To open your own small store, you need initial capital, a desire to make money and a little luck. Lately, shops where you can make-to-order or buy a new door or window have continued to be popular. Especially on the eve of vacations: as they say, for someone a vacation, but for someone a renovation.
Instructions
Step 1
Explore the building materials and home furnishings market. Find out which doors are installed most often.
Step 2
Register an individual entrepreneur or LLC. Please note that if you decide to register a legal entity, then you will have to discuss all the details with the co-founders in advance. For example, who will be responsible for the supply of goods, who will be responsible for production, who will be responsible for sales, who will be responsible for the proceeds, etc. If you are going to cooperate with relatives, then all these points should be discussed in as much detail as possible. Consider whether you should start a business on your own or become a dealer for an already established company.
Step 3
Come up with a name for your store. It should not be hackneyed ("World of Doors" or simply "Doors"). It should be such that later it can be easily beaten in advertising. The door market is saturated. You will have to draw attention to yourself by any means.
Step 4
Find a suitable space, which should consist of several compartments (office, warehouse, showroom, door workshop). Get positive opinions on the condition of the premises from the staff of the sanitary service and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. To avoid unnecessary walking through the authorities, you can rent a room from a specialized shopping center (for example, a construction one), but you still have to arrange a door manufacturing workshop. If only because it is problematic to equip the premises for him in the shopping center.
Step 5
Purchase the equipment needed to manufacture doors. Of course, your store will probably also sell luxury doors. But for this, you must first agree with an authorized dealer or manufacturer on their delivery.
Step 6
Enter into contracts with wood suppliers or, if you are going to manufacture doors from existing blanks, with woodworking companies. If you are going to trade as an official dealer, then you will have to make orders in the future according to the available catalogs.
Step 7
Enter into contracts with suppliers of accessories and consumables. Purchase all trade and production equipment, tool kits. Don't skimp on all purchases. If you make and sell high-quality doors, then buyers and customers will soon be drawn to you.
Step 8
Hire qualified personnel: salespeople, assemblers and workers in the shop (if you are going to open a production). Be sure to ask them to demonstrate practical skills in the interview.
Step 9
Establish sales. Contact construction companies and offer your services for the supply of inexpensive doors (which is usually important). Advertise on the internet and other media.
