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<blockquote data-quote="ssampier" data-source="post: 1915652" data-attributes="member: 10205">Mark down your prices, be friendly, have a good locationI'm not a gaming store expert, but the stores I have been in never mark down their prices. I realize that game stores have low markups, but I'm going to shop at the place with the lower price and good customer service/selection. Simple reality. A discount card could be useful (you could mail discounts/offers to your customers if you want).For the physical structure, I'm in favor of the warehouse space near mass transit. You'd save on rent and you could pass savings on to the customers. Continuing this idea, since this is a warehouse, you could skim on decorations and ambiance and charge warehouse prices (20-25% off MSRP or something similar).If you had decoration, soft lighting, and a trendier mall area, you'd have to charge mall prices. You could have free sodas or coffee/hot chocolate to good customers and good seating around the store (ala book stores). I'm most in favor of the warehouse combined with the mail order/online idea.If you go with the trendier area, the trick would be keep your good buying customers, while shooing the strays away, the ones that bother the paying customers. Also you'd want a good selection of general games, such as Game of Thrones etc (games Wal-Mart doesn't usually stock). This is attractive to the mother/father that picks up his/her son or daughter after a Pokemon or Magic game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ssampier, post: 1915652, member: 10205"] [b]Mark down your prices, be friendly, have a good location[/b] I'm not a gaming store expert, but the stores I have been in never mark down their prices. I realize that game stores have low markups, but I'm going to shop at the place with the lower price and good customer service/selection. Simple reality. A discount card could be useful (you could mail discounts/offers to your customers if you want). For the physical structure, I'm in favor of the warehouse space near mass transit. You'd save on rent and you could pass savings on to the customers. Continuing this idea, since this is a warehouse, you could skim on decorations and ambiance and charge warehouse prices (20-25% off MSRP or something similar). If you had decoration, soft lighting, and a trendier mall area, you'd have to charge mall prices. You could have free sodas or coffee/hot chocolate to good customers and good seating around the store (ala book stores). I'm most in favor of the warehouse combined with the mail order/online idea. If you go with the trendier area, the trick would be keep your good buying customers, while shooing the strays away, the ones that bother the paying customers. Also you'd want a good selection of general games, such as Game of Thrones etc (games Wal-Mart doesn't usually stock). This is attractive to the mother/father that picks up his/her son or daughter after a Pokemon or Magic game. [/QUOTE]

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