Copier Business

April 14, 2006 by reyna11
Filed under: Business & Economy, Letters to Reynz

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Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 1
Location: BAHRAIN

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:01 am

Puede po bang humingi ng mga tips about starting a copier business? Gusto ko pong mag umpisa sa ganitong maliit na negosyo, say 1-2 copiers installed sa mga eskwelahan, but i need enough information on how to manage and setup this business, at ang income computation nito, etcetera. maraming salamat po.

======== *…hmmnnn Reyna thinking…. *

Santiago,

First off, depending on how close you are to where the traffic of students are, then you will have a great location. Kasi, kahit na malapit sa school, it still depends kung saan visible sa students your copier center mo. So, for a start, location, location, location and it looks like you have it.

Next, capital investment.

If you buy new copiers, andaming prices, you have to decide yourself. Best source of information would be, go into ebay or bestbuy or compusa or, I’m sure you could shop around in Bahrain for prices. Dito kasi, you could buy copiers - three in one pa yan, it’s copier, printer and scanner. Prices could range anywhere between $150 used, $500 new to a couple of $1,000 more. I’m sure as you read my advice to you, you will definitely stay away from the $1,000+ prices and you will soon know why. Magaling kasi yong mga dwende ko mag-research, although me kulang! Kaya ayun pinauwi ko muna nang probinsya!

So, what would be your capital investment? Ok - the rest nito, you will have to fill-in the blanks. Let’s start with your initial cash outlay tsaka monthly expenses which are the easy ones:

1. Rental, let’s say ang charge sayo is Php8,000/mo. Alam ko dyan saatin, normally, you will have to shell out 3 months advance. So, (Php8,000 x 3)=Php24,000

2. Utilities/Electric, let’s say on average siguro gagasto ka nang Php1,000
3. Utilities/Water, Php500
4. Utilities/Gas-Etc, Php500
5. Tao, isa, say Php5,000 (baka naman lumayas din to’t tumakbo nang Saudi no?!)
6. Advertisement/Promo, Php500 (siguro print mo na lang yong mga flyers mo, kaya iguhit mo na lang. Yong si EntrePinoy, magaling mag-drowing, tawagan mo)
7. Permits, eto ang nakakatakot. Kasi permit siguro, Php100 lang. Ang permit-permitan siguro baka umabot nang Php25,000 depende sa kapreng kausap mo. Get mo ko?! Oh, wag kang umatras. Kaya mo yan.
8. Ganda nang Store. Siempre pagagandahin mo yong shop mo. Wag naman yong, lalagyan mo pa sya nang Rose Garden at kung ano anong halaman at kelangan hukayin pa ang copier mo. Pinturahan mo lang nang malinis, maayos, ilang silya, etc. Ngayon, depende to sa drama mo ano? Mas madrama ka, mas magasto. Wala ka namang drama, aba! Lalaitin ka lang nang mga estudyante. Ma-aarte ang mga yan!
9. Pera sa kaha. Of course naman ano, wala ka pang benta pero dapat meron kang tinatawag na Operating Capital.

Ngayon, add natin to… teka lang ha?!
*Clik! Bog! !@!#$56789!*

Yong mga numbers ko, mga haka-haka lang to. Pero, I hope you are getting my point, kasi you will have to substitute these numbers as you go along dahil malalaman mo rin actually as you do your market research.

Ok, eto:

Ang perang ilalabas mo:
Rental = Php24,000
Permit = Php100
Pera sa kaha=Php1,000
Renovations=Php10,000
2 Copiers @ Php60,000=Php120,000 (explain ko sa baba)
Total = Php155,100

Monthly Expense:
Rental=Php8,000
Electric=Php1,000
Water=Php500
Tel/Etc=Php500
Tao=Php5,000
Promo=Php500
Total=Php15,500
+Profit=Php20,000
(Note: Wala pa dito yong Sales Tax)

What will be your revenue?

Eto ang unahin mo. Copy, Print, Scanning. Ayon, tatlo sources nang revenue mo. Copy magkano? Alva Computers daw is charging Piso! Sabi nang mga dwende ko. Yong mga mom ang pop stores na competitors nila would go 0.75 to 0.50 per page! Well, let’s say Php20,000 and fixed expense mo + Profit margin, di kelangan mo nang 40,000 copies para makapag break even ka di ba? Makakaya ba dun sa lugar na sinabi mo? O baka somobra pa?

So you’re asking about income computation? Simple lang. Per page copied = Php0.50 to Php1.00 per page. Kung ang volume mo 40,000/mo, say 40,000 x Php1.00 = Php40,000 monthly revenue. Other sources of revenue mo yong mga scanning at printing.

Next, anong klaseng copier ngayon?

You can lease daw sa Xerox, per click pages daw ang bayad. It depends kung ilang per page machine ang i-le-lease mo, but you can go ang check them out. You could also buy cheap ones dun sa Greenhills malapit sa MRT station. Prices could range from Php60,000 per machine and higher.

Here’s what Reyna advices:

1. Visit all of those copier businesses na ma-visit mo
2. Check out their prices at kung ano pang services na offer nila
3. Take note of their location, their concept and promo, paper that they us, machine that they use, etc.
4. Concentrate on revenue. Can you pull it off?
5. Get a machine depende dun sa revenue forecast mo. Kasi baka bumili ka nang pagkamahal mahal na machine tapos wala palang volume.

Pasensya ka na, medyo kulang ang kaalaman nang Reyna sa Copier business, but I hope you followed the gist in making a decision.

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2 Comments on Copier Business

linusoft on Sun, 16th Apr 2006 2:04 pm

ito ang masaya dito sa blog na to, marami ka ng matututunan maaaliw ka pa! great info po reyna elena!

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ofwadmin on Sun, 16th Apr 2006 2:46 pm

i love to put some humour in everthing that i do. he he he, i hope i don’t get misunderstood. if we could put one smile on those hard working ofw’s am sure it’ll come back to us in some other ways linusoft. pour moi, kikinang na naman ang korona ko. thanks.

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