And we aren't closed yet! We caught a break on the rent to get us started as the building is owned by another avid discer, otherwise it'd be impossible without a ton of start-up $$. Just getting a business account for power costs over $1k in deposit alone.
We are really just using it as a place to keep everything together, there are 3 partners each with 9-5 jobs. Keeping everything split between 3 garages was just not working and no one had a big enough spare room. Plus, Innova will no longer sell to online only retailers so you have to have a 'brick and mortar' store.
It works ok for drop-in sales, but only for 100-200 a month, and I doubt our best month would be twice that. We really only have it as a place to meet with TDs of the tournaments we are vending for and we also do custom dyes and shirts there.
The biggest problem so far is not growing too fast and getting over-extended. We have a great spot for an inside driving range and putting station, and hope to do a lot of the things that are mentioned int his thread but you CANNOT spread yourself too thin. Focus on the 3-4 biggest manufacturers only and big-time on local tournaments/leagues. We are staying away from online sales for now, too much competition and it requires too large of an inventory that as a start-up we just can't do yet.
But the players are there and this isn't a big town, we have had a HUGE amount of support and yes, people don't just come in and pick a disc and leave. Each sale has probably taken an avg of an hour apiece but these are also our friends, not just our customers.