hit when computer games took over the world in the 1990s.
Comic and game stores are not things that make money its a labor of love that rich people do.
Physical store?
I worked at Complete Strategist in Boston for a while.
Its just the same as any store.
First thing you'll need is lots of money, inventory is expensive.
2nd thing: moar money, you need to pay the bills even when people don't buy stuff.
I don't know how stores are doing, but they took a big hit when computer games took over the world in the 1990s.
Comic and game stores are not things that make money its a labor of love that rich people do.
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Re: Need advice to start Game Store
Game stores seem to live or die on their communities - hosting game nights, etc.
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Re: Need advice to start Game Store
Video game store or tabletop game store? Because it's definitely true for the latter, without the opportunity for some group to sit down and play with/against each other there's very little reason to even go to one when everything can be bought online these days.ninja_bait wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 10:49 amGame stores seem to live or die on their communities - hosting game nights, etc.
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Tabletop, aye.Food_Truk wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 10:57 amVideo game store or tabletop game store? Because it's definitely true for the latter, without the opportunity for some group to sit down and play with/against each other there's very little reason to even go to one when everything can be bought online these days.ninja_bait wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 10:49 amGame stores seem to live or die on their communities - hosting game nights, etc.
I make apocalypses and apocalypse accessories.
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Re: Need advice to start Game Store
Perhaps you should start an online store, join a bunch of wargaming forums and advertise your stuff there?
Re: Need advice to start Game Store
Thanks, for tips, liked "Comic and game stores are not things that make money its a labor of love that rich people do."Tzan wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 9:44 amWhat kind of store?
Physical store?
I worked at Complete Strategist in Boston for a while.
Its just the same as any store.
First thing you'll need is lots of money, inventory is expensive.
2nd thing: moar money, you need to pay the bills even when people don't buy stuff.
I don't know how stores are doing, but they took a big hit when computer games took over the world in the 1990s.
Comic and game stores are not things that make money its a labor of love that rich people do.
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