What are all the costs involved in "running" a cyber cafe?
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Salaries, multiple shifts\nInsurance, payroll taxes, inventory costs, rent, utilities, supplies for cooking, serving, printing costs for menus, signage, advertising, funishings (tables, chairs), internet access, computer hardware/software, tax preparation, cash register, spoiled food, bank account fees, local permits, sales tax permits, federal/state/local taxes
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Depends on if its just HTML or if youre also using ASP, JAVA, a Server? Or just a bean server?\n\nWill they be able to enter data and collect data and even store data?\n\nIf its just a simple html with links page, then I would say $20/hour.\n\nIf its more involved I would charge $50/hr.
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Your IT equipment is not the main draw here if the business will be housed in an office and have employees.  If all the components of the business is strictly confined to the computers and internet appliances, then you could base your usage/cost on this alone.  If you have employees, the bigger utility expense will be the AC/Heat, lighting and other items normally found in the office.\n\nYou can determine the approximate electrical cost by adding up the wattage of each applicance and/or system and the dividing that by 1,000 and multiplying that number by the current cost per Kilowatt Hour (kwh) charged by the utility company.\n\nHope this helps!
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While there is absolutely no charge, there is a cost to your time and sanity.  I'm thinking of starting a Q/A Anonymous meeting site.
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Anywhere from about $20,000 to $250,000, depending on location, seating capacity, kitchen facilities, etc.
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Try these:\nWhy are you selling?\nWhat is the weekly turnover?\nHow much S.A.V is included in the sale price?\nHealth certificates for all equipment?\nDate of last health inspection?\nHow many staff and will they stay?\nElectrical equipment certificates\nVAT returns?\nWhich wholesaler do you use\nHow many customers per day do you get?\n\nOff the top of my head, anyway. Depends on where the cafe is, of course, and what your target market is. Hot or cold food? Eat in or take-away etc.\n\nConcentrate on the health and safety part as well as the commercial part. Without one, you cant get the other.\n\nGood luck!
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You need to be absolutely sure you're willing to take on the responsibility, as once you start taking paying customers, you're entering into legal arguments that could come back to haunt you if you ever back out of them.\n\nYou also need to be confident you can handle all the financial questions that will arise - such as "Do I need to pay taxes during my first year as a self-employed individual", "What is the difference between running as a company and simply reselling space" and "What will happen if I get sued"\n\nIf, after thinking about all these matters, you are willing to take responsibility for what may be someone else's life's work, responsibility for avoiding hackers who'll try their very best to hijack your system and use it for nefarious ends (make no mistake, you WILL be held responsible), then you can pay a visit to one of the hosting resellers.\n\nTo start small, you can simply sign up for a shared reseller hosting account - http://www.fuitadnet.com/ has a number of examples, although you would be strongly advised to research the level of customer satisfaction with whichever company you look at.\n\nIf you want to get more serious, you can lease whole servers through companies like http://www.ev1servers.net/, where they turn it on and give you an internet connection - the server may or may not come with pre-installed webhosting packages that make it easy for you to just hand out the keys to your customers.\n\nCompanies like EV1 scale up with you, to the point where you may be leasing dozens of servers from them and have your own dedicated rack space within their datacenter - typically, while you'll be limited on bandwidth to the internet, traffic between any machine you lease is not counted.\n\nYou can decide to buy your own equipment instead of leasing it - at that point, you'll probably be looking at "colocating" your equipment with a larger ISP who can provide backup power and multiple internet connections (in case one goes down), but you'll probably want to hunt for a company/location closer to home, as you'll probably be responsible for the hardware yourself and if a reboot is needed, may have to make a personal visit to the servers.\n\nFinally, you can go the whole hog and have your own location and highspeed connection, at which point you answer to noone but your data carrier. To run a serious hosting company at this level becomes extremely expensive, however, as to do things right you need to worry about duplicates of everything, power, connection, fire suppression, etc. You /could/ just hook up a single server to a "lower" speed high-speed business class connection (the Terms of Service of home-class connections usually prohibit hosting servers) but then you're back to all the moral questions that opened this answer.
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You can start your own business servicing computers at home.\n\nOnce you get started word of mouth will keep you going.\n\nI install AVG anti virus, two spy ware programs and Windows defender for $50. I run the scans and everyone is amazed and happy with the speed of their computer. \n\nI have people bring their box only & I hook up a moniter etc on my workbench.\n\nThe programs I install are free & legal.
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Hello.  They're still in beta and are looking to charge commission when they move out of beta. They say 15%, so I guess it won't be free for ever and yes, there is a catch!  I guess they have to pay for their technology and people somehow.  Good luck with your business though!
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Servers, and probably a few/many of them. You'll have to use something higher than a Cable connection, such as using a T1 or T3 provider. And I'm not sure about how to let people connect through the servers, etc.\n\nBut for the cost, you'll have to look into registering the company name, T1/T3 provider costs, server machine costs (yes, they are different than a regular PC), mainframe PC costs, FCC, and a lot of other good stuff like that. =P\n\nThat's the most information I can give. Maybe someone else can enlighten you some more. =)
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there are no laws reg. this. \nthe rates change according to the area.\nthe more costly are the premises , the more are the rates of the cafes.
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The key to beating an establishment like Starbucks is to be unique and creative. You need to offer a service, product, or an entertainment that Starbucks does not have.\nI'm going to give you four examples of low cost ways to increase your business and traffic.\n\n1) It's rare for Starbucks to have live music. You can find decent acts that will work for almost nothing. They need promotion too and a place to perform and many people will be willing to do it for free or low cost. If you don't want to spend money on acts you can provide an open mic night to draw customers in. The key is to create buzz. If you hire an act they will tell their friends, family, and fans to come see them perform and this will bring a TON of traffic to your store. People will remember your coffee shop and come back.\n\n2) You might want to add art from local artists and hang them up for sale on the walls. People will come visit your store to see what new works are up and the artists will also bring in his friends, family, and fans to come see their work. Rotate different artists every few weeks to keep people coming back and to increase the variety of people coming into your store.\n\n3) Offer free wireless internet. Starbucks offers wifi but T-mobile charges a hefty $30 a month per customer. Wireless internet is a little expensive but not enough to break the bank. This will draw in more customers and will also KEEP the customers in your coffee shop for much longer. The busier your store looks the more appealing it becomes. People will realize that more customers means more turnover which means fresher coffee. I would totally go to your store and spend every morning there if I knew I got some free internet.\n\n4) Treat your customers exceptionally well. Coffee shops are about return business. Treat your loyal customers well and they will return to you every morning and will start bringing in their friends. Give customers a few low cost freebies and taste tests. They will definitely remember your generosity. \n\nI hope that helps a bit!\n\n~Mark Lim\n\nhttp://www.poisonappleshirts.com
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You need SOFTWARE to compair prices and services??\nTalk about a computer addict.....\nHere's a NEW idea, THINK FOR YOURSELF !!!!!!!!
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Go have a look at CafePress.com - you design; they advertise, print, invoice, post and then send you the profit!
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The inside design of the coffee shop is very essential.  It makes people feel cozy.  Offer Free internet.  Weekly allow poetry readings and have someone perform...perhaps a music student or someone who wants to get their name out there so that you do not have to pay salary overhead.  Your expenses should be kept at a low.  Coffee shops do not have to be flashy but need to be unique..do not try tooo hard because it shows and can look fake or copy cat ..maybe ask some local interior design students to take a shot at designing your shop (they should do it for free just for a little recongnition) ....even if your coffee falls short ..the human psyche has a weakness ..it always goes for something "niche" and fresh....People with money like cozy places undiscovered places.. simple..sweet..unique...design your shop to meet that demand..develop a customer base...Also your location should not be near another coffee shop ..you do not need to share the spotlight..there needs to be at least a 10-15 mile radius between competition..also give dine-in customers real coffee cups maybe with a cute design or something..paper cups are a no-no!!
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Probably the most important piece of technology for a restaurant would be a Point of Sale computer and software system, though even that isn't necessary to run a restaurant. The "technology", other than the POS and back office computer, aren't really used to run a restaurant, so they're all optional.\n\nTheoretically, you could have:\nPOS computers with touch screens, wireless POS handheld devices, POS software, accounting software, credit card verification machines, back office computers, fax machines, printers, copiers, telephones, drive through monitors/speakers/monitoring equipment, DVR and video surveillance equipment, inventory bar coding tracking and counting devices and software, TVs, stereo equipment, satellite receivers, juke box, NTN gaming consoles and service, video games, Megatouch games, remote TV audio boxes, speaker systems for TV/music/etc\n\nThe list is endless.\n\nBrandon O'Dell\nO'Dell Consulting\nRestaurants / Retail / Bars\nhttp://www.bodellconsulting.com
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its very simple, remember few things,\n\n 1. Identify real requirements.\n 2. Always do intelegnet shopping.\n 3. UnNecessery cost cutoff.\n\nwww.ndinfosys.com \nNiels D Andey