Where would you open a dive shop?

[scubarob81]

If you could open a shop anywhere in the continental US, where would you do it and why?

 

[Eric802]

Somewhere where there's a market for vacant retail space, it'll make subletting easier after it goes under.

 

[NothingClever]

I’d consult with @Darcy Kieran about location.

Given the results of the BDI surveys, opening a new shop may be a taller mountain to climb rather than joining efforts with an existing business that’s successful but could use an infusion of resources and manpower.

 

[scubarob81]

Somewhere where there's a market for vacant retail space, it'll make subletting easier after it goes under.

Who Dares Wins friend!

 

[Johnoly]

If you could open a shop anywhere in the continental US, where would you do it and why?

I'd open a "Fill Truck" dive shop. The truck would have a complete fill station with 30ft long fill whips.

On Weekdays only, they would come to your house while you are at work. With the garage door code, fill your empty tanks, label them and close the garage. Billing, scheduling, rental tanks, trinkettes etc would all be done on a phone app. Then on weekends they would drive around boat ramps, marinas, dive sites playing ice cream truck music over a speaker, but it would be the song "Baby Shark do-do-daa" and all the divers would come running after it to get their tanks filled. Ohh yea, they would sell cans of beer too.

 

[scubadada]

Are there too few operators? I only use 5 or so in SE Florida, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach, and Jupiter. I know that several of the other operators are quite good. I use operators that I know and know me.

This may not be true in other parts of the country, would be glad to hear about that.

 

[ofg-1]

My suggestion is to find a location close to a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, and goodwill store. You will be better able to afford to live.

Who Dares Wins friend!

Yeah ask Kirk Jones and Todd Green about that.

Then on weekends they would drive around boat ramps, marinas, dive sites playing ice cream truck music over a speaker, but it would be the song "Baby Shark do-do-daa" and all the divers would come running after it to get their tanks filled. Ohh yea, they would sell cans of beer too.

Would they have free candy?

 

[mrtechbench]

I basically have one in my basement and garage. Maybe if I made it official there would be less restrictions on what I can buy from the non diver. Sooo, I would open one at my house.

 

[Normygenius]

If you could open a shop anywhere in the continental US, where would you do it and why?

If you want to make a small fortune in the dive industry, start with a large one.