HOW TO OPEN A SKATE SHOP : 7 Tips to know before opening a skate shop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Hey guys here’s a video with tips on how to run a skate shop! Hope it helps you out!
Below there’s a link of a video of where to buy skate products for your shop!
Where to buy skate product : Where To Get Product For Your Skate Shop In 2024
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I think community involvement is the most crucial part of skate oriented businesses. Get some t shirts printed, have the local kids wear your shirts, give out decks. Have some select one come to the shop and spend some time there so they can go out there and put your name on the map.
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675/month? Bruh, nice.
I really want to open a shop in my city. Where do you go to get your supplies? Wishing your shop the best brother!!👌🏼
Contact distributors, tell them you own a skate shop. They will get you to fill out a simple form and setup an account. Might be hard at first but keep buying from the same distributors and they will start hooking up bigger discounts
^^^^ what he said , some companies won’t open an account until you have proof of a physical location
Thanks for this. What's even more common especially in cities in India, is to open up a completely online store, on Instagram or website. That way you can keep your inventory at home/small rental and only worry about the pick up and drop off. Thanks for keeping it so real also!
That’s honestly the best move financially, you can grow and have more wiggle room when making a mistake. That being said there is something special about a brick and mortar skate shop, the interactions with people is what made that place memorable. Having a hub where people can meet and chill was dope!
Wholesalers like eastern skate supply don’t supply you unless you have a brick and mortar store location. At least not here in the states
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This place is awesome! I too run a small skate shop in Los Angeles (2,000 sq ft) and just the rent alone is $2,100 a mo. Plus $8,000 down for security deposit. It took about 4 months before the community was aware that i was actually a skate shop and not a weed shop 😂 although i do have a head shop built in (extra income) i also sell spray paint and markers because i love graffiti. Its taken almost a whole year out of pocket to be more stable with our bills plus rent and the community has been great to us. 🤙🏽
I havent been to la in over 20 years but i plan to. I am only 5 hours away! What is the name of the shop? Id love to show some support one day. I am planning a Disneyland trip next summer with my kids
So man where do you buy product?
Do you buy product from other skate shops or what?
I actually just made a video about where to get skate product!
dope, thanks
What are your supliers? Or where did you get the merchandise?
$675 a month sheesh what state are you in I need to move there. Seriously
Believe it or not , I’m in California, Chico more Exaclty , it was a hood deal for the space for sure but it wasn’t in a traffic heavy part of town
Tip: don't spin the camera around so much, it makes your audience dizzy.
Ive been thinking about starting a business but I've been struggling to find decent ideas. Been toying with a pet shop but id lo e to do a skate shop. I love skating and grew up doing it. I see myself having fun going to work every day at that point.
How’s it going now? Been wanting to open a shop or start a skate brand since I was a kid but just never pulled the trigger.
Hey fam I’m 22 I just started the process for my LLC skate shop I feel like lowkey I’m in over my head but I see some brands require EIN, can you explain to me if I’m in the right track or I’m starting off wrong?
Yea man you are heading the right directions , one of the most important things I learned from my experience with the shop is having cushion room financially, I don’t know how much you have financially but i strongly recommend having a years worth of rent and utilities for your shop ahead of time. (Rent, Insurance, Eletric, Internet, website fee, Yearly License fee, and other small things you might need for your shop) an even stronger setup is have a years worth for your shop and a years worth of money saved up for your personal bills and expenses that you have outside your shop. I didn’t have the luxury of doing this and it made it stressful alot if the time trying to pay 2 rents a month
Best of luck dude!!! I would love to see updates!!
Me and my friends are trying to start our own shop any tips on how we can get started
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What is the last board on the right, in the upper row right next the white board. The writing says "welcome to 1988" and it looks like my cup of tea.
It’s from a Comany called Black Label , they’re based out of Oregon I believe. They were popular in the 90s for a bit but started gaining traction again last couple of years. They really had some legends on their team at one point. Solid group of people check them out! They have a very grungy style
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@@SickDaysPodcast awesome! Thanks
I started a shop with some friends, but i am now the sole owner with a couple employees. I worked side jobs for the past 12 years to even get this thing to work out, but now we are able to generate enough income to match the side job pay. They always say to pay yourself first, but theres was no way you could make a living wage off the sales happening. First year, There was a taco bell a block away, I was practically surviving off burritos i was winning from that clear plastic spinner game they have on the counter. I would hop quarters down to the lowest step and come out with 2-4 burritos for a dollar.
Winter is the worst, we had to figure out the hard way nobody was buying snowboard product. Can cut your store hours and work more at your other job is what i had done in the past.
Saving up a years rent is a good tip, but harder to do than say. Thats taken care of now, though. Started with $10,000. We went in blindly and maxed out the bank account multiple times, we have friends in bands and they put on a couple benefit shows to raise some cash for us to make rent. A few companies we worked with also donated some products, so there was a raffle too.
Your city might have a Small Business Development center where you can get business advice for free. Set up some meetings and take notes.
AWH and Eastern are great distributors, but do most of your business directly with the companies. Develop a business relationship. Ask about free shipping deals and quantity discounts. Email them about a wholesale account. Youll need your sales and tax ID and maybe your FEIN number.
For accounting, i use a website called Wave, its free. You can link it to your bank account so you can categorize every transaction as it comes in. I submit an accounting report to my CPA for taxes at tax time. They also handle payroll. I keep track of hours with the Homebase app. Its free for a few employees and it lets you schedule too. You should also have insurance. Ask your favorite businesses who they use for insurance and when you are calling for quotes, let them know you are shopping around.
Shopify! What a life saver. I think i am grandfathered into $325 a year for my website and their Point Of Sale Lite app. Incredible deal for how much it does. Shopify POS can process card transactions but it costs a little more per transaction. We mostly use an external card processing unit. Try to find a local card processor as mostly everyone is trying to rip you off. At least it feels that way. Banks also have ways for you to accept cards, but i would rater support a smaller local company than the banks. Also accept Venmo, paypal, and Chime, people will ask about them because they forgot their card.
Oh yeah. If your opening a shop, know your shit! Companies, pros, history, board/wheel construction, shapes and the reasoning behind them... Know it like you went to college for it. Never stop learning.
All super sound advice! I feel you on the food struggle 😂 I often wondered how the shop would have done if I had partners in it , unfortunately I had to close down my shop , various reasons that were out of my control but I have good news that came from that I will upload a video about it soon!
Thanks for this, man. Solido advice! I opened up a shop with a buddy of mine about 8 months ago and it's getting better, but VEEERRRY slow... Gotta keep at it! Greetings from Prague!
Really dig this video bro ! Are you guys still open ? Been considering opening a skate/music shop mixed into one
Thank you for the video!
Awesome, stay Rad Sir.
Thank you brother. I want to think about and try to open a shop. I really needed this advice thank you
If there’s a Will there’s a way man! Don’t ever get discouraged , push through and figure out a solution , the biggest one is really having extra cash
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We’re is you’re shop located? I would love to support it and come check it out! Great video man!
I was located in Chico Ca , but had to close down a couple months ago :/, but I will be uploading some good news soon!
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I'm opening a shop for the kids it's all in think about
A store would do good offering personal branding services. If someone brought in a logo they can get it put on hats, shirts and stickers. A lot of people would gladly fork out cash to have their very own individual brand.
How do you have them boards set up on the wall I dig it
What about a business license and how do you contact vendors
Any tips on how to purchase from sisterhood distributors? Like dxlf /how baker deathwish shake junt
Honestly you just gotta find reps , I didn’t have Deluxe personally but just going in their site and going through their contact page you can get a hold of them same with bakerboys but there response rate is low, so just keep bugging them till they answer
Thanks for the tips! Wish you the best!
You guys still in business?
Yes it hasn’t been easy but the doors are still open !
I wish you the best of luck my guy. I been wanting too open a skate shop for a awhile. This video motivated me too turn that idea into something real.
Thank you for being there for your skate community.
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Keep going bro!!! Super dope shop man!!! ❤
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Dang thats awesome man! Maybe I can have a little shop someday 🤔.
I believe in you man! You got this!! If ever need any advice just message !
@@SickDaysPodcast thanks I appreciate it and will do !
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Where do I buy the products tho
As in skate shop wholesale items?
@@SickDaysPodcast Yes, I currently silkscreen everything myself which is of course my own logo. but would like to start selling name brand items
@@liamackman3323 if you have a resale license you can contact AWH Sales, and Eastern Skate Supply, and North Shore Skate, they all have multiple skate brands to buy product. Keep in mind tho these places will not give you an account if you don’t have a physical store location. Most companies won’t , maybe smaller skate brands will tho , example myself I make boards now and am one who would totally send out boards wholesale to put if garage shops or car shops
How do you contact wholesale for merchandise?
Love the video! Answered a lot of questions that I couldn’t find online. I just finished my business plan and I’ll let you guys know when it opens!
when you mentioned your grandma having a taco shop I imagined a skate shop with taco shop combined, that shit would be gold. all the local skaters hanging out eating taco's while you sell skate supplies 😅