Help Requested! – Cell Phone Store

[kaito]

Location: Los Angeles County, California

Hello,

I recently purchased a cell phone store at an amazing price due to the owners moving and not being able to run the business successfully. Apparently, there was another owner at the same location before them who ran the business pretty successfully and the paperwork from back then looked pretty nice. Anyways, the business is ready for operation with good furniture, enough accessories, and phones.

Now, for the questions… I was wondering how I can accept payments for multiple vendors (i.e. Boost, Metro PCS, Simple Mobile, Pageplus, etc.) I understand that there are companies like VHA and American Wireless who provide payment services for such companies but I was wondering if there is one recommended with good reputation. Also, how can one go about adding more minutes to their phones? I understand accepting payments for a phone is easy because it’s already due and I post it to their account. What about someone who needs minutes? Do I have to go buy a prepaid card from a wholesaler or can I somehow get it at wholesale price online directly?

Lastly, I will be providing cell phone repair, unlocking services, computer repair, data recovery, etc. along with the services above.

If anybody knows certain accessories to carry, certain phones to carry, etc. please help me out!

Any feedback will be appreciated in terms of running the business. This will be my first retail business and I find it hard because it is a service business instead of purely retail. Any pointers, suggestions, answers to the questions will be appreciated! THANKS!

[darshan03]

you can contact your nearest shops of mobiles and also competitors. Dont tell them you are running the same business. Otherwise they wont help you.