How to get computer business going

Question

my boyfreinds builds them ,how do we get the word out there please help

Answer 1

There are tons of ways to get problem to buy them:

1) start are a home repair tech (break/ Fix).

2) sell them on ebay

3) get cards made and/ or put an ad in your local news paper.

It really depends on the type of computers your boyfriend is building.

I hope this helped

Answer 2

If you're going to do it as a business, you're going to need to get a business license and an Employer Identification Number, the latter only so you don't have to use your SSN when ordering from vendors.  You may also need to get a resale permit from the state.  

Have you done any sort of a business plan to determine if you even have a market for the computers?  Computer retailing is a pretty cutthroat business with a very narrom profit margin.  Is he also going to repair computers?  

If you're planning on doing this for a living, I STRONGLY recommend you contact the Small Business Development Center (at your local community college) and talk to them; the counseling is free.  Then sign up for the NxLevel Entrepreneurial program...  it's a 12 session course that walks you through the ins and outs of starting or growing your business, and as part of that you will write a business plan.  At the end of the class your plan will be reviewed by a lending professional, and will be critiqued, telling you the strong points of your plan AND the weak points.  

Then you can work on the weak points and hopefully get it into shape to actually present to a lender and get the loan you need.  There is a cost for the NxLevel program ($375.00 last year at my SBDC), but it’s a lot cheaper than losing your investment.

Even if you hire a professional to write your plan, you should still take the NxLevel course.  It saved me from going into a business that would have failed within a year or so, taking my investment with it.  I realized by the third week of the class that I could not afford the business I was looking at and changed directions in the middle of the class. I ended up not going with the second business either, but for non-financial reasons.

Business plans may be a pain in the butt to prepare, but without one, your business is doomed to failure.  To start with, you won't know what your startup costs are going to be, what kind of income to expect, what your ongoing expenses are, who your competition is, and even whether or not you can make a profit.  Without a GOOD business plan, you will not be able to get a business loan to get your business off the ground.