Opening a Game Store

[Crabmaster2000]

Have you put up pictures of the store yet?

Not yet

I'll try and get some done by December.

[russlyman]

Do any holiday decorating? I hung some lights and put stockings up around. Had two small Xmas trees as well

[Crabmaster2000]

Do any holiday decorating? I hung some lights and put stockings up around. Had two small Xmas trees as well

No. As much as I love Christmas, I hate Christmas decorations.

[h1ghw1nd]

Is everything still going well with the store? That's awesome the opening went so good. Sounds like a badass store!

[Crabmaster2000]

Little hiccup currently with some City Bylaws, but otherwise things are going swimmingly

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Still working two jobs, or is the store full time now?

[Crabmaster2000]

Still working two jobs, or is the store full time now?

Still living the dream working two jobs

[Crabmaster2000]

Its no video tour, but one of the local radio stations took a picture for a news story last week of me in the store. We are in a pretty small space so its hard to take a decent photo, but I thought this one turned out well.

[img width=600 height=400]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk189/Crabmaster2000/GameQuestGoatPic_zpsbb5218f4.jpg[/img]

[Duke.Togo]

That shirt makes everything perfect.

[SirPsycho]

Wouldnt a Rush shirt be even more perfect?

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Speaking of which Crabby, we're nearing on a year for the store opening, right? Planning on anything for the anniversary? I guess technically September 1st is the anniversary, but the official trademarking of the name is up.

[Zagnorch]

Wouldnt a Rush shirt be even more perfect?

Here ya go:

[img width=225 height=200]http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/pict/251328317910_1.jpg[/img]

Speaking of which Crabby, we're nearing on a year for the store opening, right? Planning on anything for the anniversary?

First RF Gen's tenth anniversary, then Nupoile's ninth... there's all sorts to celebrate around here.

I guess technically September 1st is the anniversary[...]

...the same date World War II began. Hey, I know how to celebrate the store's first full year of operation: hold a WWII FPS tournament! Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, or even the Wolfenstein series, take your pick. It's not like you're wanting for choices...

[h1ghw1nd]

Crabby what level is your beard at now? I'm behind on the podcasts but it looks like you've surpassed the grand master kung fu level.

[Crabmaster2000]

Maybe not the most appropriate shirt to have had on, but I didn't have any notice before they arrived

@Shadow - No plans yet, but I still have a couple months to figure that out.

@h1ghw1nd - That picture was taken just a couple weeks ago so its pretty close to that still. Working towards my Grand Wizard status beard right now.

[retrosportsgamer]

This is an awesome thread and I wanted to respond here after "finding" a semi local store recently. I stumbled upon it because a bridge was closed (unfortunate for them for sure) and I had to turn around. I had no idea why a game store would be so remote as it was, and to top it off, they were closed on Sundays and had terrible hours - focusing more on being open during regular weekday business hours than times when people would be out shopping and off work/school. I checked them out on Facebook and deduced they had moved from a different location (rent reasons) a year or so earlier but hadn't updated their page but ONCE the entire calendar year after. The signage looked good, and peering inside they had a decent selection but it bewildered me that they could drop the ball so badly with marketing.

I post this because Game Quest is the exact opposite - well planned, built a brand, interacts with customers to create loyalty, etc. I can't imagine running a business is easy (or else everyone would) but it always surprises me when the most obvious things as I've described above are ignored.

Good work Crabby.