Franchise Review - Play N Trade

The video game market is bigger then ever and when one of my good friends says he would rather play Xbox with his kid then read him a book, then you know its a big market!

Simple fact is kids love video games (just as many adults to) and I do not see this market going backwards. Play N Trade looks to have a sweet store build out and a pretty good franchise system to support their stores. I will admit I have stopped at a like store on the way home before and picked up a game I wanted and I don’t even consider myself part of that core market. And if you ever come across one of these stores in the mall you cannot even get a step inside they are so packed.

Lets take a look at the basics

Liability - Low

Startup Cost - $160-400k (rough numbers but considering you need a retail store \ nice build it out it will cost a bit)

Risk - Low to Moderate (unknown question is length of time to build an inventory of used games but I am sure corporate assists with that)

I do not really have anything bad to say about this business. I like the gaming market and I certainly like the margin on the products. In any economy you will find people wanting to offload their old stuff so they can buy some new stuff and in a market like today you can bet more and more people are selling their used items without question.

I wonder if mall locations are part of their plan? Even in a normal retail space you have a decent chance of doing well with this business.

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