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| Rob |
posted on 28th Jul 04 at 07:07 |
a fella in Hull started selling Jacuzzi Hot Tubs, he plan to break even was to sell 50 in his first year at £8k! He's sold that in 15 weeks! | |
| J da Silva |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 19:47 |
i have my own business but suppliers dont really play a major role in my job all my material is either supplied by the company i sub-contract to or i fish around for cheap gear but i can use anyone at any time | |
| JUGGA |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 16:07 |
you need to buy your audio stuff from america or somewhere simular | |
| TOMAS |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 15:58 |
Its all a matter of profit percentage and turnover. Turnover is biggest key really and to get that you need low profit percentage. | |
| MarkW |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 14:02 |
quote: :o it's mega mega mega difficult m8 - far too much competition - and getting trade accounts at supplier's is night mare - i've got 4 with between £1000 and £3000 credit but getting anysort of credit is serious difficult - and u need to put in serious order's month on month - go into something specialist - market is saturated with ppl selling shit computer hardware - ain't saying tht's wht ur gonna do - but i'd specialise (wht i had to do to stay afloat):thumbs: | |
| Corsa E-Tec |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 13:54 |
all i can say is plan way ahead. | |
| Bart |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 13:53 |
quote: The questions your asking only seem to be relevant to that type of job, and not general self employed questions. e.g asking where you would buy cheap audio equiptment, asking where you'd buy 2nd hand macs etc All this stuff is things you'd have to research yourself. As for terms of suppliers, well it takes years and years of buying to get on good terms with a supplier. As your business grows, so will the amount of orders you do, and the more of a relationship you will get with the supplier. The more you order and the more often you order the supplier will offer a discount and a bigger discount you'll get. Hope that kinda helps? Adam | |
| Andrew |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 13:53 |
Selling computer hardware. I'm just gonna get through uni and then get into it | |
| kerzo |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 13:52 |
fair play to you if you try to start up your own business but i think the market is a bit saturated for car equipment etc and defintily for computing, maybe not as much for mac's but then again what % of people actually have one? | |
| Colin |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 13:48 |
quote: Doing what P.nut:o:boggle: | |
| Andrew |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 13:47 |
I am hopeing to start my own business too. It's all a matter of cash and time. | |
| MarkW |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 13:22 |
It's a pain starting any business m8 - trust me - u need probs about 3 times more cash than u think u will for a start shit loadsa hard work - and enough customer's :thumbs: it's real hard but worth it in the end :) | |
| Ian |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 12:59 |
Computing category is a nightmare as well but I suppose something fairly niche like Macs is a better bet. | |
| andy hirst |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 12:47 |
thats what i was thinking, another area i was thinking of was to refurb apple macs (1-4 yr old) ive done it to mine and a couple of mates' macs, bu then again where do i get them 2nd hand cheap enough. | |
| Ian |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 12:44 |
Unless you have good cheap suppliers this is very competitive! | |
| andy hirst |
posted on 27th Jul 04 at 12:44 |
thinking about this a lot recently, wanna work from home possibly trading over ebay to start with, thinking about car audio equipment. Need to know, where you found your supplliers, what are the terms you have with them etc. Any any other info that could help me decide if im going to do it and how to go about it. |