How to organize a second hand

Despite its mixed reputation among various segments of the population, second-hand stores are still in great demand and are in steady demand. Therefore, by opening another retail outlet of this type, you can begin to receive a stable income without investing heavily in the business and without going into all the subtleties of modern economic theory.

You will need

• - a small room on the ground floor with access to the street;

• - business relations with several wholesale suppliers of second-hand goods;

• - furniture and equipment for the store (cabinets, drawers, mirrors, hangers);

• - a shift salesman who will work during your absence.

Instruction manual

1

Rent a small room on the first or even in the basement of the building, being guided by the choice, first of all, of the rent, as almost all other problems associated with the equipment of the store can be solved. A good location for second-hand a is any residential neighborhood populated by a diverse and motley city public. Of course, it’s important to avoid neighborhoods with stores like yours and probably already having regular customers.

2

Agree on cooperation with one, or better, immediately with several wholesale suppliers of second-hand products that are in each region. Learning to work with suppliers for the owner of a second-hand is almost the most important thing in his work. Here it’s not enough to be able to get discounts on yourself when purchasing especially large quantities of goods; here you still have to be able to work with the offered goods, selecting more or less liquid products and rejecting worthless things. Wholesalers sell used clothes bags by weight — almost anything can be in that bag. The task of the owner of the retail outlet is to inspect the goods and select all the things that you can then sell with a good mark-up in your store.

3

Get the simplest, purely functional trading equipment - cabinets, hangers and plastic boxes for placing and putting goods in a prominent place. In second-hand, as in any other clothing store, there should be a fitting room with a curtain and a mirror. Do not forget to also purchase and register a cash register with the tax inspectorate, without which you sell things, of course, is prohibited by law.

4

Try to develop for your store the optimal layout of the product so that customers can freely navigate in it and select the product of their type and price category. It is always advisable to sort and group things in a certain order - hang jackets and outerwear separately, separately - any trousers, separately - blouses, shirts and sweaters. Smaller parts of the toilet, also supplied as second-hand goods, can be laid out in plastic boxes.

How to open a second-hand clothing trade in 2018