How do I start a PC building shop? I'm young and with a small budget.

[alex1337]

Hi, I am Alex and I am under 16 years old. I love computers and would love to make money off of them. My question is, how do I start building PCs and selling them, but with a budget of 700$. Also, I am from Serbia, Europe. With Serbia being not so computer developed, and high taxes for pc parts, your help about this and your opinions would help me a bunch.        Alex

[Mew]

I think you're better off fixing and repairing computers over building computers. 

 

Edit: Let me expand on this a little. When you're selling computers that you built yourself, you also have to provide some sort of support for a specific time. You have to deal with the possibility that they might want to return the whole system if something is defective (i.e. defective ram); You can't really just build them a computer and be done with it.

[Paytend01]

Yah you cant with 700, and it would be hard being 14 and all without having much experience.

[Paytend01]

You can buy tools, and stuff like that to repair computers and put computer repair listings around the your town.  but it would be hard to make a shop

[Tsuki]

i dont know about serbia, but normally you need several thousand dollars in order to properly startup a business, you also generally have to be old enough to actually work...

 

for now i would suggest just having people recommend you to their friends and family as a computer expert. or try getting a job in an existing repair shop if you're able to

[weez]

Stay in school and get a job later down the road

[Aytex]

You need thousands of dollars lol

 

 

Stay in school and get a job later down the road

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[Notree]

Hi, I am Alex and I am 14. I love computers and would love to make money off of them. My question is, how do I start building PCs and selling them, but with a budget of 700$. Also, I am from Serbia, Europe. With Serbia being not so computer developed, and high taxes for pc parts, your help about this and your opinions would help me a bunch.        Alex

Well first off you need a supply of pc parts. When someone brings you a build or a pc to fix you need parts on hand. Joe blow isnt going to wanna wait while you have items shipped. There just gonna bring it to the next pc guy. No way in hell you can do that for $700.

[pwn_intended]

Hi, I am Alex and I am 14. I love computers and would love to make money off of them. My question is, how do I start building PCs and selling them, but with a budget of 700$. Also, I am from Serbia, Europe. With Serbia being not so computer developed, and high taxes for pc parts, your help about this and your opinions would help me a bunch.        Alex

First off, dobro došo!

Secondly, you will not be able to build a single PC worth building for that kind of money in srbija, let alone starting a business.

However, the best way to start is to actually do it. Build a system for yourself if you want/need one. Then you need to find people who want a computer built, and offer to do it for them, but have them pay for the parts since you can't afford to do so. Seeing as you are 14, you will likely only be able to get friends and family as customers, but if you have enough people you know needing a computer built, that is one way of getting your foot in the door.

[HeyKitty]

As a PC shop owner. You need three major things:

1. Age, at 14 nobody will trust you in building a $1300 computer.

2. Money, Expect it to be over $8,000 for a proper shop.

3. The demand, most people don't want custom builds, and those who do know how to build it themselves, your market is incredibly tiny.

 

I am American. So it may be different where you are. You are simply to young to start a legal business (in the states at least)

Please stay in school, and continue learning.

See if you can get a internship or apprenticeship at a local shop, I do that and I believe it helps the kids learn what running a business is like "in the real world".

[PaulKolby]

Hi, I am Alex and I am 14. I love computers and would love to make money off of them. My question is, how do I start building PCs and selling them, but with a budget of 700$. Also, I am from Serbia, Europe. With Serbia being not so computer developed, and high taxes for pc parts, your help about this and your opinions would help me a bunch.        Alex

well if there's high taxes i would go to craigslist, craigslist you can find wicked deals sometimes and you could sell your own stuff on it if u have in u.k. cause i dont know

[KB_TheDireWolf]

Mate, post online saying that you can build computers on e.g. Craigslist, Kijiji, I did this and parts for a US$700 (C $920) game pc are on the way.

Show the process of using PC part picker via screen share on skype, and get to buy the parts and send then to you. (Since your only 14)

(In my case got the guy to do an e-transfer with the guy watching, and used my visa debit card to buy them)

[Guest]

At your age, I would just recommend fixing computers.

[spwath]

You don't

[Darkman]

You need thousands of dollars lol

 

 

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Or do local ads for repairing/fixing computers at home and not building them... Please, don't do a computer building business, it won't work well, a lot of people don't believe teenagers know anything about computers just cause of their age...

[sgtheadhole]

Do it for free until you have alot more experience, then after a few years start charging low rates, to acquire parts and tools, then charge higher raTES FOR YOUR MORE EXTENSIVE AND EXPERIENCED SERVICE