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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Boots" data-source="post: 5564197" data-attributes="member: 92239">Did some research on the hobby store business model when I was working on the MBA.&nbsp; The best overall approach ended up being the use of Amazon to set up a store tying back to a distributor and turning the place into a &quot;gaming experience&quot; with lan games, rpgs and miniatures with rental by the hour or by the block.&nbsp;The work around to the pizza by the slice place is to work with the other business owners to ensure referral business OR to integrate their offerings backwards into a club membership at the store.&nbsp; (ex. you get 4 hours of time at the table per week, plus a pizza and drinks for X plus get entered into a drawing for X at the end of the month.)&nbsp;The trick is looking at the whole store and package deals as well as only offering free table time at slow traffic periods.&nbsp; Whether to offer snacks and food is a personal decision as frankly, offering granola bars, candy and soda won't cut it when there's a subway or papa ginos next door and most game stores don't have a kitchen to support safeserv.&nbsp;KB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Boots, post: 5564197, member: 92239"] Did some research on the hobby store business model when I was working on the MBA. The best overall approach ended up being the use of Amazon to set up a store tying back to a distributor and turning the place into a "gaming experience" with lan games, rpgs and miniatures with rental by the hour or by the block. The work around to the pizza by the slice place is to work with the other business owners to ensure referral business OR to integrate their offerings backwards into a club membership at the store. (ex. you get 4 hours of time at the table per week, plus a pizza and drinks for X plus get entered into a drawing for X at the end of the month.) The trick is looking at the whole store and package deals as well as only offering free table time at slow traffic periods. Whether to offer snacks and food is a personal decision as frankly, offering granola bars, candy and soda won't cut it when there's a subway or papa ginos next door and most game stores don't have a kitchen to support safeserv. KB [/QUOTE]

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