To open a CC must have very good visible location. Ideally should be close to youngster / student area. It's a very competitive business. Easily doomed if your location sucks.

cybercafe business is not for u and me. those big one and the one sustaining in the market were big loan sharks or even taikor in the underground i believe.

how could anyone make money from RM 2 per hour? even those Toy Car kart in the shopping center makes more money than cyber cafe lah... they charge RM 5 for 10 minutes.

10 - 15 years ago, cybercafe is RM 2... now also RM 2.

some more all these games licensing and shoplot owners were the one profit from you first. not forgetting other authorities i presume.

Has the cost of getting license for cc been mentioned here? I'm curious how much does it actually going to cost to get one for a cyber cafe in a very strategic area.

This post has been edited by lookig4room: Mar 1 2010, 10:54 PM

hmm... i'm running bubble tea + CC... nowaday can make money in my state is bubble tea.. cost $0.65 ~ $0.95 (depend on the cup size) sell from $2.50 ~ 3.80/"3min to get ready" but for CC $2.00/hr . and my next vision is looking partnership invest 6k ~ 10k only (no franchise fee). bcoz here still got many potential location. anyone interest to swap your credit card for business ^^!?

RM 10k pay 5%(minimum) = RM500 (2yr settle) <--- but 28days sales earn more than that to cover ^^!

that my 10cent...tq

bro, interest in ur biz

This post has been edited by darkdark99: Mar 14 2010, 02:50 PM

lowexpress,

You are not looking for an investor. You are looking for a loan. Which investor is stupid enough to provide you 100% of the capital and getting back only 5%? I can simply invest RM8,000 into the business and get 100%. If you still insist on such a deal, then your best bet is to get a personal loan from a bank, with WAY lower interest rate.

Do not enter CC business. The time, capital and effort you will spend on this business will be very wasteful.
Do not think you can calculate the profit simply by calculating percentage of pc used a day x hourly rate.
More CCs will only benefit those SMM, Eclub, EA etcetc......

Agree.

also
>>10 - 15 years ago, cybercafe is RM 2... now also RM 2.

NO. Tens years ago it was more like rm5 or rm8 in KL.

so all is going down hill.

DO NOT ENTER.

hi guys, me and my friend are interested to open a cyber cafe in Lenggong, Perak which is at my friend's hometown.

seeing all those shabby CCs there, we thought "hey, why not make a better one out of those?". and i can guarantee, there are always customers (heck, even those pentium 4 PC cybercafes has loads of them, why not us then?)

we have about 20~25k to be invested for the CC project if it's worth it.

what to do for starters?

cloudstrife07,

First off, how do you plan to start a cyber cafe with RM25,000? A normal "shabby" cyber cafe would cost you more than RM150,000 for 30 computers. How much would you allocate to start a "better-than-shabby" one?

how do you figure?

Many people tend to open cybercafe, because it is their interest to play computer games.

5-6 years ago I can break even in 6-8 months. Now, 1.5 yrs also difficult. And after ROI.. before u can even earn $$$ your PCs already outdated and u need to spend more $$$ to upgrade.

Cybercafe in PG price $0.80-$1.50, dont ever think of open a cybercafe in Penang.. Ya sell nasi lemak is better profit
Even roti canai seller know how to rise price.
Cybercafe is like how low can u go...
All your hard earn money, u pay to TNB and game license and bribe/protection money or dont forget to calculate dmg of headset/items.

Stay away at all costs.

yeah... i think many of us already provided the answer but there are still some new horn coming in thinking that their dream of opening cyber cafe to play and work.
come on , if u want to play just pay and play . this business already doom and the one that is standing were run by underworld or people who got so much money that they need to be washing machine from tax dept.

wodenus,

I was a previous cyber cafe owner. I do not need to figure it out because I already KNOW the answer.

heheheh you got it bro.

Let's say I want to open cybercafe with 20 pc, which streamyx package should i use?

Also, what's the big deal with choosing between ADSL and SDSL?

Does Govt still approving cc licences??
I dont think so.. unless u can buy it from other cyber cafe bizz owners... and heck its not cheap..
i saw some ppl selling it for rm 10 - 18 k...

I've planned to open a cyber cafe.. but guess its not goin to happen at malaysia..
I've just surveyed at other countries.. especially those 3rd world countries..
Their cyber cafe's are not advanced like us.. but still the bizz is on demand.
** the charges are more expensive thn malaysia.. Rental is so low..
no authorities disturbance..
foreign investors are welcomed with open hands..
waiting for wht some more.. ??
Malaysia charging RM2 per hour with shop rental rm5k
The country i've seen charging rm3 - 5
rental-rm 500 - 1000. (this is in the city center)
Accomodation ?? RM 400 for a fully furnished condo with 4 rooms.
Not thinkin outside the BOX.. BUT COUNTRY.

COrrect me if im wrong.

Just my 2 cents..

No more giving license? I just saw a new cybercafe opened here -.- Don't know lah if they giving duit kopi or not :/

May be they bought from some1 else.. or juz using the licence of computer sales and service...

im newbie here n interest to open cc at kuala terengganu. coast around rm150k and pc cliend about 30 and 1 server. how wast that?

if i use diskless system, it will reduce cost of any licensing or not? such as OS , Games Or Anything? help me pls.