Planning To Open up a Talyer.......

["DJ"]

Hey guys musta?

Need your help......

Wanted to ask you guys if you have any suggestions or tips? Coz I'm planning to start my own talyer business.........

What tools do I need? Where can I get low-priced auto spare parts?


I 've been studying the location and my target market for the past few days......mukha namang pasado......

Baka may iba pa akong factors na hindi ko na i-take into consideration

Tulong naman diyan mga pare

[mazdamazda]

PM mo si Glennster... may auto supply shop sila sa may Kamias... baka pwede mong gawing exclusive supplier para maka discount ka...

[flakez]

a good mechanic

[morrissey_05]

good and honest mechanics

[BlueBimmer]

yep. kung hindi honest mechanics mo, ikukupit kang nila mga kita mo at ibubulsa. mangongontrata pa yan sa mga customer.

[4wrider]

OBD kung kasama American made cars sa target mo.

[espeago]

Hey guys musta?

Need your help......

I 've been studying the location and my target market for the past few days......mukha namang pasado......

Baka may iba pa akong factors na hindi ko na i-take into consideration

Tulong naman diyan mga pare

Sir "past few days" is not adequate to study your proposed location and target market.

How accessible is the location to the market population?
What are the costs of obtaining, developing and maintaining the site?
Are there enough people who want the product or service?
What is the purchasing power of the population base?
Who are the competitors and how many are there?
How well are the "future" competitors doing?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the competitors?
Where are the competitors located?
What advantages does your product or service provide?


Personal interviews with prospective customers are a great way to find out information about your product, competitors, pricing and the market.

Listening to people, such as potential suppliers, advisors and people, who are already in the business, is also a valuable tool.

Good Luck!

[nixon75]

well said espeago. tools and equipments are the least of your problems. you have to consider everything espeago mentioned and already come up with a system on the day to day operation of your business. i myself own a humble shop at sa awa ng Dyos its been doing well.

[OTEP]

Tip lang:

Be a good mechanic yourself and huwag umasa parati sa mga tauhan.

Kung magaling ka, kahit hindi primespot ang location mo pupuntahan ka ng tao.

Parang shop ni Mang Mario nasa malapit sa liblib at squatter pero dami pa din customer.

[speedyfix]

yup, know what you're doing or else kapag tinanong ka ng customer mo and wala ka masagot mawawala tiwala sayo.

["DJ"]

Mga bro Thank You very Much for your replies


Malaking tulong po yung mga replies niyo sa akin

Anywayz nakakuha na ako ng mechanic.....so far he's been showing a lot of knowledge sa mga cars.......He worked for Toyota b4(Nakalimutan ko yung branch nung Casa) and recently he worked for a Talyer in Baguio which specializes on Korean Cars(Kia, Hyundai and MB100's).......So basically All around siya.......Japanese and Korean cars pwede

Oo nga pala marunong din siya sa Electrical and Airconditioning system ng mga cotse........

Oh and btw I'm planning to accept body repairs and paint jobs......May nakuha na rin akong pintor, dati siyang pintor ng Toyota Bel-air......I've seen some of his works b4.......And I must say.......Magaling siya.....Latero nalang ang kulang ko, although maraming nagprepresent sa akin eh......Maybe in the next few days may makukuha na rin ako......

I'm also planning to include detailing in mga talyer.......right now may kausap po akong dating employee ng Meguiars?(tama ba spelling?)........


Any more tips and suggestions?

[speedyfix]

how big is your place? advice lang, try to concentrate on one specific area muna if you don't have a huge place. remember, painting has to be done by itself. you don't want any overspray of a car being painted to land on a customer who is just there for an oil change. if you have 800-1000sqm baka kaya na all in one yung talyer. but anything less than 500 and sasakit ulo mo trying to fit all of the customers in there at once.

[orly_andico]

question.. is it REALLY worth it to have a car repair business?

from the point of view of someone who goes to this shop and that (and have my share of both good and bad experiences) it seems that car repair is not that lucrative a business.

the problem of most pinoys is that they are really cheapskate bastards (me included). so they want the lowest price possible. correct me if i'm wrong, most of the car repair shop income would come from labor and routine maintenance e.g. oil changes, because the markup on parts can't be THAT great (maybe 10% to 20% at most, this is normal of all box-pushing businesses).

so to get decent revenue, you have to (1) have a lot of "routine" customers whom you can service quickly and which doesn't cause any problems; (2) repairs should be of the cheap, garden-variety type.

example: you charge someone 2,000 for an oil change, of which i guess 300 would be labor. this takes 30 minutes.

how about: someone wants a clutch change (a dirty, labor-intensive job). the materials cost is probably 6,000 so let's say you make 600 on that. plus labor, let's say 1,000 (is this too little? too much?) so your total net is 1,600 but it takes 5 hours.

so obviously, changing oil is more "lucrative" than changing a clutch.

and then the customer from hell comes along with his car which is liable to break anything at the drop of a hat. na last-touch ka pa. although it MAY not be your fault that something broke while your guy was working on it, the customer is well and truly pissed. what do you do?

and then those people with new cars and presumably more money to spend all go to the casa since they have a warranty. so you get stuck with the clunkers.

OTOH if you go the expensive-detailing route and the expensive-tuning route, you'll have very few customers, although they'll all blow a wad when they come in your door. but the rule of business is you make more money on lots of small transactions than on a few big transactions.

comments?

(it would seem to me that, unless you're really a car fanatic and love to tinker with cars, a food business would be less risky and have a shorter ROI than car repair)