How to open a pet shop and how much profit will it make?

Opening a pet store requires sufficient capital investment, and the investment costs vary greatly in different regions.

Today’s pet store profits are roughly composed of pet supplies, pet grooming and care, pet foster care, and live sales; pet stores with different positioning and different sizes have different profits; some large high-end pet stores , the monthly turnover may be more than 100,000 yuan; a small pet store may not have that much, but it can still make a profit of between 60,000 and 80,000 yuan a year.

The process of opening a pet store

Pet store location selection

After deciding to invest in a pet store, the pet store location selection is very important, and the decision-making process It is also relatively complex. That’s because the cost of site selection is relatively high, and once selected, it’s difficult to change. Generally speaking, if the location of the store is good, even if the business strategy combination is average, it is easier to succeed; if the location is poor, it is often difficult for the operator to make up for this shortcoming, no matter how capable it is.

Pet store channel construction: Understand and establish recruitment channels

Operators should first understand where suitable shop assistants or pet beauticians can be recruited and establish a good relationship with them. At present, every pet store is facing a shortage of personnel. If it maintains a good relationship with a company that can transport personnel, it will be of great help to the stable operation in the future. Operators can establish cooperative relationships with pet grooming schools, but they must have an understanding of the teaching quality of the grooming school in the early stage.

When recruiting store clerks, the minimum requirement is that the clerk be caring, like small animals, preferably someone who has raised pets, and have certain communication skills. In addition, it is also very important for store clerks to have relevant pet care expertise and be able to identify common pet species. You need to have a certain understanding of pet products. Of course, it is not enough to simply master these pet knowledge. After recruitment, you may wish to have the store staff participate in some relevant pet knowledge training on a regular basis. The training knowledge must be professional and accurate. Some manufacturers often offer training courses, and operators can recommend store employees to participate in the training. Understand and establish purchase channels

This requires operators to have a certain knowledge of products in the early stage, master the types, varieties, and brands of products, and at the same time understand the manufacturers, agents, and distributors of each product. business situation. It is best to first visit several pet product manufacturers or dealers and pay more attention to pet product inquiries. In the early stages of opening a store, for the sake of safety, it is best to choose products produced by well-known brand manufacturers. At least their quality is guaranteed and will not damage the reputation of the newly opened pet store. For goods with a shelf life, you can reduce the amount of each purchase and increase the frequency of purchases. For some more expensive pet products, in order to increase the flow of funds, you can use customer reservations to avoid the cost of inventory. Understand business project channels

Pet store management styles are very different. Conventional pet stores provide a variety of food, snacks, health products, bath products, etc., or pet supplies (toys, nests, leashes, etc.). This kind of sales is similar to the commodity retail industry. It is necessary to ensure that the goods are always new, so that the business can last for a long time. While relying on the sales of conventional products, pet stores can also carry out diversified operations and service development, such as selecting some specialty supplies or opening various pet-specific services to add to the pet store's operations.

Pet shop management

Like all store operations, pet stores must pay special attention to their reputation during the operation process. Pet shops are a service industry. We must always keep in mind the saying "the customer is God". We must make friends with customers and retain customers with good service quality. Everyone who comes through the door is a customer. Even if the customer doesn't buy anything, or the customer just buys a bag of relatively cheap dog food, the clerk is required to receive him warmly and patiently.