How much would I need to start a business of selling tiles for buildings?

[King Belieal]

We all know that that the business of selling business materials is very lucrative. And tiles have been proven to be very essential in buildings these days.

I am considering starting to sell tiles as a business. How much in dollars do you think would be able to start the business generally?

 

[magnus2022]

Selling building materials is lucrative but demand huge amount of money to start the business. If you want to start selling tiles, the first thing you must do is to go apprenticeship. You can do your apprenticeship one or two months depending on your level of comprehension.

 

[Suba]

I don't know the exact price of tiles in your country, but as an illustration you need trading capital to buy tiles from suppliers, apart from that you need a shop either rented or owned, a delivery car, shop equipment including shelves where the tiles are displayed,

 

[eLdavis]

Not sure though, but there are different factors to consider, the size of the business is one of them. If you plan on starting it large scale, then you might need to spend more. It would be best to take out time to find out how much it would cost to buy tiles as a wholesaler presently, cause I am very sure the price has changed.

 

[King Belieal]

I don't know the exact price of tiles in your country, but as an illustration you need trading capital to buy tiles from suppliers, apart from that you need a shop either rented or owned, a delivery car, shop equipment including shelves where the tiles are displayed,

From what you are saying here, that means one would need up to $5000 to hit the ground running with a tiles business. When you factor in the fact that the business would have staff, it becomes more glaring that is is very capital intensive.

 

[Suba]

From what you are saying here, that means one would need up to $5000 to hit the ground running with a tiles business. When you factor in the fact that the business would have staff, it becomes more glaring that is is very capital intensive.

It's possible that you need $5,000 in capital to run a tiles business, but you can save by buying a used transport vehicle but the engine is still in good condition, and try not to rent a stall or shop, like borrowing family land.

 

[Kross]

Starting any business that has to do with building materials is not cheap to start. The starting inventory alone would swallow up $5000.

 

[Starmix]

Selling tiles needs million capital. The tiles suppliers in demand are from Japan and South Korea. People in my place choose Japan made tiles. You also need a big store.

 

[Stardom22]

That business is indeed very profitable and lucrative but sad thing with it is that it is too capital intensive

 

[Fidelia]

Tiles are mostly imported into my country from Italy. I think that is the major variable that makes it very expensive to run. Just budget $20,000 for everything it would require to start selling tiles.

 

[Augusta]

Tiles are very expensive now so starting it out will need good amount of money maybe a thousand dollars for a start

 

[Fidelia]

It is easier if you can get good supply contracts where you have to pay only for some parts of the stock. But it requires that you operate in a location where your tiles can sell out within one month max.

 

[Xtynehappy]

As far as l am concerned, the businesses that are associated with dealing with the building materials is likely to be so capital intensive.

 

[Stardom22]

With the way tiles are very expensive for sure, the business is most likely to be capital intensive. With that being taken into book, one should equip themselves with enough business funds.

 

[Kera]

Selling tiles would require that you have at least $5000 to start up. It is a high capital demand business.