thanks for the advice. got a bunch of guys that I have been doing tint for that are now asking me to wrap their hoods and what not. I did one for a guys that brought me the vinyl and it was vvivid. So I did a little research on it and It seems really cheap? im assuming vinyl is like tint where if the price of the material seems too good to be true then your setting yourself up for failure?
I've been tinting for a few years now and starting to get into wrapping vehicles. what brand vinyl do you guys suggest that would be a good bang for the buck to just get here and there to do hoods, roofs, and eventually work up to full vehicles? cheers!!
There are different stages in figure this out and the first part would be location. If you have a location in mind then you would want to walk the property with the mindset of what it will take to get it up and running. Second, what is the overhead on this property? Rent, Utilities, trash etc etc. Once you have a basic number to run your business then it comes time to inventory. Do you want to buy film one roll at a time and replace as needed (recommended for new shops) only if your suppliers can deliver quickly does this apply. So lets run some examples.
Your personal income needs:
Rent: $950
Utilities: $400
Insurance: $130
Phone: $120
Vehicle: $350
Gas: $175
Food: $300
Misc: $250
Total: $2675
Combined Total: $4870/month, $58440/yr
Looks like a large number....holy hell what are we going to do??? Break it down to daily...$160.11/day
That is just the cost of doing business and living expenses, adjust your numbers accordingly. Once you get your numbers where they need to be, project them out 6 months, and in this example we would get, $18245 add 10% for a safety net and we are looking at approx. $20k needed to save to open a shop and have 6 months of expenses.
This does not include things like marketing, inventory, tools etc etc Those would be above and beyond the initial $20k. Having started numerous retail shops over the years I have done this many many times.
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