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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3397658" data-attributes="member: 3608">There's a lot of good advice on how to run a gamer friendly store here.All I think I can add is this: Find a cash cow. A consistent revenue stream.I've a pretty good idea that my FLGS is still around mainly because they are also a comic store. For whatever reason, people who are big into comics seem to "subscribe" through local stores rather than directly through publishers.Successful music stores (those that sell instruments & such, not those that sell CDs) often make a lot of their money off of renting instruments to kids in marching band or the school orchestra. Even if you only see guitars & drums on the showroom floor.I rarely buy something the first time I see it in the store. I'm often looking for something that wasn't published in the last 12 months. A store that has a cache of old or used merchandise is going to see me & have a chance at my money much more often. Even if it's an unorganized mess hidden in the back that I have to search through.Plus you can sell it online. I often buy out-of-print games or more obscure titles from some little game store somewhere through the web.I'm sure there's good business sense behind Josh's advice, but I'm very glad that there are people who don't follow it. (^_^)</blockquote>