Due to the increased advertizing of new medicines, a conclusion to a counter of dietary supplements, medical cosmetics and various complex vitamins, pharmaceutical business becomes more and more favorable investment. Thousands of people repeatedly think of creation of own drugstore or the whole network.
What to begin pharmaceutical business with?
Most optimum to open own drugstore from scratch because the prices of ready pharmaceutical business, as a rule, are overstated. At first it is necessary to be defined that will suit you more: pharmaceutical booth or point, usual drugstore or mini-market. For example, drugs which are released strictly on the prescription it is possible to sell only in drugstores and points.
After that it is necessary to pick up the room. Rent in this case is undesirable because on it rather large sum will leave while business can pay for itself at a distant day. For future drugstore it is better to choose the crowded place, near stops, the subway and policlinics.
Obtaining the license can occupy you of 45 days and above. Because it includes both the local, and federal commissions and also permission of fire inspection and SES. The term of the license is valid 5 years.
Most of buyers belong to internal design of drugstores conservatively therefore it is desirable that the room had big glass show-windows on which the goods are located on subjects, light walls, and the big trading floor. But existence of houseplants, conditioners and accurate sofas will brighten up a cold, strict situation of drugstore and will allow to wait for the turn in the most comfortable conditions. Do not forget that already sick people, it is heavy to them to stand often go to drugstores.
How to organize pharmaceutical business?
To organize pharmaceutical business, it is necessary to pick up skilled workers. Statistically, the correct staff recruitment and coordination of collective increases sales volume by 30%. It is desirable to elect workers with experience because a great number of clients will consult with the druggist, describing it the symptoms. For this purpose in some drugstores there is an advising doctor at whom it is also possible to measure pressure, to check temperature, to consult in the medicine choice.
That your business brought bigger income, it is necessary to encourage collective, not to forget about awards and annual indexation of the salary. So you will get to yourself allies who with bigger return will work for you. Goodwill, resistance to stress of personnel – necessary qualities for improvement of the customer base.
You will achieve the bigger speed of work and the best quality of weekly calculations if you optimize a workplace special computer programs. So you will be able quicker to trace and process orders, to check existence of goods, to count profit and funds for the subsequent order.
Constantly expand the range. It is the best of all to have available, both import medicines, and their domestic analogs. Do not forget about medical cosmetics, dietary additives, baby food and hygiene, grass collecting and mineral waters. Your goods have to be focused not only on treatment, but also on maintenance of health. So, in some drugstores there are devices for production of oxygen cocktails that especially pays off in the winter.
It is the best of all to start pharmaceutical business in an early autumn because exactly from now on sales volume increases. By April demand can drop by 20-25% and hold on so during all spring and summer period.
Profitability of pharmaceutical business also depends on such nuances as advertizing, discount cards and the arrangement with nearby medical institutions which can provide inflow of clients too.