It's finally open... Gtfih!!! [pics+greenz+aesthetic shop brah!]

[Wevans2303]

Congrats bro may it be a successful venture for you.

So Jack3d isn't banned in Aus then?

[Steven93]

Congrats bro may it be a successful venture for you.

So Jack3d isn't banned in Aus then?

Nope not banned yet.

[BloodFireDeath]

looks legit

no really , looks legit

[Steven93]

Damn brah always wanted to start up own business (not anything supplement related)

How much money did it take to open up a business and did you loan any money?

I think in previous post he said it costed 180k and he did borrow some money and is in debt, but would like it re-answered.

Mirin op so hard, would love to live a life around lifting,supps etc...

[Traps89]

op i'm telling you now that your shop is going to get A LOT of chit taken from it srs
from looking at it your shop has no security besides the workers and maybe a camera( not that a camera is going to do chit)
it's not hard to walk in there in a group and split up and each walk out with 3 or 4 supps EACH srs

imo you should add a display plastic/glass infront of your products and have one empty bottle out so that they can look at it's up to you though

[Traps89]

This is the second hating comment you've made in this thread.

You jelly brah?

Australian's can't get protein online, we have to buy it in store. So everyone would go to the store at least to buy protein. There are tonnes of people that don't know about the online stores yet either, or don't like waiting etc.

Nice store brah.

Your Whey thing looks cool but I don't understand it completely.

You're young and you know what the young market want. I reckon you could make this really successful. Good luck brah!

WHAT? are you stupid? you can buy protein in aus online a lot cheaper than from a store

[Andre11]

GJDM

Store looks approachable and modern , mirin hard at the whey bar , although there could be potential problems with it

Good luck and i hope the business is a success

[Savv]

well done mate, well done! srs

[dave23]

brah, would you like to ride with me? Attachment 4298393

Yeah brah, what time you leaving at? Got A/C though, probs be pretty hot..

[Nekminit]

You've done well mate. Was in there with my mate on Thursday and I'm impressed. Good luck with further franchising, I may drop my resume in sometime haha. Will come back there if I need to restock on anything and will tell my mates about it.

[Steven93]

WHAT? are you stupid? you can buy protein in aus online a lot cheaper than from a store

This.

[Jesselorenzo]

Gjdm respect

[Narcan]

OP,
The "your whey" bar looks sick. Do you make protein shakes and sell them to customers there? Sort of like the smoothie bars?
That would be a great way to add extra income.

[Jyeatbvg]

Very aesthetic store op, good job and good luck. Keep us posted with sales goals and how things are doing.

[NZninja101]

The 'Your whey' sign reminded me of that song






I want it that whey

[whysodirty]

how much profit do you think your gonna make

[strongvirgin]

Amazing work for 20 years old brah, so impressed. Hope you franchise out/go online

[PrimeraRS]

Good job OP, store front looks good.

[jimmyspanx]

excellent work buddy, glad to hear its been real busy

[KingGordias]

Lettuce be cereal brah, I know you have some of that real "cell tech" at the back, so hook a miscer up...nomsayin?
brb driving from Sydney, I'll be there in 3 hours.

All the best, I want to come check it out tone day since it's not that far lol.

[7errtime]

gjdm, looks fuarkin sweet

[Madevilz]

mirin and jelly

gl with ur ceo goals in 2012 op

[JasoniLift89]

Congrats bro

Would walk in a and blow money on your products

[Webber91]

Any plans to make it an online store? Will greatly increase your customer base.

In future, hopefully. Check the fb page for updates brah

shiiiiiiiiiiiit that's a lot of capital to start up. Respect for your dedication though, I'm too risk-adverse to contemplate starting so deep in the red (hell I don't even let my car's petrol go below 25%). Good luck with everything OP, and when you do expand come to sydney all our stores are ****

Yeah all up we only ended up being around 80k in debt which is pretty decent, should be able to pay it off easy.

Your whey should be self served, and weighted at the end for total price.

Can't unfortunately man, the license would cost way too much to do that. We have a registered ACT Health certificate which allows us to formulate the products, but to let people do their own it costs a heap more.

I'll make sure I come along and introduce myself bro !

Congratz on opening it up! This is closer to me than Elite in Civic lol.

Awesome man, looking forward to it!

****ing its beaurrifull see'ing misc'ers making something of them selves, these threads make me proud to be a miscer unlike the gf broke up with me (no pics) lool.

Haha thanks for the support brah!

Wait you sell protein shakes ready made in the store? Thats a genius idea. Seriously.

What about like protein smoothies / shakes. Frozen protein drinks in the summer etc.

Can definitely do that too man and plan to!

i dont think so, brb every cheap bogan miscer would go in der for dem free proteinz and be outa der LOL!

Lol I already got swamped by miscers on the weekend and cleaned out of samples :P It's all good though, if someone comes in and says they're from the misc then I'm more than happy to help them out, you guys made it all possible!

What sort is research and viability tests did you do before jumping into a market dominated by online stores?

As others have said, it's not really dominated by online stores. We needed something with a difference, and needed to work out marketing strategies that will make the price difference between online and in store retail pretty much a void aspect. I don't do crazy discounts and never plan to, that's not what retail is about. You just can't get the same value adds online as you can in a store. I don't have the capital for a huge online "blowout" type store where the products are just 20% more than wholesale, so service and value are key. I can't expose too much, but Mal Emery (google him) helped out both Joel and I and gave us some ideas which really helped a lot. For the clientele in the area that I'm targeting, price really doesn't matter. They have money and half of them don't even know they can get the stuff online for cheaper. They don't care to shop around, they shop by convenience. I'm located just 4 metres away from the biggest Woolworths in the country, I'm literally sharing a wall with them.

Whats the whey setup thing at the back???

Mirin' nonetheless would buy from store if lived within range

Posted on the second page brah

This.

Not gonna lie but id rather shop in a store then online, Brb everything is there... You can talk to bro's who actually lift about it (Most of the time people hire people who know der ****) so much more lol at dominated... BodyBuilding.com isn't cheap for Aus Brah's the supps might be abit cheaper then some stores buy afew dollars but it comes down to shipping and the time u want to wait for it to get shipped etc.

That's exactly it. It's a matter of get something for a few bucks cheaper and wait a month for it to arrive, or walk in to a friendly atmosphere, get handed stacks of free knowledge and advice, build a trusting relationship and walk out with exactly what you want then and there for about 5-10% more... well worth it IMO.

how do people pay for the whey "bar"?

I'm not criticizing, just curious.

Each ingredient is priced per serving. I do 5 and 10 serving increments based on the ingredient, so people can come in and choose items off a menu and select how many servings they would like and then pay for the combined total.

Yeah for AUS Brah's it takes like alittle over a week to receive orders. I mean i'd really rather pay the extra few dollars to get it immediately (And besides stores sometimes do deals, Like at the supp store the other day was picking up 1 Mesmomorph guy at counter is like if u buy two brah its $40 each or some crap (They were $45 each) or something but yeah... Usually they have memebers benefits etc)

*edit*
They even do deals like if u spend $??? you get free singlets, shirts, shakers etc... Would rather real life store then online brah

Again, that's exactly it! I've given away 100 bottles of fish oil already and close to 50 shakers, plus stacks and stacks of samples. It's all about value. Retail stores and online shops are completely different markets, it's not even a competition IMO.

Congrats bro may it be a successful venture for you.

So Jack3d isn't banned in Aus then?

Nah anything with 1,3 dimeth is still good. I've got Australia's largest supply of SNS Focus XT and Adrena-G, so if it ever gets banned I'll rage lol

op i'm telling you now that your shop is going to get A LOT of chit taken from it srs
from looking at it your shop has no security besides the workers and maybe a camera( not that a camera is going to do chit)
it's not hard to walk in there in a group and split up and each walk out with 3 or 4 supps EACH srs

imo you should add a display plastic/glass infront of your products and have one empty bottle out so that they can look at it's up to you though

Thanks for the concern mate! The way we have it set out though is so that all the expensive stuff is up the back of the store. No one can really walk in and just take something without us noticing, worst case is that they'll walk away with a bottle of vitamin c or a single left foot shoe. If we have products closed off like that it presents a "fine china syndrome". People will think it looks great... but out of their reach. They don't want to touch it and they think it's unattainable.

You've done well mate. Was in there with my mate on Thursday and I'm impressed. Good luck with further franchising, I may drop my resume in sometime haha. Will come back there if I need to restock on anything and will tell my mates about it.

Thanks for coming in brah!

OP,
The "your whey" bar looks sick. Do you make protein shakes and sell them to customers there? Sort of like the smoothie bars?
That would be a great way to add extra income.

Sure do man!

how much profit do you think your gonna make

Can't expose too much man, we have a projected sales of 38k minimum per month though.

Lettuce be cereal brah, I know you have some of that real "cell tech" at the back, so hook a miscer up...nomsayin?
brb driving from Sydney, I'll be there in 3 hours.

All the best, I want to come check it out tone day since it's not that far lol.

lulz yeah brah, your whey is actually code for "dat dere powdered oilz".

[GALICKGUNVEGETA]

That looks like a really awesome setup dude. Would definitely shop there if I lived nearby.

Best of luck.

[Webber91]

That looks like a really awesome setup dude. Would definitely shop there if I lived nearby.

Best of luck.

Thanks brah, appreciate it!

[Webber91]

bump for teh morning krew.

[Sebenza]

Posted a few pages back re: adding a few squirts of natural protein to the vanilla whey. Forgot to say gjdm, we need people who actually lift running businesses like this and not businessmen pretending to lift.

Good luck on ceo goals.

[Kimhwan92]

Congrats brah. May your buisness flourish.

[Webber91]

Posted a few pages back re: adding a few squirts of natural protein to the vanilla whey. Forgot to say gjdm, we need people who actually lift running businesses like this and not businessmen pretending to lift.

Good luck on ceo goals.

Haha sorry brah I must've missed it! Lol'd, repped.

Cheers for the support mate!