COMPUTER REPAIR COMPANY BUSINESS

PLAN PDF SAMPLE

The following tips will show you how to  start a computer repair
shop. Do you know that, there are over one billion computer in the
world? (Source geek.com) In the United States of America alone there
is an “estimated 223,810,000 personal computer users across the
country and the number has been going higher up in recent times.”
(Source mapoftheworld.com)
The statistics shows that computer repair business is a gold mine.
With the large number of computer user, there will always be
demands for computer repairers. This is because computer like every
other electronic machine will always develop fault and it will require
maintenance and repair.
Therefore, the service of computer repairers will always be needed.
So if you are thinking of starting a business, you should consider
starting a computer repair shop.

Prepare your Mind

Though starting a computer repair shop is a good business, but
nothing good comes easy. As profitable as a computer repair business
is, it entails some challenges like sourcing for capital to start the
business, getting loyal customers, dealing with competition, building a
reputable brand for the business, constantly upgrading your skills so
that you can stay up to date in your industry and many more.

You will face some of these challenges and you must prepare your
mind for this. Preparing your mind will help you to not give up when
challenges rear its ugly head.

Research
Since you are about to tread on a new terrain, it is likely that you have
limited knowledge about the computer repair industry. Therefore, it is
important for you to do a thorough research so that you can be well
informed about the fundamental things your business needs to thrive.
Don’t just assume you know.
Research about your ideal customers, their problem and the best way
you can help them solve it.

Research about the various niches in the industry, the ones that are in
high demand and the one that is of interest to you. Research about
your competitors, what they are doing right and how you can improve
on it and what their customers are complaining about that you can
leverage on. Doing this will guide you in making good decisions.

Seek for Help

As good as it to research and do your personal homework about the
business, it is also good to seek for help from those that have gone
ahead of you. This will help to shorten your learning curves, make the
right choices and avoid mistakes. So, look for one or two experts in
your industry and seek for their help. This may require you paying a
price, but be sure that it will be worth it.

Get Skilled
To stand out among your competitors and become the most sought
after by your customers, you need to be highly skilled at repairing
computers. So, being merely interested in the business is not enough,
you need the necessary skills and expertise that will help you to
always be on top of the game.

Even if your intention of operating the shop is to hire skilled

technicians and computer engineers that will help you with the
computer repairs, having some basic skills that will enable you deal
directly with your customers will help a great deal.

Start the Shop

After taking the necessary steps, the next thing to do is to start the
computer repair show. How you will start depend on the capital and
the resources available at your disposal. You can start big if you have
the financial capacity to do so. But if you don’t have the capital to start,
don’t let that discourage and stop you from starting.
The thing is that no matter your financial capacity, you can always
start something if you really want to. For example, if you can’t afford to
get a shop, you can create a small space in your house and be using
it for shop till you can afford to get one. Also, you can start working for
someone else while you gather the money and experience you need
to start yours.

Market your Business

No matter how good and highly skilled you are, if people don’t know
about you, you are not going to make sales. This is why you need to
embark on aggressive marketing of your computer repair business.
Let people know what you do.

You can start from your contact list; call up your family and friends, let
them about your shop, don’t assume they know. Offer them free
services in exchange for referrals.

Reach out to small businesses and individuals and pitch your work to
them, offer them irresistible discounts that will make them patronize
you and make sure you do a good work for them that will not only
make them come back but also make them refer you to others. You
can also leverage on the internet. It will go a long way to help you.

Create a blog and social media accounts on platforms like Facebook,

Twitter and LinkedIn. Make sure to always share valuable contents on
computer maintenance. If you keep at it, in no time, people will notice
you and start patronizing you

Starting something is not as important as sustaining it. To sustain

your PC repair business and make it stand the test of time, you must
keep updating your knowledge and upgrading your skills. You must
keep learning about your industry so that you can be up to date with
the latest trends in the industry.
This will help you to remain relevant regardless of how things might be
changing and evolving.
COMPUTER REPAIR COMPANY BUSINESS PLAN
EXAMPLE
Here is a sample business plan for starting a PC repair service.
BUSINESS NAME: Jazzytech Computer Repairs
 Executive Summary
 Our Products and Services
 Vision Statement
 Mission Statement
 Business Structure
 Market Analysis
 Financial Plan
 Competitive Advantage
 Conclusion
Executive Summary
Jazzytech computer Repair Company is a computer company that
specializes in making available computer repairs, upgrades and
networking to IT firms, home computer users, and all forms of small
and medium businesses.

Jazzytech computer Repair Company will be jointly owned by Andrew

and Anthony and will be situated in Chicago, United States. Andrew
and Anthony have successfully raised over 50% of the amount that is
needed to start this business which amounts to $100,000. They intend
getting the other 50% from the bank.

Our Product and Services

Jazzytech computer Repair Company is looking to provide computer
repair and maintenance services to clients in the United States and in
other parts of the world. From our headquarters that will be located in
Chicago, we will offer top notch computer services to various small
and medium firms as well as home computer users.

Vision Statement
Our vision is to come up with a computer repair company that will be
unarguably the best both in the United States and in other parts of the
world.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to come up with a top notch computer repair company
that will handle some of the biggest projects in the IT world. At
Jazzytech computer repairs, we are bent on giving you the best. We
aim to achieve this by always keeping up with the trends in technology
and helping you do the same.

Business Structure
We are not ignorant of the stiff competition that exists in the computer
repair industry. As a result of this, we are looking to build a very strong
business structure that will help us thrive in this business.

Market Analysis
Market Trend
The computer repair business is a business that requires strong
marketing skills in addition to excellent IT skills for new entrepreneurs.
Interestingly, people always make use of computers. Therefore, a
possession of these skills means you will always be in demand.

One factor that works to the favour of new computer firms is that
people no longer wait for their PCs to break down. Avoiding repairs
and making constant upgrades is enough job to keep computer repair
companies busy.

Target Market
We will be looking to service both individual computer owners as well
as small businesses. This is because just like individual computer
owners, small businesses lack IT departments. However, they have
constant IT needs. Meeting the demands of both our other business
owners as well as individual computer users is definitely going to be a
source of constant income for our young company.

Sales and Marketing Strategy

As a business, we have been able to come up with some strategies to
help us stay on top of the food chain in this business. Some of this
strategies include
Getting to know our Ideal Customers
As a new computer repair company in town, we will be directing all our
energies to individual PC owners for now.

Reason being there is a large market for residential services. Also, the
issues related with residential computers are not as serious as
complicated as those of firms. As a result of this, we can spend less
time servicing a computer. This will definitely lead to a better income.

Playing to Our Strengths

We intend to play to our strengths. We are very tech savvy and know
we can soar in this area. To keep our focus undivided, we will be
hiring accounting experts to handle to monetary part of the business.

Brand Awareness Creation

We intend to network at business trade organizations and also at
chambers of commerce. We are looking to spend 5 to 7 hours of our
week creating awareness of the presence of our company.

Hiring the Right Staff

When the time comes to start hiring staff, we intend to hire the best
staff available. We will hire our staff not just on their tech skills but on
their communication skills as well.

Financial Plan
Source of Startup Capital
To get our business running, we will need a minimum of $200,000.
With this start up coast, we intend to get an office space, pay for the
needed equipment to start a company. Over time, we have been able
to come up with $100,000 from all our savings. We will get the
remaining $100,000 from the bank.

Competitive Advantage
We might be new in the tech world, however, we are not pushovers.
The fact that we are just stepping into the scene for the first time does
not in any way mean we won’t compete with other firms for a place in
the computer industry.

We are stepping into the industry with very high IT skills, we also
possess some of the best equipment to help us last in the industry.

Conclusion
The business plan above is a simple business plan for the
computer company, Jazzytech Computer Company.
This firm will be run by Anthony and Andrew. Also, the funds for
running this business will be sourced from savings of the
entrepreneurs as well as from the banks.