How Does an Internet Cafe Owner Spend a Workday?
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Keep Track of Internet Use and Computer Time
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Starting an Internet cafe will bring lots of promotional material your way from dial-up services to DSL Internet services, all giving you rates for a surplus of computers. Calculate how many computers you'd like to set up in your Internet cafe, how much you will charge for each customer who comes in to use the computers, how much time they can use the computer and the profit you'll need to continue this use. Even if you are using a service that is one flat rate instead of hourly, keep in mind that hourly rates can help your profits. It will also bring in more customers if they know that a computer will be available soon instead of hanging around until someone gets ready to leave.
Serve Food and Drinks
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Pay attention to the types of items that bookstore cafes serve. There's a reason why hot chocolate, coffee, pastry and pretzel snacks are common in these locations. People tend to eat when they are stationary for a long period of time. If you have applied for a food and beverage license and your Internet cafe has all of the required sanitation capabilities to serve food, take advantage of that.
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Keep Up With Computer Trends
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Stock computers with up-to-date programs like the latest Firefox or Internet Explorer or even design programs like Adobe Photoshop. The more convenient and flexible your computers are, the more likely people will drop by who cannot afford their own computers but need access to these programs.
Have a Computer Technician On Hand
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Keep track of viruses or any other information on your computers that could possibly harm the systems. Make sure antivirus software is on all of your computers because you cannot monitor every user and which sites they frequent, and killing viruses can be costly. If you are an Internet cafe owner who is not tech savvy, keeping a computer technician on retainer is useful. Or, you can hire a techie to work as a waiter and can be on hand for customers who need help. Pay a little more for this service. Customers who come in to use your computers are not necessarily conversant with the ins and outs of a computer.
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