Hello, its always been a dream of mine to own a computer repair business. I'm seeking advice on where to start and if this is something that is still profitable. I have a few things to say, so bear with me.
For starters I'm 21 years old and have been working on computers since around 13 years old. I started as a engineering student after things didnt work out. I transferred to a technical school and got my associates in cloud computing.
Ive had several had several times considered starting my own computer repair business but have always have stop myself for various reasons.
- Are there customers out there?
- is computer repair even still profitable?
- Will computer repair be something in the future or will it be fizzled out?
Now my business I want to create, will not just be computer repair. After having some serious thoughts about starting my own business, I decided I needed to offer more then just computer repair. I want offer a variety of IT based services, I have a list of what i had in mined
- Computer repair services.
- Print and copy based services. I see the market and value, people want someone to print various things like business cards for example
- Phone and tablet repair. Ive heard a lot negatives especially about screen repair. im curious to what your guys opinion is.
- Printer repair. Now this idea is probably based on ignorance because most people have told me not to get into printer repair. i can see repairing a printer that cost 99 dollars not being profitable but what if its a 400 dollar printer or 600. Is there still no profit to be made?
- On site server services
- On site Network setup and other services
- I want onsite tech based service, so most customers do not have to come to me.
Now I know, me by myself is not going to be able to offer this all in the beginning but I want my business to be a place were you can find many IT services for the individual or company. I do want to be particularly focused on building relationships with local businesses. This is just because i know this were i a lot of money can be made.
OH and another big thing for me is how do you guys go about protecting yourself legally from customers. Im not sure on how to handle a case were i fix something on someones computer or do something very simple like cleaning someones computer then two weeks later come back with a dead computer and say this is your fault you need to fix it for free.
Any other advice you guys may have would be appreciated thank you
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