Many of us have pets in our homes and plots. Over the years, pets turn into real family members, and we are ready to do anything to provide them with decent care and attention. This is why pet-related business offers usually generate a steady income for entrepreneurs. Various elite veterinary clinics and offices, pet shops and pharmacies can become a real gold mine with the right approach to the issue.
Instructions
Step 1
Opening a pet store and even more so a veterinary clinic is not at all easy, but you should not have any problems with opening a veterinary pharmacy.
The thing is that in order to open a clinic, you will need to obtain a license to carry out medical activities, recruit qualified personnel, and so on. In the case of pet stores, you will most likely have to operate in a highly competitive environment. With veterinary pharmacies, everything is much simpler, because usually there are only a couple of pharmacies in a large city. Where can people run when their pets are unwell?
Step 2
To open a veterinary pharmacy, you will need to register as an individual entrepreneur or open your own LLC. In addition, you will need to obtain a veterinary license. Once all the permits have been dealt with, you can proceed with the selection of premises for your veterinary pharmacy. It is best to open not one large, but several small pharmacies or pharmacy kiosks in different parts of the city. The area of a veterinary pharmacy can be quite small, because the range of medicines for animals is not as wide as the range of medicines for humans.
Step 3
The premises for the future veterinary pharmacy must be appropriately equipped. The walls of the room should be covered with washable wallpaper or painted. There must be ventilation in the room. When you open a pharmacy, you will need to purchase special pharmacy stands with glass display cases. It is better if all goods are in the "free access" so that a person can take a closer look at the offered goods.
Step 4
The success of your veterinary pharmacy will largely depend on the range of products you offer. In addition to medicines, the veterinary pharmacy should sell various vitamins and nutrients that caring breeders are ready to buy in whole packages. The veterinary pharmacy should also sell animal and bird food, shampoos, collars, and even toys.
Step 5
Behind the cash desk of a veterinary pharmacy, as in the case of ordinary pharmacies, there must be a person with the appropriate education. You can hire a veterinarian, pharmacist, or veterinary paramedic who can advise customers on the drug they need.
Step 6
And the last stage in opening a veterinary pharmacy is advertising. Pharmacy flyers can be distributed in public places as well as in veterinary clinics. At first, you can also advertise in newspapers or on specialized sites.
