Permits and taxes, registering all names and license - DONE. Most all of that is already taken care of out of pocket. Hopefully you can find some niche that sets you apart and gets you rolling.good luck! ![]() ![]() Even the specialty items for the larger scale setups are now available, which back in the 90s I had a horrific time finding reasonably priced, especially all the stainless.Īnyway interested to see how it goes, but there are a lot of good points being made on this thread. Also still can not run something like this full time. I've thought about selling some stuff online for some extra cash but not sure how realistic that is given the readily available multitude of online sellers. I go to the local shops to: support the local businesses as much as possible get advice on brewing and get the most fresh ingredients where i dont trust the transport ( especially yeast which i do not yet propagate.although plan to). Since the 90's when I got into brewing, I considered doing the same thing, but a full time job that involves travel made it unrealistic for me. Just a comment.this is an interesting thread to me. If you really are serious about doing this PM me and I can hook you up with some good resources for starting a homebrew shop. You are going to need a LOT of money, and you are going to need to sleep at the shop for the first few months to get it off the ground. But your attitude towards this does not seem very serious, or at least realistic. Even now we are constantly coming up with unique ideas to drive the business, and the more we grow, the more we spend. It took a lot of work to get customers in the door and to earn back the business of former customers who got burned by the old guys. We have been tremendously successful so far and our customer base is an awesome group of people who are incredibly loyal and make great beer. It still took a monumental effort and quite a bit of expense to get it off the ground. This means we already had all of the shelving and display stuff we needed, storage bins and even some leftover inventory. A partner and I went in and took it over and re-opened it. My LHBS went out of business due to horrible business management. I opened a LHBS 1.5 years ago and my starting costs were well over $10K. Maybe this is more thought out than it appears, but even your Kickstarter campaign looks like it isn't exactly well thought out.Īnd this.this steered me away right away:ĭo you have a business plan? You seem pretty sketchy on the details and unrealistic in your expectations. If I simply look at ingredients needed on hand, $11,500.00 may barely cut it. Even to someone who has never sat down and done the math. Next, $11,500.00 to start a LHBS, it does seem low. I've actually never contributed to a kickstarter campaign and was told shipping would be extra. The next reward again require someone to pay shipping. My contribution is my contribution, you figure out what you need to get that extract kit to me. ![]() You see, for $50.00, I don't want an extract beer kit that I will be required to pay shipping for to receive. Opening up a business is incredibly tough and I hope if I ever do it, I have someone on my side telling me when I'm making a move that is less than ideal. ![]() Hopefully, someone in your life is telling you something fairly similar. I realize that I am probably coming off as harsh, but it is more about being direct. The reason why is because on Kickstarter, people are looking for rewards. I think you are better served to have a gofundme account.
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