How to open a service center

A shoe repair service center in large cities can become an alternative to the more familiar "artisanal" workshops in which one person works. Such a business in the field of consumer services does not require very large start-up capital and is quite simple in organization.

You will need

• - premises in a residential area of ​​the city (30-50 square meters);

• - a set of machines for repairing shoes;

• -contracts with several suppliers of consumables;

• - the receiver of orders and two shoe masters;

• website of your institution on the Internet.

Instruction manual

1

Calculate how much space you will need to receive and execute a fairly large stream of orders, without recalling the traditional lone handicraftsman in the booth. Experienced entrepreneurs are advised to rent a room of at least 30 square meters. At the same time, your service center should be clean and tidy - you will need redecorating, and besides connecting to a working electrical network, without which you will not be able to use the equipment.

2

Get used but modern and high-quality shoe repair machines. Buying equipment from a factory (most likely a foreign one) will hardly be affordable for a novice entrepreneur - it will cost several tens of thousands of dollars, while domestic machines can be bought in the amount of up to ten thousand. Find opportunities for small wholesale (for starters) purchases of consumables - pads, heels, leather and adhesive mixtures.

3

Make sure that your shoe repair establishment with a relatively new format still attracts attention - order professionals to create a website with a description of the full range of services that your service center is able to provide. You will also need a signboard and pillars, but the “traditional” means of attraction for shoe repair would obviously not be enough. Develop the corporate identity of your institution, try to create a memorable image for it.

4

Pick people to work in your center - the revolution in the field of shoe repair should be the distribution of the functions of receiving and executing orders between several people. Hire a woman specifically so that she takes orders from visitors and then gives ready-made shoes to customers. You should have at least two masters working on the principle of piecework wages.

Opening of a shoe repair workshop