id rather not supprt resellers that make this more expensive for us... these guys ruin it for everyone else. id rather buy someones old collection from ebay
Man that was a nice chat - no need to apologize for this- it definitely opens up the eyes to how things are in a game store. And I appreciated you saying to not lowball customers and for a $1000 you need to give them like at least 600 or 700. That's doing the right thing.
Thanks for sharing! I totally understand the stress and the struggles! It’s absolutely not easy, but you’re doing what you love owning your own business. You are your own boss and call the shots. Keep it up, brother!
Everyone thinks its sooooooo easy but nobody signs up for the struggle. Thank you for this RAW and unfiltered look at what it is really like. I've never seen your business before this video, but I will happily stop in and buy some stuff if I'm ever back in Houston.
I will say some of the hardest things about owning a store like this, 1. All those gems you want to buy for your collection but need to resell! 2. Trade ins while great can't be your only transactions. ( I dealt with that owning a MTG store). Even with that said it's worth it to have something you love! Keep up the good work!
Love to see the trade ins bro. I used to work at a gamestore before and would see all type of trade ins too. Hope you keep at it. Things get really hard before a huge good surprise.
Love your video and how genuine you are, keep making videos man you'll get a lot more views if you talk about games and the positive sides of owning a store. Some video ideas / questions... How often do you get large or highly collectible trades? If the customer clearly doesn't know what they have, do you low ball them to make a large profit? Do you sell online or all in your store? Have you thought about diversifying into other collectibles like trading cards? Could you give us a breakdown of how much you typically earn a month? How much more business do you get near Christmas compared to other times of the year? What's the best trade-in you've had, or can remember? How often do you deal with theft or break ins (any stories?), How can you possibly afford to pay employees? Is it really possible to pay rent, utilities, taxes, yourself, and employees? Do you still find time to play and enjoy video games personally or has your fire died out a bit since opening a store? How often do you have to adjust prices? Is it hard to compete with online prices? Do you ever offer deals? (Example, someone asks for a discount on a group of games, or someone wants a bit more trade-in credit), Are you afraid of the future, considering everything is moving to digital only / subscriptions? Let me know if you ever open a store near Dallas 😀
Customers can be very difficult sometimes, but as long as you have good intentions and try to stay respectful, you'll usually avoid or de-escalate customer drama.
i just sub bro, thank you for this i needed to hear this. Thank you for those words of inspiration deff opening one up soon. not to get rich but for the vibes i always loved video games.
Owning ANY small business where dealing with random general public (especially face to face) is often worth quitting….My heart definitely goes out to those involved.
1st time to the channel! Thanks for the honest perspective as a multiple video game store owner. Having owned multiple businesses, I've learned success in any business takes time, money, motivation, dedication and above all the will to succeed! Having multiple streams of income via selling on different platform (ebay, amazon, whatnot, fb marketplace, craigslist, etc) i believe is the key in order to stay in for the long term! Stay strong, positive and blessed bro!
Dude i feel you on that , Its the down time that kills you . i own a tattoo studio and 10 years of 6 days sitting all day waiting for walkins. on book it looks fine but just the doing nothing get old fast
I Also own my own store in Cedar Rapids iowa it is hard and yeah wish somebody would of told me all those things to. I did take some classes but that wasn't until after even with them it's hard out there not everybody wants to buy you will get alot of I'm just looking or killing time until x and I completely understand what you were saying alot of good notes about it's not easy you get people that think it is or think we are rolling in money . small game stores unite is what I say by the way we are called turtle power games.
You should change your business model. Shrink the size of your space and use your smaller physcal storefront to get inventory. Sell more games online. You could probably afford to pay 50% of pricecharting and sell for 80% of pricecharting and still do good while moving a lot of games.
I'm 1 year in up in DFW. People and trade expectations is something I didn't expect to have to educate folk on. Like you said, people see it on eBay and expect that. Most get it, but the ones that don't make the day a struggle, for real.
Wouldn't it just make more sense to go run it out of your home and sell online? Keeping up with a store just seems like an inefficient use of your resources...
The cost of overhead on physical store ownership is outrageous in comparison to profit margins on video games, generally speaking. Unless of course you have a strong brand following on social media such as UA-cam, Instagram, TikTok, Whatnot, etc...
From an outside perspective: You rarely look happy or excited in the store. Im sure there are times where you are, but is just seems like you you go from store A to B, do some trade ins and thats it.
The Game store has not yet reached its highest potential, it has plenty of designs that it can develop, in businesses adaptability. Patents Trademarks, Copyrights, LLCs Registrations are owned by its owners. All rights reserved. ****THIS IS NON A.I Standards of excellence in communication for businesses, incorporation of designs and implementation. ****IMPORTANT****
For those who have games or TCG stores, please answer this one: Why don't you limit the trade ins per game? My local second hand game store won't say no to the thousand Fifa game. Wouldn't be ok to say to the costumer "I'm sorry but we don't have interest in these games once we are overflowing. Hope you are able to sell them through other ways or you can always try again in X days"
I know you cant really speak on it... but I wish I knew if the profit is worth opening a game store. I hear from some store owners they do really well and others are like its tough.
I want to open my own store one day, however I feel like as a store owner everything in the store should be for sale. Even if you way OVERCHARGE I would sell anything in the store, should've told the lady you'd sell it to her for $50 if she really wants it, then you can buy a couple to replace it lol
You’d have to be a complete fool to run a video game store in today’s economy. It’s just a short matter of time before software is 100% digital anyways.
Having a store front like real-estate make it 100 times harder to profit. You got Rent/Taxes/Utilities/Security/Insurance on top of razor thin margins. I can't see how it's profitable in 2024. Unless your foot traffic is jam packed and pull a gamestop where you give them 5 bucks for a game and resell it for 50.
Everyone who first own a store always think it’s “I’m about to be rich!” Until they own one. Me and the wife own a nail salon and it’s hard work. Just like a rollercoaster. Ups and downs. Struggles and cash flow. YT algorithm got me here. Didn’t know you’re right around the corner from me. Well not exactly. I’m in Spring. Might drop by sometime in the future. Good luck buddy.
Owning a business is no joke, wishing your store success man. People should try to support their local game stores if possible
id rather not supprt resellers that make this more expensive for us... these guys ruin it for everyone else. id rather buy someones old collection from ebay
Man that was a nice chat - no need to apologize for this- it definitely opens up the eyes to how things are in a game store. And I appreciated you saying to not lowball customers and for a $1000 you need to give them like at least 600 or 700. That's doing the right thing.
Thank u
Thanks for sharing! I totally understand the stress and the struggles! It’s absolutely not easy, but you’re doing what you love owning your own business. You are your own boss and call the shots. Keep it up, brother!
Thank you
Everyone thinks its sooooooo easy but nobody signs up for the struggle. Thank you for this RAW and unfiltered look at what it is really like. I've never seen your business before this video, but I will happily stop in and buy some stuff if I'm ever back in Houston.
I will say some of the hardest things about owning a store like this, 1. All those gems you want to buy for your collection but need to resell! 2. Trade ins while great can't be your only transactions. ( I dealt with that owning a MTG store). Even with that said it's worth it to have something you love! Keep up the good work!
Thank u
Nice video bro, pretty chill listen as I cleaned some games myself 🤝
Love your videos man! You should definitely check out his stores when you’re in Houston. I’m from the area and love shopping there
Thanks for these videos, really cool to see the real side of things!
Not boring! Thanks for the genuine info!!
Not boring at all. Love seeing the in depth process of game stores and your store specifically. Keep doing good work
Thank you
Thanks for being honest with us. I wish you nothing but success
Thank u
This was really interesting to see and to hear from your perspective. Really like the video!
Thank u
Love to see the trade ins bro. I used to work at a gamestore before and would see all type of trade ins too. Hope you keep at it. Things get really hard before a huge good surprise.
Love your video and how genuine you are, keep making videos man you'll get a lot more views if you talk about games and the positive sides of owning a store. Some video ideas / questions... How often do you get large or highly collectible trades? If the customer clearly doesn't know what they have, do you low ball them to make a large profit? Do you sell online or all in your store? Have you thought about diversifying into other collectibles like trading cards? Could you give us a breakdown of how much you typically earn a month? How much more business do you get near Christmas compared to other times of the year? What's the best trade-in you've had, or can remember? How often do you deal with theft or break ins (any stories?), How can you possibly afford to pay employees? Is it really possible to pay rent, utilities, taxes, yourself, and employees? Do you still find time to play and enjoy video games personally or has your fire died out a bit since opening a store? How often do you have to adjust prices? Is it hard to compete with online prices? Do you ever offer deals? (Example, someone asks for a discount on a group of games, or someone wants a bit more trade-in credit), Are you afraid of the future, considering everything is moving to digital only / subscriptions? Let me know if you ever open a store near Dallas 😀
Customers can be very difficult sometimes, but as long as you have good intentions and try to stay respectful, you'll usually avoid or de-escalate customer drama.
This video is great good to know the in and out of having your own video game store .
Thank you
Great vid bro! Would love to see more talk on this subject
Thank u
i just sub bro, thank you for this i needed to hear this. Thank you for those words of inspiration deff opening one up soon. not to get rich but for the vibes i always loved video games.
More videos man!! They are great
This is some good knowledge bro ! This a good one !
Thank you
Best of luck man!
Owning ANY small business where dealing with random general public (especially face to face) is often worth quitting….My heart definitely goes out to those involved.
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1st time to the channel! Thanks for the honest perspective as a multiple video game store owner. Having owned multiple businesses, I've learned success in any business takes time, money, motivation, dedication and above all the will to succeed! Having multiple streams of income via selling on different platform (ebay, amazon, whatnot, fb marketplace, craigslist, etc) i believe is the key in order to stay in for the long term! Stay strong, positive and blessed bro!
Thank u
U got this bro
Everyone say we’re not gonna last ,shit is more than two years 👊🏼
Dude i feel you on that , Its the down time that kills you . i own a tattoo studio and 10 years of 6 days sitting all day waiting for walkins. on book it looks fine but just the doing nothing get old fast
Nah don’t quit, just do it from your home with a garage inventory setup and sell online. Keep it going man!
Bendicones jefe. Hope God blesses your business.
I Also own my own store in Cedar Rapids iowa it is hard and yeah wish somebody would of told me all those things to. I did take some classes but that wasn't until after even with them it's hard out there not everybody wants to buy you will get alot of I'm just looking or killing time until x and I completely understand what you were saying alot of good notes about it's not easy you get people that think it is or think we are rolling in money . small game stores unite is what I say by the way we are called turtle power games.
bro you said boo boo trade!! hahaha thats amazing!! Gotta love them boo boo trades hahah I love that
You should change your business model. Shrink the size of your space and use your smaller physcal storefront to get inventory. Sell more games online. You could probably afford to pay 50% of pricecharting and sell for 80% of pricecharting and still do good while moving a lot of games.
With everyone going digital, emulators getting better, and physical prices being so high I can't see game shops surviving much longer.
I'm 1 year in up in DFW. People and trade expectations is something I didn't expect to have to educate folk on. Like you said, people see it on eBay and expect that. Most get it, but the ones that don't make the day a struggle, for real.
Wouldn't it just make more sense to go run it out of your home and sell online? Keeping up with a store just seems like an inefficient use of your resources...
The cost of overhead on physical store ownership is outrageous in comparison to profit margins on video games, generally speaking. Unless of course you have a strong brand following on social media such as UA-cam, Instagram, TikTok, Whatnot, etc...
No one's gonna go to your garage to trade in /impulse buy.Youre just a reseller at that point not a business owner.
@@onyx610 so you're saying chaseaftertheriprice doesn't have his own business?....
@@Gameaddict2o9 I don't know who they are....
No
From an outside perspective: You rarely look happy or excited in the store. Im sure there are times where you are, but is just seems like you you go from store A to B, do some trade ins and thats it.
I wish they would get rid of the taxes thing, its so dumb to have to do it every year or whatever.
Do you do repairing consoles because that would help you out as well.
Quick question, where do you get the display case from? Like the case in 4:47
My only suggestion, is more vintage/reproduction neon signs that trigger nostalgia in people my age at 36.
No way! You have to pay taxes, have slow days and mad customers?, wow that never happens in retail. You're the first ever!!
The Game store has not yet reached its highest potential, it has plenty of designs that it can develop, in businesses adaptability. Patents Trademarks, Copyrights, LLCs Registrations are owned by its owners. All rights reserved. ****THIS IS NON A.I Standards of excellence in communication for businesses, incorporation of designs and implementation. ****IMPORTANT****
Baller thumbnail man
Thanks
For those who have games or TCG stores, please answer this one: Why don't you limit the trade ins per game? My local second hand game store won't say no to the thousand Fifa game. Wouldn't be ok to say to the costumer "I'm sorry but we don't have interest in these games once we are overflowing. Hope you are able to sell them through other ways or you can always try again in X days"
Retail is always stressful...I had a dm who used to say..its not about the numbers yesterday...Its what you have done today....
I know you cant really speak on it... but I wish I knew if the profit is worth opening a game store. I hear from some store owners they do really well and others are like its tough.
I think maybe close 1 store and change location maybe that will help. What do I know it's just my 2cents.
i was playing a CS2 match with a cheater listening lol
I want to open my own store one day, however I feel like as a store owner everything in the store should be for sale. Even if you way OVERCHARGE I would sell anything in the store, should've told the lady you'd sell it to her for $50 if she really wants it, then you can buy a couple to replace it lol
Lol
Store has pro. Cause you don’t have to go hunting for games they come to you. Con just more fees and bills. But should have kept to one store.
You seem sad, I hope things get better for you!
Hey bro u got any more games for me lol
You’d have to be a complete fool to run a video game store in today’s economy. It’s just a short matter of time before software is 100% digital anyways.
Having a store front like real-estate make it 100 times harder to profit. You got Rent/Taxes/Utilities/Security/Insurance on top of razor thin margins. I can't see how it's profitable in 2024. Unless your foot traffic is jam packed and pull a gamestop where you give them 5 bucks for a game and resell it for 50.
Owning a store doesn’t sound exciting at all. Never realized there needed to be a video about it
Everything is going online and so should you
Made over 5k selling video games and comics and cards 🃏
COVID PRICES ARE OVER DUDER
Everyone who first own a store always think it’s “I’m about to be rich!” Until they own one. Me and the wife own a nail salon and it’s hard work. Just like a rollercoaster. Ups and downs. Struggles and cash flow.
YT algorithm got me here. Didn’t know you’re right around the corner from me. Well not exactly. I’m in Spring. Might drop by sometime in the future.
Good luck buddy.
Thank you
Good luck with your store but work on your editing and scripts
Too much overhead owning a game store. Sell online.