This week I am going to publish a different reason each day on why a newsagency is a good business to buy – in no particular order.
#4: you have permission to change
Unlike many retail business formats people purchase when getting into small business for the first time, what your newsagency does is very much up to you. That’s right, if you have ideas, if you want a business you really can make your own, a newsagency is an ideal starting point. I say that because you have good base traffic and traffic is vital to any business.
In fact, I’d say you have more than permission to change. The owner of a newsagency has a mandate to change – in areas appropriate to your local situation
While some will find comfort in a highly regulated franchise, say in the food sector, more entrepreneurial types will prefer the freedom of a newsagency.
Sure there are regulated areas like magazines, but they are but part of our businesses.
Many people buy businesses because they want to work for themselves -think for themselves, fulfil dreams. Buying a business within which you can have the freedom to do this is important. Newsagencies are such a business – if you are the type who likes change.
Newsagencies are good businesses to buy. We newsagents need to do more to demonstrate that this is the case. It starts with us making our businesses more appealing and is assisted by stories we tell about being a newsagent.