looking for info on starting my own shop

[madrigal]

how and who do i buy from a distributor or ?

[alexgtp]

I would contact the RTDA.
They can help you out.

http://www.rtda.org/

[Roham]

I would also just get in touch with any of the actual cigar makers and they might direct you to local or national distributors

[CoventryCat86]

You want info on starting your own shop?

DON'T DO IT

It's extremely difficult to make money running a cigar shop these days with cigars so readily available on the internet. Not only that, the cigars that most everyone wants to buy (Opus X, Padron, Davidoff) you'll never be able to get your hands on so you'll just be stuck selling the low end stuff which anyone can get cheaper on-line. There is very little money to be made in the business and if you have to borrow money to start the business up, be prepared to lose it all once you have to fold the business.

If you're hell bent on owning and running a shop then I would highly recommend that you BUY and EXISTING business AFTER you look at his books to see if you can really make the money you need to make on your investment.

There are thousands of better uses of your money rather than losing it running a cigar shop. It's a lot easier and far less headaches just buying cigars and keeping your money than it is to own your own shop.

[ggiese]

I was just talking to my shop owner and one of the cigar reps about this very issue a few days ago. The shop I frequent has been in business since before the last boom. He said he watched the whole cigar market literally dry up and shops closed left and right. He was able to survive because he got into it at the right time.

We are currently into another mini cigar boom, according to the rep. He said sales of cigars has not been this good for a few years - and it just keeps getting better every day. This worried him, especially given the last boom. He is thinking that as this boom brings cigar companies deeper into the market, offering a wider variety and adding more lines to the already heavily saturated market, his feeling was that there will be a plateau coming up, and most likely a shrink. He does not believe we will have a bottom out like the last time - primarily because most cigar companies are far wiser than the last one - but those that open cigar shops right now had better have substantial resources to weather the shrink that he feels is coming.

My shop owner agrees with that assessment, saying he was glad when he got in and glad he is positioned where he is now. He has low debt (he has bought his building and over the years has slowly expanded appropriately to match the current situation). He is prepared to cut back if necessary, without having to shut down the business. In other words, he has the resources to weather a shrink, if and when it comes.

[cigarsarge]

If you really want to know the ins and outs a good friend of mine just bought the local shop. I'll be glad to hook you up with him. He bought an established shop...30 years plus in business.

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