gt2590
Super Moderator
I ran a $600,000+ per year Cards, Memoriabilia and Comics store up until our Company (30+ stores) shut down 2.5 years ago. One thing I noticed is that you don't seem to have any "Wall" items. IF you do have them, put them as close to the front door as you can, it really helps.
My store was the only who did Comics and we had about 110,000+ a year from about 120 regular customers. We were the only real comics store in the County though, so that helped.
Comics are a great sell. They are delivered on Wednesday every week, they have VERY devoted buyers and the sales are in the normally slow middle of the week. With that in mind, you can hire a Part-timer (or two) to work Wednesdays and really develop a following. The early ordering is tricky, but you'll quickly develop it, but I would check into it soon, since the best way to order is two months out. There are tons of "Variant", low-print covers you can sell at higher prices or use to "reward" great customers with too. As BossmanChris said, Diamond is basically a Monopoly on it, but you can get other stuff, including wax and supplies from them too. They also have a Catalog available to special order stuff from too. It's a little hard to find fixtures that are good for comics, but they are out there...
McFarlanes are good too, in managable quantities and also have "Variants" you can make some extra $$$ on.
Good Luck!
My store was the only who did Comics and we had about 110,000+ a year from about 120 regular customers. We were the only real comics store in the County though, so that helped.
Comics are a great sell. They are delivered on Wednesday every week, they have VERY devoted buyers and the sales are in the normally slow middle of the week. With that in mind, you can hire a Part-timer (or two) to work Wednesdays and really develop a following. The early ordering is tricky, but you'll quickly develop it, but I would check into it soon, since the best way to order is two months out. There are tons of "Variant", low-print covers you can sell at higher prices or use to "reward" great customers with too. As BossmanChris said, Diamond is basically a Monopoly on it, but you can get other stuff, including wax and supplies from them too. They also have a Catalog available to special order stuff from too. It's a little hard to find fixtures that are good for comics, but they are out there...
McFarlanes are good too, in managable quantities and also have "Variants" you can make some extra $$$ on.
Good Luck!
