The organization of any business is not a simple matter, fraught with risks and losses. It is important to calculate everything in advance and choose the type of activity that will be profitable and familiar to you. A clothing repair shop is a good option for your small business.
Instructions
Step 1
First, determine for yourself why a tailor shop and not a grocery store or hairdresser. Firstly, clothing repair is a service that is always in demand, even in times of crisis. Secondly, with sufficiently low costs, this business almost always starts to make a profit in 3-4 months. Thirdly, a small studio can be your additional source of income, since it does not require a lot of time if it is properly organized.
Step 2
If you decide to organize your atelier, you need to register your business. For clothing repair services, the organizational form of an individual entrepreneur is suitable, the creation of which will not take much time and will cost 1,500 rubles, provided that you do it yourself, without intermediaries.
Step 3
Next, you need to decide on the place. According to experts in this business, the most "passable" (that is, profitable) are points in dormitory areas. This can be a small pavilion in a local shopping center, or a room on the basement of a multi-storey building surrounded by similar buildings.
Step 4
Before stopping your choice in any place, find out if there are many ateliers in this microdistrict, what services they offer. It may turn out that there will be many similar places in the vicinity. Although, perhaps, they will not compete with you (for example, you are engaged in repairing textile clothes, and in the district there are only sewing and repair shops for fur and leather). Keep in mind that points in quiet areas with a lot of middle-class citizens are often more profitable. Richer people prefer to either throw away their clothes when they need repairs, or have their own seamstresses.
Step 5
When concluding a lease, read it carefully. Please note if the late payment penalty is too high. Find out if the landlord has the right to rent the premises to you - perhaps he rents it himself without the right to sublease (transfer to third parties). Typically, the down payment for renting out premises is equivalent to the amount paid for two months, so be prepared for this. More often than not, rent is the biggest expense in this business.
Step 6
The next step is the purchase of equipment. At first, buy three machines: a hemming machine (for the bottom of the trousers), a flat-stitching machine (it is used for the main repair work) and a knitted one. You can significantly save on the cost of equipment if you buy not new, but already used. In specialized stores, cars can cost up to several thousand dollars, used equipment - several thousand rubles. It is very important here to be at least a little familiar with the device of the machine, so as not to incur additional losses. It is best to purchase equipment in the presence of a specialist.
Step 7
The most difficult stage of organizing your atelier is the selection of qualified employees. If you want to do work on the repair of clothes, since you yourself have the appropriate education, everything is much simpler here. Just find a second master, because you yourself will not be able to handle all the orders. If you are a person who is far from sewing work, look for potential workers among acquaintances and their friends. If there are no such people, you will have to take a stranger and make him “yours”. To do this, at first, spend as much time with him as possible, tell him how to communicate with clients, follow his work. It is best to punish for dishonestly repaired clothes with a ruble, this works most convincingly.
Step 8
Take care of advertising shortly before opening your atelier. Distribution of leaflets to mailboxes works very well, especially when a discount is offered to the bearer. You can also agree with the owners of the shopping center, if you rent a room in it, to place an advertising banner on the facade of the building.
