If You Don’t Succeed… Try Everything Posted April 4th, 2008 in Scathing Opinion

When your fledgling video store business doesn’t quite hit the mark with local area residence, that’s the time to diversify your revenue streams to maximize the return on your retail square footage investment. Peruse the photo above - think of this as an easter egg hunt, but without the reward.

 Tai Chi Lessons – Because the first place you think of when needing authentic Tai Chi lessons is naturally your local independently owned video store. Block Buster beware, the new generation of video store has arrived. We can only hope the lessons are conducted on-site in the store for maximum convenience.

 Phone Service – Just threw your wife off the 18th floor balcony after a heated argument about whether it’s pronounced “tomatoes” or “tomotos”? You need a phone, other than your own, to call your lawyer and discuss whether a permanent trip to Panama or Mexico would be better.

 Computer Repair – Nothing reassures me more when handing over my computer and all my private files, than the store fixing it entering my details into a computer that pre-dates the abacus with a box of 5 1/4″ floppy diskettes beside it.

 Ink Cartridge Refilling – But why drop off only your computer to be harvested for every scrap of porn and private information it contains; when you could get your ink jet cartridges refilled at the same time? Save pennies while reducing the lifespan of your important prints from decades to days - it just makes sense.

 Passport Photos – Why visit the specialists at the photography store for high quality $8 passport photos; when you can spend $6.99 and get a blurry screen door version that vaugly resembles you, using a camera that looks an awful lot like the pin hole camera you made in high school out of a tissue box and duct tape?

We’re sure that there are plenty of other great money making products and services that can be wrenched into 250 square feet of space, but only time will tell what they will be. There are just so many business ideas perfect for in a video store, whether it be shoe repair, soft serve ice cream or key cutting - the local video store is where it all happens.