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Originally Posted by LivinLOS
My buddy has one for sale..
Location Location Location.. Tho IMO they all make beans and shiny beads and are not worth the investment.
1 baht per minute !! think about that for a second !! Minus your equipment costs, minus your upgrade fees (everyones gonna want vista now, it has to be legal software !! want to upgrade 10 machines operating system AND hardware to run it ??), minus your startup, minus your annual company tax and fees, minus your accountant costs, minus your high speed cafe quality internet feed.. Plus now so many bars and hotels are offering free wireless, and many even have a laptop in bar or customers have thier own, your competing with free !!! Its a tough nut to make any money from this biz.
I could see a cafe / bar done out a bit high tech, multiple computers, comfy chairs maybe even a hidef LCD screen and some next gen gaming.. Chilled music.. No ones doing that style of cafe / net cafe hangout spot and then you have the additional income streams of bar and cafe drinks, you have the longer staying hangout potential. Beach house bar on Nanai has made a bar with this relaxed type vibe and it does well, I could see a combo lounge bar with these perks appealing to the gen X and Y set.
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"My buddy has one for sale.. "
- Really? Which one?
Anyway i know that the Inet cafe business is not the most profitable business there is so naturally it needs some sidebusiness to be well profitable. I will include Food, Drinks and possibly motorbike rentals to this business so it will bring some more money in.
I basically know all the expenses that the cafe i am looking at has and it will end up profitable no doubt about that, thus not keeping me alive if only doing that. Anyway it is not my expectation in the beginning....
The investment i will have to do is not high, in fact we are talking ard 9keur for the whole business, so at least i dont have "all egs in this basket" ;-)
- Lukez