How do I open a used game store?
With a lockpick
>buy low>sell slightly higher>get robbed within a month of opening>lose everything>repeat until homeless
>>724272271Damn gamers
>>724272151replace all of your shelf space with funko pops
>Living in the rich suburbsYou don't because they buy online>Living in the poor outskirtsYou don't because they steal, defraud and you lack genuine customersThe 'game store' as it exist is a function of the past, you will be undercut, undermarketed, and undervalued by everyone. Renting out the space will far exceed your profit margins, the landlord will not show mercy when your 5 customers aren't enough to keep the lights on.If you live somewhere where commercial rent isn't absurdly high then you might have a chance, but like I said before you face a potential shortage of customers and the real threat of thieves and swindlers.
>>724272151By being rich and making it your hobby. Used games stores don't make money. You could possible double up as a card shop and host MTG tournaments to stay afloat.
>>724272596I was planning to make it a social place too.
>>724272254
>cut off cock>stop showing>buy iron man posters>host smash tournaments
>>724272151You don't, not anymore.
>>724272151just open one like any other store, the hard part is staying afloat. You're probably gonna have to do something like stock stuff to attract customers like pokemon cards or gunpla or anime stuff.
>>724272738So you intend to subsidize a social space on the razor thin margins of a notoriously unprofitable retail sector? The demographic you wish to attract (loitering hobbyists) is definitionally allergic to discretionary spending. You've fundamentally confused foot traffic with revenue stream. Your business plan isn't a plan. It's a philanthropic endeavor to provide free climate control for people who will ultimately buy their products online while sitting in your chairs. It's an economic suicide note.
>>724272151Please don't. It's not early 21st century anymore. Everything is done online now, including hangouts.
>>724272151Location can make or break any brick and mortar business. Probably move somewhere heavily populated or touristy that garners a lot of foot traffic.
>>724272151Be a jew and get an interest free loan to start your business.
Only way I could see one staying afloat nowadays is if 65% of the space is reserved as "nerd" event space to consistently host things like Warhammers/TCG/DND/Board game event space. But at that point it isn't even a used game store and might as well swap out the 35% of that space for a few PC setups as a ghetto LAN/Gaming space type venue.
>>724272738You sound like a clueless dreamer.niche stores like a used game shop means you have to buy $20,000 of merchandise just to fill up your store and then to make clever sales to break even in 2 years if you know what you're doing (which you don't)Rent is another -$3000/monthSo if you have money to throw away, here you go. Otherwise, literally better off working at fast food. at least then you get positive income.
>>724272151obv this isn't OP pic, but whatever store this is, is that ALL that they have to offer as a retro/used game store?I have more retro and used stuff than this store has on display, and i don't even collect them
>>724272151advertise your idea as an 'evolution' of traditional game stores, make mock-ups of what your store will look like with shelves packed with trendy knick-knacks and clothing at a ridiculous markup, spend as much money as possible on advertising your pitch on places like linkedin. If you've done everything right and get a little lucky, some corpo/VC/retard will offer to buy out your business, you then proceed to open your actual game store and don't have to worry about how you're never going to be profitable.
>>724273220>It's not early 21st century anymore.>2025it literally is
>>724272151Opening a business that's no longer in demand is like buying a job. You will be working yourself to the bone for minimum wage at best. I hope this isn't your retirement plan.
>>724272151These are money laundering fronts. I refuse to believe they make any profit.
>yes, I want to overcharge people on 'rare' games that are unplayable>what do you mean this is not a fruitful venture?>you just don't get it, man
>>724273374It seems like the "main" part of the store is the unlit back area. Basically just a modestly spaced gaming area with consoles and computers set up for use. Most of the actual merchandise seems to just be Pokemon cards.
>>724273373Yeah but if you're just a worker you have to spend that money on rent and food and shit too.If you own a business, you can pay yourself the same salary, and when it all goes to shit, just declare bankrupcy and liquidate the business. You'll end up with the same outcome excep you worked at what you loved.
>>724272151Spend years flipping games online first only to realise that it's a saturated as fuck market now thanks to youtube and tiktok making everybody think they're going to become a millionaire off reselling overpriced junk from yard sales. Find an area that doesn't have a proper local card game store and set up one of those and make the bulk of your money selling card sleeves and soft drinks.
>>724274015I want to deal in antiques and curios, but it's completely impossible in the EU, there is so much red tape and bureucracy and bribery involved that only people who have connections do it. I really have to start doing something with my life, maybe real estate?
>>724272151>lease a really small place because there will be very little foot traffic>learn how to repair and modify systems because you will be doing that a lot>build up an inventory by buying in bulk>go to anime/comic/game conventions whenever you canAnd it will not work unless you're a no-life retired hobbyist.>>724272738Do NOT do this.
>>724273761>If you own a business, you can pay yourself the same salaryAre you high, did you not hear what he said. You won't be in the green for at least 2 years even if it works out for you without getting robbed. It's the same for independent card/game shops, you can look up youtube to see how draining it is for the owner and partners until a few years in. These people always always do it after they have plenty of leftover money from a bigger boring job, THEN pour everything they have and mortgage some stuff to even start. Even then, you are working ALL the time, you don't really have work hours.>pay rent>pay to set up security cams and measures>pay to renovate>pay for furnitures>pay utilities and electrics>pay for stocks>lose money on dead stocks because not everything sells, but you have to keep a relationship with dealerships to take on less desired products, this includes merch>be up before store opens>be in store until shop closes>be thinking about the money and ordering even after "work hours">all of this on top of your own living and billsIt's not impossible but it's not a dream job like kids think. You have to tough it out for years before even starting to profit.
>>724272271rob your neighbours first and sell their games next
>>724274451lulz
>>724272151Step one: don't.If you intend to do this, give me half the money you were going to lose on this, I'll kick you in the crotch and we'll call it even.
>>724272151If you want to have a brick and mortar business, I think you'd be better off starting a cafe or something normie friendly, then having the MTG cards/used video games as a side hustle of the business. I think that the dedicated hobby autist who haunted these places in the past is a dying breed, or they just simply don't bother going to physical locations anymore.Small business ownership, as the thread has pointed out, is a nightmare in itself too. It will take years before you turn a profit.
isn't it illegal to sell used stuff? it already belongs to someone so it would be stealing
>>724274136Apparently the trick is to be a criminal and create multiple obvious money laundering fronts which everyone knows are money laundering, but the police won't do anything about.That's our UK high street retail. Open money laundering is mysteriously no longer illegal now that's it overwhelmingly brown migrants doing it.
>>724273761>if you're just a worker you have to spend that money on rent too...let me break it down, dreamer:if you're a normal wagie: it's -$2000/month for your studioif you want a shop, it's -$2000/month for your studio and then another -$3000/month for your shop. Making $5000/month (it's actually $8000 because tax and food) is a lot harder than $2000/month. Look, just start by flipping used games on eBay to start and hang out at someone else's store. If you can do that, go pursue your dream. If you can't even find success on eBay, why bother with a physical store.
>>724272151There was a used game store in my area for a few years before closing down. Most of their money came from repairing consoles/peripherals and hosting tournaments every few months. There's certainly a market out their for collectors, but most people are just sticking with digital now. So you're still will be pretty niche, even in a populated area. Even established areas like GameStop and Best Buy couldn't last. They had to resort to selling toys and collectibles and other stuff because nobody was actually buying the games themselves. Which is a shame because there is something neat about actually going into a place like that and having people fix up a console of yours while you look around and maybe pick up a retro one on your way out.
Oh yeah, you would need an online presence like >>724273220 suggests. Just about your entire catalog would need to be available online like it is in person, including a seller's portal. In fact, this would be the best way to build up an inventory, in addition to attending conventions.
>>724272151If you have to ask you should pick a different career. Used game stores are basically pawn shops, but even more niche.
>>724272151>game stores are closing across the country en masse>prices are inflating more than ever>more and more options to play games digitally>economy tankingThis might possibly be the worst time to open a game store.
>>724272151An online presence. Physical is just a front for online.
>>724274312I would add buy broken systems for cheap on the internet and try to repair them. If not fixable, can't the usable parts and use them for repair jobs. Use iFixit for guides.
>>724272151Dont display your shit in open direct sunlight like that, the light will ruin your wares by sunbleaching the paper and plastic etc
>>724272151in 2006 + 19? you don't. you get fucked because that's a bad investment.
>>724272151have a store but sell online as well
>>724272151it would be extremely costly.
>>724274926(me)>take the usable parts and use them for repair jobsI'm tired boss
Open an eBay account.
>>724274786Why would you make anything per month? Just pay yourself the salary and go into the red, you're bankrupting the business anyway.
there are multiple series on youtube you can look at of people trying to open up their own game stores and the QRD is always it wasnt worth it
>>724272151Complete waste of money unless you shift to e-commerce.
>>724274830I hate this. I just want to have a shop that isn't a retarded internet marketing shit where you have to post Instagrams and Tiktoks and whatever the fuck.
I love threads like these because you get idiots coming out the woodworks to give their financial advice like they aren't apart of the dregs of society just by being in the shit hole that is modern /v/.
>>724275427why would you love that? it sounds like you don't love it. why are you lying to us? how could you do this?
Be like the owner of Pink Gorilla Games in Seattle/Vegas who regularly posts anytime he fleeces something valuable from a clueless boomer on Twitter so he can then sell it immediately, while bragging that he makes so much money that he doesn't care about getting robbed or reporting it to his insurance, while also paying his workers being held at gunpoint minimum wage.
>>724275202there's a guy on twitch that streams his stores, he just opened his third location.he pretty much does the opposite of all the "advice" in this thread.have good shit, do not sell it online, buy low sell high. he unironically thrives on game stores closing because he buys out all their dead stock when they go out of business.if you sell all your games online all your good games will get snapped up and your store will only have madden, nobody will ever come back after coming once and seeing that miserable stock.
>>724275259You don't necessarily need Instagram/Tiktok, but at the very least some search-engine optimization and good community outreach both locally and on chat servers/forums. Make it as easy as possible for customers to shop and to sell.
>>724272151a lot of these video game stores I have seen always branch out to comics, video games, card games, board games and movies. I havent seen a solo video game store in forever and video games are always the smallest section now.
>>724274319Your a retard that’s why card shops sell lego, model kits plushies
>>724275612You still need an online presence to make yourself known and sell some stuff online, but yeah, you have to treat it like it's a fine wine store where you save your best stuff for your best clients. I actually think that a wine store might be the best model to go on because it's a similar business. You have a lot of general shit, but then some cool stuff to show off and then some really cool stuff that you don't show off and only bring it up to your wealthiest collectors.
>>724272151Have a section for consoles and cabs that people can pay to play
>>724273373My mall is dying a slow death, I remember the old GameStop got turned into some sort of Arab-owned cosmetics store that was almost entirely empty. This is the same brand except the one at the local mall wasn't nearly as fancy, just an old GameStop.
I would rather wait a few days to receive a game via eBay or whatever than pay the ridiculous prices at used games stores
>>724276828>I rather not support my local business
>>724276603Here's to hopinghttps://www.businessinsider.com/americas-first-shopping-mall-is-now-micro-apartments-2016-10
>>724276603malls have been dying since everyone buys shit online now for cheaper. only reason retro video game stores are surviving is due to nostalgia, collectors and the fact that people dont want fake shit and want to see it before buying.
>>724276828I tend to see ebay prices more expensive than local stores.
A lot of people just roll in, look at all thr $100+ games and go lol lmao people really buy this? and leave.Not me though just dropped $180 on an absolute mint Echo Night Beyond.
>>724276953Do you realize how many Americans would drive down the highway to go to taco bell rather than visit the small taco shack right outside?
>>724277120Taco bell is peak tho. Have you tried the grill cheese burrito?
>>724272254fpbp
>>724277279Yeah, it's the shit peaking out of someone's ass smeared on a tortilla.
>>724272151You don't and sell on ebay. The majority of your inventory is going to be sitting on shelves for months at a time. Selling enough to make rent and keep the lights on is not realistic when you're only moving a small handful of product.
>>724277120im pretty sure people would take the taco truck rather than taco bell. LUL
>>724272151Worthy ambition, but depending on where you live, it may not be feasible when big(ger) chains are shuttering.Nevermind the current Trump Slump...
>>724276978This is how they will make people live in the pod eh?
>>724277461Wish I could afford a pod really, just in some big city.
>>724277442Your ignorance is bliss
>>724276953Yes
>>724272151Why are these places so bleak looking?
>>724277604I cant imagine how they stay open. Or how thus thread survives but the AI bubble one didnt.
>>724277604They represent the soullessness of a modern society entirely obsessed with objects.
>>724277674Yeah back in the day society didn't have stores man
>>724276978Holy fuck this is depressing>about as large as a garage>bedroom so fucking small they legally cant have a door>no oven or stove>ITS ACTUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN NORMAL HOURING>rented out instantly and waitlisted in the thousandsWhat in the absolute fuck is wrong with cityfags
>>724277106I went into one recently in a mall. I peaked in their nearby N64 case. They had a copy of Majora's Mask (cartridge only) listed for $200. I audibly gasped, felt disgusted to even be there, and immediately left.
>>724277724No one said olden times didn't have stores. They didn't sell pokemon cards and Star Wars Tshirts though
>>724277872>HOURINGI don't understand your modernoid slang. What is houring?
>>724272151one of the saddest things i've seen is my local hobby store closing downduring the late 90s into the 2000s it was filled with yugioh and pokemon and digimon cards, crazy bones, comics, you name it. i would just go there to hang out and look aroundnow it's a ritzy wine shop for rich people
>>724277992Right, you'd never see a board game, god forbid a chess set, in a store. And clothes? The idea of anything but a black dress or suit was just unheard of! Society didn't need those awful things!
>>724278189I don't know how far back you think I'm talking but think older.
>>724272151I wanna open up a instant ramen store that just sells a billion different instant raw mens that I'll import from japan. I'll stack them to the ceiling and it'll be comfy kino.
>>724273131This probably sounded so much smarter in your head.
>>724278156Are you trying to be cheeky about a typo or are you generally unable to infere what one letter difference in that word would make it make sense
>>724278282This probably sounded so much smarter in your head.
>>724272151>a used game storeWhy??? If you have that much money to throw away, just be a franchisee instead.
>>724278245Oh, I get it, and I agree. If you aren't stuck in a cave, wondering when you'll be able to eat next, then society really has gone down the shitter.
retro game stores are fueled by people who go to garage sales and buy pokemon games from clueless parents for 1/100th of the market value, advertise their store on youtube saying "here me ripping off boomers".Now that even garage sales are a thing of the past, they resort to go to shit like Goodwill buying video games for a $10-$20 profit minus the cost of gas.You see the cost of their products and it's extremely expensive. $200 for a loose copy of Pokemon Blue. If you sell your vidya to them, they don't even offer cash. Just trade values for worthless shit like Switch 2 or PS5s that great benefit them.
>>724278406Too old, need to go a bit newer.
>>724278282>>724278335>redditbob
>>724272151I'd advise against this anon. At best, open up an online store somewhere so you don't have to pay for rent and electricity. Then store your inventory somewhere safe and add extra security measures. You could even set it up in your own home. I'd rather buy online than go into a game store and hope they have what I want and at a price I'm looking for.Or open a coffee cafe shop. Depending on where you live those are always wanted.
>>724276978>those huge ass windows towards the walkwayit's like the opposite of an apartment complex, which are already shitty, makes you look like a damn zoo exhibition
>>724278282I mean you could break it down to like 10 words, but Anon is correct. Margins are crazy small.
>>724272596Every used game store eventually turns into a Pokemon card shop. There are like three big retro games stores in my city and all of them have transitioned into Pokemon. Not Magic or yugioh, just pokemon. I honestly don't understand how people like retrorick get people to sell 20k collections to him and he's able to make any money on it reselling above market
>>724277604These stores have two kinds of inventory>rare $x00 collectors items that sit for literal years because it's such a niche item nobody cares about it >trendy things that sell in the meantime that barely keep the lights on (pokemon cards)
To be successful in current market you have to network with other shops in the area so you can share business via special events that get people wanting to visit your store.Also advertise a good amount on places like Instagram and Tik Tok. Younger demographics despite people claiming them to only be interested in GaaS actually have a fascination with retro thanks to youtubers.
>>724279273Magic is a bad deal because you have little control of what product you're allowed to have unless you're on their good boy list, which you can only get on by hosting tournaments of the least popular format. A lot of LGS will lie and say they host tournaments, but if you're just a storefront you don't have that option and instead get a handful of boxes that the distributor say you can get. The margins are horrific for magic. They're probably not great for Pokemon either but those at least sell quickly.
>>724274730This anon probably has the best idea, making it a Starbucks with a gaming side room seems like the most viable way to have a game store these days.
Seems like the actual workable solution is have a bunch of gimmicky nerd merch (Japanese Gashapon machines, Vtuber stuff, Vocaloid stuff, fumos, etc), and host card games and D&D.If you've got the space, get some pinball and arcade machines.
>>724272151OP there’s a shitload of people who want to open their own retro game store but it never lasts.this guy tried hard to make it work but soon found that he could make much more money in Pokemon cards so he’s converting to that.Pokemon cards take up much less space, have a shit ton of hype, and quicker to liquidate
>>724279789>Phoenix ResaleHe went on a tour interviewing shop owners about how they're all losing money and it's a dying business only to open a brick and mortar games store himself
>>724279789do you really need a whole store just to sell cards? How much space can they possibly take up? At that point, just keep selling the games as a passion thing.
>>724272473tragically, this is the most topical advice in the thread. everything is like this from fucking gamestop down to the moment and pop shops
>>724279887>only to open a brick and mortar games store himselfYou will always have that guy who think they can do it better
>>724275059For you
>>724279721Also this anon has a good point as well, along with >>724274730 . You'd want to try to get as many customers as possible so having some kind of daily purchase like food would be good for that, and then having all the gaming and other geeky stuff makes you stand out from other places and there could be crossover purchases. A dad buying coffee in the morning picks up packs of Pokemon cards for his kids. Some hipster and his friends get a latte and play an old pinball or arcade game because it's so lame man. You host a card tournament and give the winner some kind of collectable merch so he comes back to buy the rest of the collection, etc.>>724279958And have Funko pops because why not?What would anons think of having consoles/PCs with controllers hooked up behind a case for people to play in a store? Theft risk but would be a reason for people to hang out and if you're selling food maybe you'd make money that way.
>>724272595This applies to any smalltime shop ownerWhich I honestly can't comprehend, small shops in america keep getting raped by walmart yet everytime I go there they have absolutely jack shit and nothing I actually needHell earlier today I tried to get some new sweatpants and they didn't have that, even baking utensils were impossible to find Absolute shithole
>>724272151Don't sell used game prices, sell them as new.the era of finding a last gen game for 10 bucks from 50 bucks is over.
>>724278443I wish estate sales and garage sales were a thing in my country, instead vultures who prey on dying old ladies just pick everything clean before it goes into the trash. People get fucking Rolexes for free just because they have medical/police mafia connections.
>>724272151with prime location, a cheap lease, and an expensive insurance plan, and at best you'll scrape by, plenty of other retail markets that aren't complete ass that you can set up anywhere though
>you should sell coffee>no, Funko >no, anime plushies>no, Pokemon cardsjfc, it's a specialty store guys. It has to be the main focus.
>>724272738Then you're opening an arcade, not a used game store. Thats a different ball game, because if its just a hangout spot, they're not going to buy anything.
>>724280530What? Where are garage sales not a thing? You literally just put the stuff you want to sell out on your lawn / driveway / garage or whatever and then people come by and buy it.
>>724280136Walmart used to carry everything, but now that online sales are king, they've dropped what they carry down to whatever sells the best or has the best profit margins. It's still the go-to place for people who don't like buying online, but the number of those people are becoming smaller by the day.
>>724280651Those stores are NGMI in americaThat's why pharmacies sell cigarettes next to medicine
>>724279889I mean if you want to lure children into a shady building as well as sell cards, yes.
>>724280803Seems like in America you can just get money without doing anything, no licenses, no company, no self-employed trade, nothing registered, no complicated tax shit, it's such a great country and you people whine about it. In the EU you have to register a fucking company and pay like 50% of your income for health care and social security for everything from Youtube income to online donations and you have to have education/certificates in every business you want to start.
>>724272738Bro whatever anime, webcomic or whatever you've watched and read will NOT work in reality. You're 30 years late for that.
>>724281020Doubt
how does anyone set up a brick and mortar store now a days? Is it all money laundering? Go to the mall, are they selling that many fucking hats to cover a 4000 dollar a month rent?
>>724274772i think you might want to focus on learning english, rather than the legality of the second hand market
>>724272151go back in time to 30 years ago
>>724281160theyre not covering the rent thats why they never last long and why they invariably start selling other goods like rare cards, miniatures and memorabilia. you have to be a grade A fucking idiot to set up a store and stick to your guns of only selling games out of some kind of purist mindset
>>724281160Half the time they own the place and if the business fails they'll get their money back by selling it to another gullible retard who thinks he can have is own storeOther half of the time they're retards being scammed by a landlord
>>724279889If he has the space, he can set up some tables and host a weekly or space for buyers to crack packs. Which could turns into>buyer buys packs>wants to rip open immediately>sits down at table>pulls some money card >sells it back to store for more cards And you get extra stuff for running tournaments as a vendor too. Of course, nobody actually plays this game.
>>724280803garage and estate sales are basically dead.thanks to the internet you can hardly find any deals anymore
>>724281160I fully believe half of the stores you see operating now are just fronts. They've got to be, right?Who the fuck is making a living selling one very specific product on a quiet street corner, when people have amazon in their pocket? It's a reality breakdown.
>>724281123What?
1. buy all the games on the planet2. use them3. sell them
>check my local used game store>literally everything there is 100 bucks or more (I could list of all of them if got enough (you)'s for this)
I'm happy that I have a few LGS around me, but it really feels like they survive only because of MtG and Pokemon. Whenever new sets come out for those, they get swarmed online and bought out instantly. I go to play Flesh and Blood twice a week for small local play events and try to buy card sleeves or a couple boosters since the events are free.
>>724272151Terrible business idea. You will be completely reliant on ripping off clueless people who don't know the value of their used games in order to turn a profit and have any kind of inventory, so you'll have to sell nerdy trinkets and Funko Pops on the side. Then you'll be sitting on a bunch of old sports games no one will ever buy and you'll have to compete with eBay constantly. These kinds of nerdy businesses almost always fail because there's not enough regular business to keep the doors open.
>>724281160Money laundering or other reasons for keeping things open other than profit.>>724281421Where do you live? I'm in the suburbs in NY and there's garage sales here every week. It's just the way people get rid of stuff, like if they buy a new microwave they sell the old one for $50 or whatever.Sometimes there's interesting things like retro games or card collections people are getting rid of but like 95% of the time it's just like old clothes and utensils and furniture and stuff.
Open up a doujin store OP you’ll make a killing.
>>724281020Yes we dot. accountant who has to deal with the absolute pain in the ass it is to have employees working remote in outside states. Fuck Illinois in particular. Cunts only use snail mail in 2025.
A place recently opened up nearby, but i can't even tell what the fuck they are trying. Stopped in, they had some tables set up, a rack of mtg repacks and a random assortment of source books. I assumed, at first, that because they moved into a former bakery space that they would have that as their hook, but it was all gutted and likely sold by the previous owner. The only thing they tried to sell me on was $5/hour tables. They didn't have any idea about MTG, which was the only tcg in the shop at all, other than>oh, yea. I think some people were playing that the other dayI feel bad for them, there's not a chance in hell it ever makes money. They seemed more attuned to tabletop games, and mentioned board game rentals, so maybe that's their passion. Place is called Questing Beast, if curious.
>>724281429that or they're fucking living in it while also making online sales. I mean, a lot of those brick and mortar stores that were made a long time ago are 2 to 3 stories high.
>>724272151>>724272738you know what you should do.Go out into a small town usa, buy a gas station out of the hands of those filthy indians and muslims, then section off part of the gas station to sell electronics or an arcade area. Many of those old gas stations in bum fuck nowhere already have a built in dining area. Most of your revenue will come from being a general store, but that way, you cover your operational costs to sell fucking bideo games.
I once thought of opening a gamestore that was "more than just buying games" kind of store because as it stands that kind of business is dead in favor of online purchases. It would be a "game center" rather, where you can buy not only used game but it would also have an arcade to play and generate more revenue. Also thought of incorporating board games too and having rental spaces/"game nights" for stuff like warhammer/Dnd etc.. Then I realized this would be a stupid idea because it's simply combining 3 dead business models into one that conglomerates all these types into one store, which sounds like it would make up for what a single store lacks but then you're assuming risk on 3 different fronts. I would have to specialize in all three departments otherwise everyone would just go to a standalone board game store, arcade and used gamestore which would carry more variety of what each genre offers. I would also have to deal with gay baby companies like Nintendo and Games Workshop and the asspains they can be when it comes to selling their own fucking products.
>>724281704>implying EOPs would even buy real doujinshi in the US
>>724281429some locales are so large that being a proprietor for a major community can be profitable. Imagine selling in NYC or LA, you could probably bag several thousand a month off randos willing to travel a few miles on the day and pick up, aswell as having a very large "local" scene of customers
>>724272151Why don't game stores just burn their own cd's for various consoles and print out the game covers? We have the tech to do that. Why is shipping even a thing anymore? You can just ask for a game, print it out in 30 seconds, and move on while the rest of the store just sells random crap or functions as a cafe.
>>724281704This would make money if karens wouldn't protest it and call you a pedo on day 1.
>>724272151You can start an ebay store, you're fucked if you think you can start an actual local store you'd get more shoplifters than actual customers.
>>724272151>How do I open a pawn shop but it accepts only one very specific thing?
>own the location so no rent>be an old man but doesnt want to retire and values the occasional social interaction>sell enough to cover electricity costssomeone is being comfy like this right now, i bet
>multiple people mentioning theft, break-ins and shoplifting>for a fucking vidya storeI sometimes forget I share this site with amer*cans that believe the whole world looks like their shithole
>>724282174>All the EOP to lazy to import This is a million dollar idea.
>>724282620Ebay is a lot of work
>>724283015>to lazy to importHalf of that shit is 2 clicks away on ebay and no one buys it
>>724282957It's really just leftist districts that have high crime rates. No different in Europe, look at London or Stockholm.
>>724280803Garage sales are most successful when there's a neighborhood event where every house is invited to have their own sale and drives more potential buyers.With the influx of shitskins in the country, a giant garage sale event might as well be renamed to "FREE WHITE PEOPLE STUFF".
>>724282841>own the location so no rentproperty and business taxes are just a slightly less shitty version of rent.
>>724283301Rightwing places have a lot of crime, but it's usually more personal like murdering your family.
>>724282620maybe dont start a store in the hood then? its mostly middle/upperclass white people buying these things anyways.
>>724272151I remember back in the 2010s when there was probably a bigger market for millennial nostalgia type stuff. All the stores I knew that opened are now out of business.If you're seriously planning on using savings to open some kind of "nerd hobby shop" have a niche. The places STILL in business are the ones people go to for MTG, Pokemon, Warhammer, etc.
>>724272738Dude just buy vending machines, then, 'cause they're gonna be your main source of income
>>724283803I was going to use the FBI crime rate site for examples but it's too fiddly: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trendBasically though leftist districts have a much higher rate of crime, but because they also have a much higher population it brings the per-capita percentage down. Meanwhile Republican districts have much fewer actual crimes committed, but because of lower population numbers each crime counts for more per-capita.It's like how NY has hundreds of times more car accidents than Wyoming (the least populated state), but Wyoming actually has a higher accident per-capita rate. It's because when two tractors crash into each other in Wyoming that's like 0.1% of the population, meanwhile a 20 car pile-up in NY is like 0.001%.
>>724283301>>724283803>>724284460the elephant in the room is black/brown people who are violent and anti social. Why beat around the bush like this?
>>724284460>Republican districts have much fewer actual crimes committed, but because of lower population numbers each crime counts for more per-capita.Cops in small towns cover up crime more
>CSAM spammer is backThis place is occupied by feds, why are we still getting this shit?
>>724272738>a social place tooAdd a cyber café corner if you want that.
>>724285150If they banned isreal iran russia brazil and India it would go away
>>724285525Honestly I do think it's a fucking IndianI hope they get rangebanned, Israel too.
