Dear all sifu in LYN,

I was planning to start off my own business which is cyber cafe and mainly will maintain by my wife... May i know what's the steps i need to do first?

as i do some research i don't know is it correct or not.

1st) Look for a shop for rent
2nd) Register a license with malaysia (How much will it cost for cyber cafe license?)

and lastly i need how much to spend on it? and what bank is good for recommendation for loan? i need to get a bank with low interest so that i wont have hard to do repayment.

your advice is much appreciated.

P/S: Mod if i post in wrong forum please move it behalf of me... because i not sure this thread should belong here or hardware.

you must also know where to get the hardwares, softwares, furnitures and so on...

i'll leave the financial adivses to other members but those above mentioned are few things that u have to know before considering such business

hmm nvm ill bring hardware and software to another forum, but beside i mention above what else should be done?

apply license, no license mean close shop

remember to pay Sendi mutiara 20k a month(depends on the no of pc) if you want to use dota in your CC...

How much money do you have before even consider this business?

1. No license, you cant do it. Some of local town council froze cc license. You need to buy over existing ones. So please refer to your local council.

2. No bank loan available for new business nor for cc business. You need to apply personal loan (which i think it wont be sufficient).

3. What prompts you to open a cc? Is CC a good business?

Simple...calculate it

OPENING
Shop rental - RM 1,500
Shop Deposit (3+1) - RM 6,000 ( 3 months rental + 1 month rental for utility deposit)
PC's x 20 (RM 2000/unit) - RM 40,000
Tables & Chairs x 20 (RM 250/set) - RM 5,000
Original Games x 20 (Rm 200/pc) - RM 4,000
Smart Timing System (linking PC's) - RM 5,000
Local Authority (LA) Permit/License - RM 1,000 (maybe i dont know, just put first)

TOTAL OPENING COST = RM 62,500


MONTHLY
Shop rental - RM 6,000
Cashier - RM 700
Electricity - RM 1,500
Water - RM 300
Servicing PC's x 20 (RM 50/pc)- RM 1,000 ( to maintain the cleanliness and operational; long lasting) [may be per 3 months]
Others - RM 1,000 (Printing, faxes, phone bill, internet)

TOTAL MONTHLY OPERATION COST = RM 10,500

This post has been edited by yelias: Jan 3 2012, 11:16 AM

i know someone who started CC biz..total up everything she said RM60k.
and as hard as it may sound to u, her biz fall within a year. opening a CC now is a competition as u need to provide services which other CC out there can't. example: besides gaming, do printing/scanning service etc etc.

p/s: if u wan, i can discuss with u bout the ideas what could be done as I did it last year for my Diploma project.

2nd) Register a license with malaysia (How much will it cost for cyber cafe license?)

You have to largely contact the local representative of the Intellectual property over here, mostly publishers and/or distributors to secure licensing rights. They will likely send their agent to check your operation.

Also have you even considered how you will run your cafe? (events, tournaments, organizing, services, etc.)

yeah that i know

20k per month for how many pc? btw i plan to appoint a company who mainly setup CC such as game server, cashier and etc.

my mind capital is 50k for loan plus my own saving bout <20k but wondering is there any bank can approve PL for so much figure.

well all the while my interest is in CC and i work before in CC, i know nowadays CC is hard to survive as there is alot new and old CC establish more then years and they have their regular. so what i my mind is do something different from outside CC which i hope it able to catch more visitor.

seems like the figure more or less with what im calculating now, but in Penang i believe rental on a nice spot will be more then that btw electricity can be only 1500? last time the CC i worked the bill is more then 3K and that also the modified the TNB powerpoint.

it would be nice if u can share with me, but now im try to do as much research as i can before starting up because 60k is a quite large amount for me which i need to work at least 2 years and everyday eat roti just can have the money.

what in my mind the CC must be CLEAN, environment friendly, have a bigger space gap between each pc, a room mainly to host tournament or event etc, smoking room for smokers, maybe a cafe inside of it so it would convenience the player.

SMM no longer have right to collect ...
Blizzard end contract with them..

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Added on January 3, 2012, 5:35 pmand if u wan in MBPJ area..u need open nearby college only can give u license..

This post has been edited by djhenry91: Jan 3 2012, 05:35 PM

i'm from Penang, now still looking for a nice hotspot area

Penang..i cant help u..sori bro..gud luck for finding ur good spot..

Penang?! seems like a hassle to discuss further. well, if so happens u come down to KL, i'll share with you my college proposal and perhaps u can take a look. besides, there's a biz i'm doing which u can take a look at which might generate your RM60k faster than 2years w/out having to eat roti canai everyday.

do keep in touch if your serious with your business plan. take care!! =)

Most important to know which area got crowd. If you are aiming for teenager, make sure there are abundance of them in that area. Look for housing areas, schools and mamak stall in the vicinity do helps a lot.

sure thanks bro... now im still struggling to save some backup money and make some research first before take the first steps, your advise is much appreciated. will contact u when im into it

yeah.. but good spots in penang is already master by few CC

Hi bro, I'm interested, please get intouch via PM? Thanx

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Hi there i am actualling planning to set up a internet cafe or other business in Klang Valley areas which can commit full time to the business. Do PM me the contact details and others details.

Hi, may i know now easy to apply cc license, and for all game license and software how much have to pay now? every month renew? i'm planning invest 200k. should use how many year to get back my invest?

I have a cousin that started a few/if not one CC.

he started it as a side business plus he comes from a rich family.
Maybe you would want to speak with him? he COULD help you if he wants.

But please rmb in return, he might ask for some fee or equities? Want?

This post has been edited by hellfiredbh: May 22 2012, 12:54 PM

so lazyserv, did you managed to open your internet cafe?

juz wanna ask....if i bought a Cyber cafe License located in mpsj area...can use the license to open a new cyber cafe in other area not in mpsj...cuz im only buying the license

uberific,

As far as I know, you can't change municipality. If you bought a MPSJ license, you can only operate it in Subang.

Hi, this is my past experience for running a cyber cafe:
1. Which location u choose? Cause most of the stage government won't approve the business license for cyber cafe; we only can apply for signboard license (lesen Papan iklan by DBKL). So u will get the trouble almost every month when they checking.

2. Cost for PC (CPU + Monitor) around RM2300 ~ RM2500

3. Fixed cost like electricity and wages must control well. Especially electricity bill will shock u....if you are running 24hrs...

4. Renovation cost and rental deposit based on your capacity....

5. My experience is, if you really want to attract people's, at least 100 PCs is necessary... So total cost is around RM350,000 ~ RM500,000

6. Last is the gaming license. The most costly is the SMM, which is license for Dota...it can cost u few thousand per month, depend how u neogotiate with the marketing ppls...

Good luck

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Added on July 3, 2012, 3:16 pmBro, you are right! Actually they have no right to collect money Fromm cc, as long as you got the Original frozen throne for every pc in cc. BUT, they still say they are legal to collect it, if you didn't pay, they will come to take your pc. This also reported in media. In Malaysia, some of the cc also no pay, so depend how dare you are and can you afford the trouble or not~~~ his is my experience when I running cc business....

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Added on July 3, 2012, 3:22 pmDerek, to be honest, cc license is very hard to apply nowsaday. Some they say no more license issue in the future. Then the monthly gaming license, SMM is the highest fees among all the gaming license....

Hope this little tips will help~~

This post has been edited by simonlai61: Jul 3 2012, 03:22 PM

last time i got 1 unit CC license to sell, but expired duno still can renew or not.

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Don't start a CC bro, I saw a CC owner, running his business with hardworking, in the 1st 2~3 year, he still can expand his shop, rent 1 more shop beside, after renovate more beautiful and put some bigger screen LCD PC, still using crap pc. After few years until now, all computer never upgrade, all using 512Mb ram (still can run Dota but....), staff service also like shxx, worse & more worse, so i never go that cc again .


Last few days i got passby that area, i saw the CC owner drive a BMW, The both shop mezzanine floor (his cc upstair) lastime used to be storeroom or what i forgot, have became slot machine shop.

U get what i mean ?

This post has been edited by big2me: Jul 22 2012, 12:30 AM

if rewind 5-10 years back you will make alot from cybercafe
but now ?
are you sure? unless your place you the only one who opens cybercafe
dont get me wrong cause i have friend who is running cybercafe business for the past 7 years as well
Business good,every month turnover in profit rm30k after deducting everything and he is running 50 pc's

But then thats only last for the 1st 4 years,after that business starting to slow down.
Customer = have pc at home so dun go to cc often
New cc opened nearby,if 1 ok,if 3 open at 1 time?
how much max u can go per hour? reasonable rate is rm2 per hour,some cc offering rm1 per hour...+drink, +print
If really hot ur area like ss15 for ftz asia,even look at the surrounding early 2005 alot of cybercafes around there with alot of patrons...but now ? mostly closed down rite?

Lack of multiplayer games out there,whats avaiable? DOta? DOta 2 ? CS?
all outdated bro,only Dota 2 is new..others? At least 7years+, do you think people will start to play again? Long hour gaming? hard mang..mostly have computers at home...but if u wanna giv it a try then why not
but its not as profitable as before
=)

anybody know how much is the utility cost monthly ?

TS, try to get your cc near a college, e.g. Taman Connaught area (Near UCSI, no don't open there, we've got more than enough nice CCs already)

make sure they have very nice chairs, have very popular internet connection (Unifi, and should state in front of the glass entrance)

must have contract with flying spaghetti monster (so that your customers can get perks and a better reason to go to your CC) (for games like League of Legends, etc.)

or Asiasoft (for MapleStory, etc.)

I'm not sure about the CC management system, most CCs i go to these days have the same managing system, i mean the games and entertainment menu, etc. just not sure what you call it, I forgot.


take examples from FTZ, Orange, Coolge, Tbun etc.

Question: Is cyber cafe a sunset business as there are enough products to satisfy the need for gaming such as Android and P1/unify?

best examples are as stated ~ they're linked

I saw someone running a console cafe business now. Around 20 tv + ps3 set in the shop.

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not sure this business is profitable or money laundry

I think the licensing for the games is expensive, i pay a visit to a cc before .. they use pendrive to install dota so they can avoid the fees :swt:

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Hi, actually no you cant change your location.

I had Cyber Cafe at (Shah Alam) and I finish my study and I want to go back to my country since I cant get work permit
for foreigner under cyber cafe business by force i have to leave this country.

Now:

I have Cyber Cafe license under my girlfriend name (Malaysian) with SSM renewed till next 4 years and MBSA license for sell. I also have police support document letter that they already sign and agreed which can run this business legally. If anyone interested please call me 0122449272

This post has been edited by alakikhosham: Aug 24 2013, 11:55 PM

hi Alakikhosham, UGPM

Without taking the exam, can i open the franchise directly? Can I open more than one?

just a note, since ur wife is maintaining it...

cybercafes are normally targetted by robbers. you need to equip good cctv/door lock mechanism etc

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This post has been edited by kai891028: Dec 9 2016, 10:29 AM

Need advice here..

intend to open a cafe mainly for coffee with a few computers for customer free internet surfing, would this be fall under cybercafe regulations??

Can someone here with experience list down everything that is needed to start an internet cafe? Just want to know the flow, capital does not matter but if you have the info, please share :-)
1. Like all the required licenses.
2. All procedures.
3. How to get them.

Do you think cyber cafe bussines has huge profit margin nowadays, unless operated as second or third bussines? But I believe it is still thriving at certain areas, especially closer to IPT, students living community areas and operating 24 hours, serve with packages. Those are my opinions and I don't experience regarding the bussines.

Still waiting cyber cage up to Taiwan standard... Can order variety of food to Mt table while playing games.. But very high capital to do so, but disruptive enuf to win u clients..