What would be in your favorite fish store?
- Thread starter Knowdafish
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Are you trying to open a fish store?[/quote]
Yes! Doing research now! Thank you for all the input!
And???
Yes! Doing research now! Thank you for all the input!
And???
I would love see a show tank of maybee 4-5 differenet peacock bass species and a silver or black arowana with them, also a store with more than a 1 day return period on freshwater fish, of course a staff who knows what there doing, clean tanks without dead fish in them, reliable and well kempt enviroment for feeder fish. I also would love to see a place carry good fish food, and of course last but not least... I don't want to see Betta's in lil bowls or cups, put them in 5-10 gallon tanks with 1 male and 3 females or something, just no bowls.
But for advice on the store don't go to crazy with the monster fishes just cus we had a really awesome pet store near my house with a incredible selection of rare and monster fish but they went out of business because there common fish, non aggressive, and pretty much basic fish section was pretty pathetic. most of the average customers it got were looking for inexpensive colorful community fish which it lacked in.
But for advice on the store don't go to crazy with the monster fishes just cus we had a really awesome pet store near my house with a incredible selection of rare and monster fish but they went out of business because there common fish, non aggressive, and pretty much basic fish section was pretty pathetic. most of the average customers it got were looking for inexpensive colorful community fish which it lacked in.
I want to see a store stay in business with degree'd staff, top of the line merchandise, a full selection of rare fish and discount prices.
dragonfish;2001977; said:
Lol .. every one of those suggestions would lower the bottom line. if you started out making a thousand a week in sales then add degreed staff, cuts the bottom line to five hundred full selection of rare fish means more expensive fish = less sales drop it to 200 discount prices ... You are now broke.
*try and train them employees(at least about what they sell)
*not always possible to get rare fish as very few are there who know about them and are ready to buy them and take responsibility for them
*at least sell at a decent price instead of prices which include the price of the said fish, transport, the price of the other fish that died during handling or in the store, maximum profit possible, and any other miscellaneous expenditure you did and want to make it up with the sale of the fish
*not always possible to get rare fish as very few are there who know about them and are ready to buy them and take responsibility for them
*at least sell at a decent price instead of prices which include the price of the said fish, transport, the price of the other fish that died during handling or in the store, maximum profit possible, and any other miscellaneous expenditure you did and want to make it up with the sale of the fish
Now i know this is asking for a lot, but a really nice store would allow us to special order stuff from their vendors :-D.
btw, where in socal are you looking to open?
btw, where in socal are you looking to open?
It should be clean, a variety of shelf goods, immaculate display/stock tanks, and shouldn't feel like a swamp when you walk in.
Employees should at least be a hobbyist.
Oh and for reef, there should be a $10-20 value menu on frags and stuff. Every store I go into only sells $40-100 pieces.
Employees should at least be a hobbyist.
Oh and for reef, there should be a $10-20 value menu on frags and stuff. Every store I go into only sells $40-100 pieces.
