Starting an Electronic Repair Shop

Summary: Do you want to start your own electronics repair service center? Electronics item repairing business is growing everyday so starting a shop can be ideal endeavor for you.

This is the age when every thing seems to be electrically run; an average household is 85% being run by electrical machine, from kitchen to entertainment appliance. An average person spends 90% of his day using electrical machine.

People have been dependent to electrical things for years now, and is not likely to change. In fact, more and more electric machines are invented to help the human race face their day to day life. It is no wonder that electronic repair shops are mushrooming every where. It has become a lucrative business.

Type of electronic repair business

Consumer electronics-focused repair shop specializes in gadgets or appliances that are used by individuals either at home, recreation or at work. Examples of these are: television, refrigerator, computers, components, radio, video cameras, laptops and even toys. However, some consumer electronics repair shops specializes in types of electric product such as all TV repair shop or all kitchen appliance repair shop. These are usually small shops around the neighborhood or shopping malls that services walk-in customers who take cash or credit card for payment.

Industrial electronics-focused repair shop specializes in electrical equipment that is used in a factory or manufacturing firms, hospitals, banks, etc. and is usually in bulk use such as circuit boards, power supplies, monitors, telecommunication system, video recording system, and other electrical machine specifically used per industry. These are usually big firms themselves with branches to service particular industry of their choice in various locations. Since transactions in industrial electronic repair shops are bigger, they usually provide payment terms to their clients.

Starting up

People will be turning to you for help when their electric appliances are broken trusting that you will be able to help them save some cash by fixing the problem properly that they won’t have to buy a new one. Thus, if you do not have the required knowledge and skill or is not licensed or certified to fix electric appliances and other machines but is interested in this business, it is a must that you hire a certified electrician and technician to do the electrical repairs.

Aside from a licensed or certified electrician and technician, a start-up electrical repair shop would need the following:
- stall or store space, preferably in town or in a shopping mall
- electrical repair kits
- office equipment such as a computer and telephone
- electronic spare parts

You can try various marketing strategy in promoting your newly opened electronic repair shop to customers. Here are some ideas to consider:
- give discounts to first 10 (or how many you want) customers
- manually distribute coupon (as you’re targeting people in a particular area) which offers discounts
- offer a flexible payment system (like cash OR credit card)
- offer free estimates