BearBrimstone
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- Jan 7, 2016
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I am hoping that someone here with an FFL can give me some advice. I have been looking at opening a gun shop for the last year or so. I already have just about everything lined up, but I keep talking myself out of it due to feeling like it will not be possible to compete with the prices of some of the larger online shops. I live in a small town which comes with its advantages and disadvantages. No city ordinances is a nice advantage but the big disadvantage is little local traffic which will mean online sales are a must, but I'm worried a shop just starting out cannot compete with the larger shops online. If one were willing to accept making only a very small profit per sale is it possible to match the prices of places like Bud's and PSA while only ordering one or two cases of a specific firearm at a time? I already own the building that the shop would be going in so that will help a lot with the bottom line. More than anything I am just not sure if buying small numbers early on will be enough to get low enough prices from distributors to be able to turn around and make sales to customers that could have bought from somewhere like Bud's. Any FFL owners have any advice? If anyone would be willing to give some examples of average distributor prices that would be awesome, but I can understand not wanting to share that information. I am mainly trying to figure out if its possible to build the business from the ground up or if having 7 figures to put into the business from the start is the only way to really start get into the game now. Thanks for any replies.