Building A Legacy | Our First Shop | The Story Of GSL Part 2

[@UDROPRENEUR]

And that's how we came to running our first shop! Did you like part 2 of Building A Legacy? Let us know here in the comments!

[@kevinkoepke8311]

Thanks for this. The old shop hadn't been occupied for over a year, wow!

[@UDROPRENEUR]

It’s actually been about a year I miss counted lol

[@odinslockllc]

Storefronts are dwindling. Glad your able to grow yours. Just a lot of overhead costs in my area and cost of yearly lease is skyrocketing. I’ve mulled getting into automotive but not being proficient at programming I’m of the time is money mindset but taking too much time puts the customers costs too high. If your good at automotive programming you can make a lot of money in any area. It’s the number 1 call I get. I specialize in commercial residential lock/ keys/ hardware. Plus I weld security bars and anything else. Been plenty of times when the welding paid the bills all by itself. I’m operating out of a cargo van now (and upgrading to a vintage Stepvan) and I have multiple lock supply houses near me so I don’t spend much or carry much inventory. Thanks for sharing!🙏🏼✌🏼😎

[@RookieLock]

Cool to see how it all started.. I like how your 2 guys helped you get into automotive and access control.. 2 areas I know little about, lo.. I cant wait to get with a good shop and start learning more of the industry..

[@UDROPRENEUR]

Come move to Texas..... Will be expanding, we plan on opening multiple locations in Texas then across the country. Stay in contact you never know, also let us know how you like the swag we sent you. - Uriah

[@RookieLock]

@@UDROPRENEUR Haha, maybe one day ;P Thanks Uriah, I'll shoot you an email once it arrives :D

[@hkssystemslocksafe2486]

As a business owner myself, the jump into a storefront is becoming harder, We have NONE in my county. I worked in the last opened one for 20 years, closed in 2016 owners retired it honestly is a money loser in our area! Hard to pay a person 8 Hrs. and rent while waiting to cut a key customer buys from Amazon. I wish you luck!

[@UDROPRENEUR]

Yeah that must be hard, if you don’t have the foot traffic it’s hard to justify paying someone. Thanks for watching!

[@hkssystemslocksafe2486]

@@UDROPRENEUR Do you find specializing is more profitable than trying a little of EVERYTHING? I don't do any auto myself just bought 15K worth of auto stuff in December..I sold it all off-thanks to Amazon and coronavirus.No one wants to pay or only bring me the on line purchased keys ..you can't take your burgers into Mcdonalds and have them cook it for you! I specialize in safes& vaults never touching a car besides my own again.

[@UDROPRENEUR]

@@hkssystemslocksafe2486 Oh I get you on the Amazon stuff, we decided to not fight with Amazon but to embrace it. We tell the customers sure you can bring your own we just have them pay more for programming and make them pay 50% down and if it doesn’t work we keep the 50%. Then flip them to our products lol

[@hkssystemslocksafe2486]

@@UDROPRENEUR I've heard others do that too,you know customers are always iffy at best..sounds like a recipe for negative feedback vengeance. Lol ill pass for the few $$ to be made

[@UDROPRENEUR]

@@hkssystemslocksafe2486 yeah I hear yah, surprisingly since were very up front with them we haven’t had any issues or negative reviews. I was worried about the same thing when I first started it. Anyway thanks for watching!