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If you like furniture and know how to furnish a room to make it both comfortable and lovely, you might consider opening a furniture store. With consumers always look for such types of furniture as antique furniture, designer furniture and industrial furniture, there are many opportunities to turn your passion into a profession. However, you will need more than a passion for furniture; you will need investment capital too, business smarts, and perseverance to turn your furniture store into a profitable business.

Please read the following tips to find out how to open a furniture store.

1. Decide what kind of furniture store you want to open. Whether it is indoor furniture or garden furnture. Remember that for each type of furniture, including antique, modern, garden furniture, antique reproduction furniture, industrial and used, you'll need a reliable supplier and customers.
2. Make research about the competition in your area. Find out what types of furniture they sell and what their prices are to determine whether there is a market for the products you are planning to sell.
3. Construct a business plan.
   • Calculate the costs of a venue, furnishings, equipment, inventory, and delivery trucks.
   • Budget for an ongoing marketing plan that includes street advertising, print advertising, television and radio ads, and online advertising with website or social media.
   • Remember to include the cost of accounting, taxes, business loans, licenses, and employees.
   • Make a conservative estimate of your returns.
   • Include the possibility of opening an online furniture store to complement your sales.
4. Raise the necessary starting capital. Explain your business plan to your bank or a private investor and show them how your furniture store is a good investment.
5. Obtain all necessary permits from the city.
6. Choose the right location for your furniture store. You'll want a venue with a lot of square footage, as well as sufficient traffic to attract customers.
7. Buy all necessary equipment to run your business and furnish your furniture store. You'll want to have a good selection of furniture, and you'll need at least one delivery truck to get your customers' purchases to them.
8. Interview and hire employees.
9. Advertise your furniture store.
10. Open your furniture store.

However, if you want to open a small furniture store for example changing your garage into a furniture store, you don't have to follow the whole tips as mentioned above. Please read the following tips for opening Small Furniture Store.

1. Decide what kind of furniture store you want to open. Indoor Furniture or Garden Furniture. It is recommended that you buy indoor furniture and garden furniture so that your furniture sale will not be influenced by season. Garden Furniture for example, this kind of furniture is only well sold during summer.
2. Find a furniture suppliers that suits your budget or capital. Find the one that has no minimum order so that you could buy many samples for each designs or product range. In the borderless world, you could find your suppliers abroad. If you buy furniture from manufacturers, you will get best prices so that you could get better profit margin. There are some manufacturers that do not have minimum order. Please open the finding furniture suppliers page for furniture manufacturer directory.
3. Contact Local Forwarding Companies to arrange the shipment of your order. Inquire also whether you could import products using their import license. Some Forwarding Companies provide import/export license for importer/exporter who doesn't have this document. Charges may apply. Get as much information as possible such as Freight Charge, Impot Taxe or other charges related to custom clearance. It would be easier to estimate the total charges if you could provide them with Invoice that you receive from supplier/manufacturer where you buy your products.
4. Prepare a warehouse or place to store or unload your furniture products.
5. Display your furniture in your store.
6. Start promoting your products.