Hi All,

I’m currently thinking to open my own plant shop. I love collecting and taking care of plants. I have 80 plus plants in my house and I have also started selling plants on fb marketplace as well.

I work as a robot technician and have a good salary but I’m not really interested to work in this field so reading a lot about starting a small business. I already have 70k saved to buy my own house but now, I’m seriously considering opening a plant shop. I have got my business number and checked few stores for leasing. I also contacted few wholesalers to buy more common plants but can’t really buy in bulk yet because of no place to store. Honestly I don’t have much knowledge about business but I used to work at a convince store few years ago so have some idea about dealing with customers. Renting a commercial space and then, surviving on this business seems very risky. Can anyone give me few tips or suggest me any book to not to self doubt. Also, any tips related to opening your own store.

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Thanks,

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  • Bal999000OPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Hi, Thanks for the response. I think I’m good with taking care of the plants. Almost all my plants are doing good and I’m always precautions about the pests. I want to sell it to plant-owners and have a permanent shop. I want to buy it in bulk and sell. I would love to grow some rare and exotic plants by my own and sell. I’m growing few already. Will look more about permits/selling etc. I live in condo building so don’t have much space. My condo is already full with so many plants. Also, One of the reason i want that is to have my evenings and hopefully Saturday or Sunday free. I have worked in night shift for few years and currently in Afternoon shift and I doubt if i can get a morning shift. So with my own shop, i can have more flexibility. So a bad job is also one of the reason i want to have my own business.