Whos into Computer/Netshop Business?

[ozcity]

Im planning to put up a small business which is a net/computer gaming shop
I have my own location and my market would be a Highschool and Elementary School..Can you guys give me a tip or suggestions? What do i need to know? need to do first?..im into computers so there will be no problem in maintenance and preparation of the shop....

Im planning to have a 10units of machines for my startup.

Buhay pa ba yung AMDG thing?.

thanks in advance..

[benchph1]

richard! you're going to put this up in aussie? or here in RP?

be wary of the location of the shop..alam ko pag sobrang lapit sa school bawal yata.

since technical inclined ka na naman sa computers. wala ka ng problema sa pag setup.

Goodluck pare.

[ozcity]

richard! you're going to put this up in aussie? or here in RP?
be wary of the location of the shop..alam ko pag sobrang lapit sa school bawal yata.
since technical inclined ka na naman sa computers. wala ka ng problema sa pag setup.
Goodluck pare.

bing, dyan sa phil....pero nextyear pa..may be 1stquarter2006
hmm pero lahat yata nakikita ko na shop is near the school kasi
nandun ang market..yung location ko may mga katabi ng netshop
so i think wala ng problema...thanks bro..

[ssaloon]

paging chieffy!

[BlueBimmer]

wen i was still in college i worked in a internet cafe in escolta, hindi msyado ok kita nila (that time 40/hr reg charge) kahit may college school na malapit n closed down eventually. pero baka mas ok loc mo.

[badkuk]

check nyo muna kung gaano sya kalapit sa school, especialy when you're gonna offer gaming or internet. there's this rule about entertainment establishments being a minimum distance away from schools, lalo't elementary at high school pa yan(pag college/university mas wala cgurong problema). all it takes is a few parents complaining to the school, and they can technically shut you down

[theveed]

SI Blackmagic din may shop

[chieffy]

punta ka muna sa cityhall kung saan nasasakop ang pagtatayuan mo ng shop...alamin mo kung may city ordinance sila tungkol sa mga internet cafe, lan shops...may ilang municipalities na mahigpit dito lalo na sa mga nago offer ng lan game at online games...mas nasa safe side ka kung di ka muna mag offer ng games...offer ka na rin ng ibang services like scanning, fax, printing, cd burning, digi photos, cellphone load at kung nasa upper class ang market mo magandang mag offer ka na rin ng food and drinks....kung iiwanan mo ang business mo it would be better to get a pc rental management software para di ka dayain ng magbabantay...

buhay pa ang AMDG, kumuha na rin ako ng software sa kanila noon...now they expanded they products and services, nagpapautang na rin yata sila ng mga hardwares ngayon...papatayin sila ng online games kapag di sila nagdagdag ng products and services eh...

[ozcity]

sir chieffy thank you for the info...last year nagpunta ako don sa site na nabili ko..meron ng mga netshop doon pero mga maliliit lang..and they offer net gaming...siguro mga 500meters lang yung school dun sa place..

about dun sa amdg.nabasa ko kasi before..dapat bibili ka sa kanila
ng license per game ?? tama ba pagkakaintindi ko?

[the_wildthing]

Ano yung AMDG?

BTW, medyo OT, may pina-close down na shop sa Pasay. Software License issues yata.

[ghosthunter]

Im planning to put up a small business which is a net/computer gaming shop
I have my own location and my market would be a Highschool and Elementary School..Can you guys give me a tip or suggestions? What do i need to know? need to do first?..im into computers so there will be no problem in maintenance and preparation of the shop....

Im planning to have a 10units of machines for my startup.

Buhay pa ba yung AMDG thing?.

thanks in advance..

AMDG is still around but not as active, more because the core games they have are old and nearly obsolete already.

10 machines? How much are you going to charge per hour? And what location? Is your rent that cheap? Aircon?, etc...

Anyway, I also have two shops but I am selling my branch in Manila (very near SM Manila) P350K for the store with 30 computers, aircons, etc.

A few thingies you might want to know about pc rentals shops would be the local ordinances regulating such shops, which would include grade school & high school kids playing inside the shops during school hours is prohibited and then there are some areas which have curfews hours during the night.

And then there is the problem of PC parts theft (stolen HDD, memory, video card, mouse, etc). Maintence, cost of internet connection, electricity, consumables like ink, toner, mouse.

[ozcity]

AMDG is still around but not as active, more because the core games they have are old and nearly obsolete already.

sir does it mean na ok lang na hindi na ako kumuha sa amdg?..diba sila
yung nagpapasara ng mga shop once na nahuli ka nila pag hindi
license sa kanila yung netgame?

10 machines? How much are you going to charge per hour? And what location? Is your rent that cheap? Aircon?, etc...

between 20-25P/hr..location is near the public highschool and elementary school..yung location sarili ko na so wala ng rent..

Anyway, I also have two shops but I am selling my branch in Manila (very near SM Manila) P350K for the store with 30 computers, aircons, etc.

sir bakit nyo binibenta?..thats cheap for 30machines..ano specs?
sa computation ko for a highend machines. it will cost me 25k/machine

A few thingies you might want to know about pc rentals shops would be the local ordinances regulating such shops, which would include grade school & high school kids playing inside the shops during school hours is prohibited and then there are some areas which have curfews hours during the night.

.hmm ok..pero may mga netshop na din dun sa area so im thinking that
there will be no problem.

And then there is the problem of PC parts theft (stolen HDD, memory, video card, mouse, etc). Maintence, cost of internet connection, electricity, consumables like ink, toner, mouse.

hmm ok...small netshop lang naman yung plan ko and ako mismo ang
magbabantay...
any guestimate how much will i pay for my electricity(with aircon) and internet connection per month? let say im running 10hrs/day with only 10 machines

thanks in advance

[ghosthunter]

sir does it mean na ok lang na hindi na ako kumuha sa amdg?..diba sila
yung nagpapasara ng mga shop once na nahuli ka nila pag hindi
license sa kanila yung netgame?

if you dont plan to have games like half-life, counterstrike, warcraft, starcraft and diablo... you would be fine without AMDG's game license. But these are still being played by some customers even up to now (even if not as often as before) so you might as well get some licenses. The good thing is I think AMDG is selling their games (the ones I mentioned above) at a discount these days.

between 20-25P/hr..location is near the public highschool and elementary school..yung location sarili ko na so wala ng rent..

well, you still have to assume "rental cost" when you compute you overhead even if its just a small sum like P6000.

sir bakit nyo binibenta?..thats cheap for 30machines..ano specs?
sa computation ko for a highend machines. it will cost me 25k/machine

only 10 units are new (AMD Athlon XP 1800+ & 2000+ with gf4 & fx5200 vid cards), the rest are relatively old (Pentium III 667 & 800 mhz units with TNT2 M64 vid cards). Also the monitors are also "old" (15 inch).

.hmm ok..pero may mga netshop na din dun sa area so im thinking that
there will be no problem.

its still good to make sure of the local ordinances. With the way local governments act, its a wise pre-caution.

hmm ok...small netshop lang naman yung plan ko and ako mismo ang
magbabantay...

but you cannot be there all the time (unless you want to live out the next 2 years inside the store).

any guestimate how much will i pay for my electricity(with aircon) and internet connection per month? let say im running 10hrs/day with only 10 machines

My guess your electrical bill would be around P10K a month. but that could vary especially if you conserve on the aircon's use. A slightly warmer thermostat setting (24C) can save a few pesos as compared to setting it cooler (20C).

[wowiesy]

well, you still have to assume "rental cost" when you compute you overhead even if its just a small sum like P6000.

hmm.. okay ata to for tax purposes... i'm justnot sure...

[ILuvDetailing]

I tried one of those computer shops in Mandaluyong, they charge P20/hr for DSL.

[CZintrclr]

pwde singit ng question na rin.

is it necessary to buy original windows cd for each computer? sabi kasi nila bawal daw sharing. May computer shop kasi kami 5 yrs na wala naman pumupunta na taga microsoft to check.

[chieffy]

czintrclr, sa akin licensed na lahat...noong first 2 years ko 10 out of 15 lang ang licensed...yung mga bagong dagdag na pc sinigurado ko nang licensed na rin ang os bago ko pa man paandarin...gives me peace of mind dahil alam kong safe ang investment ko...nasa main road kasi pwesto ko medyo mainit sa mata...

tip sa akin ng relative na may netopia magre raid daw microsoft kasama ang nbi noon...hanggang ngayon di naman nangyayari...

[av8or5]

chieffy.if you dont mind..whats the name of your computer shop...ganda ba talaga investment or business yung net cafe..thinking of putting up something like this

[chieffy]

sir i will let you read this thread...maganda rin yung mabasa mo opinyon ng iba ;)

ok pa ba mag Internet Cafe?

[Innova_Boy]

Mga how much ba yang netgaming software?? para di madayaan ng nagbabantay..

WBR,