>u can also find a detailed business plan @ www.bplans.com just look at the javacafe business plan Shiva Cyberstate Cybercafe > Ok, I'll start.... > > I opened a cafe in 1996..If memory serves correctly....I ended the > first year of business short $600 on about $120,000 in sales. I ended > the second year with a profit of about $2000 on just over $200,000 > sales. Those are sales for downtown Denver, Colorado (pop. at the > time - 2.4 million) in a shop about 1800 square feet, seven employees > and 3-5 computers. Daytime traffic of downtown professionals and > residents, average income above $80k. Night traffic mostly teenage > kids of suburbian middle to upper middle class families (such as > Littleton, Highlands Ranch, and Bear Creek). Weekend live music and > events, open seven days a week til midnight on weekdays, 2am on > weekends. Average cafe sale of $5, average amout paid for computer > use also $5. Closest competition was two blocks away, closest > cybercafe 5 miles. > > In short, I know it is possible to make a profit within 15 months. Is > that typical? Probably not. If I had known better I could have been > more efficient, so I could have had a profit in the first year. > Still, I think it is more common to see up to 2 years for a profit, > maybe longer depending on where you are, who you are serving, and > what kind of cafe you run. > > Hope that helps. > > -Matt > > > > > > >Hi, folks, > > > >Can any of you tell me when a cybercafe starts making money? > >Is that months from the start, or are we talking years? > > > >I have been searching the net for demographic information. > >Apart from US Census, which most recent information is dated 1997, > >and www.freedemographic.com, are there any other places online > >where I can get this type of information? > > > >TIA > > > >Martin > > > > > > > > > > > > > >**********Footer message for &LIST mailing list*********** > >To unsubscribe from cybercafe, send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >(NOT to the list itself .. cybercafe@....). In that e-mail type: > > unsubscribe cybercafe <your e-mail address (optional)> > > end > >for details: <http://www.owt.com/users/jlewis/unsub_faq.html> > > > > **********Footer message for &LIST mailing list*********** > To unsubscribe from cybercafe, send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (NOT to the list itself .. cybercafe@....). In that e-mail type: > unsubscribe cybercafe <your e-mail address (optional)> > end > for details: <http://www.owt.com/users/jlewis/unsub_faq.html> > > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using TSTT Webmail. http://www.tstt.net.tt **********Footer message for &LIST mailing list*********** To unsubscribe from cybercafe, send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT to the list itself .. cybercafe@....). In that e-mail type: unsubscribe cybercafe <your e-mail address (optional)> end for details: <http://www.owt.com/users/jlewis/unsub_faq.html>
