If i wanted to get a franchise with PTT Or Shell where would i start?
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If i wanted to get a franchise with PTT Or Shell where would i start?
Comic Replies not welcome/ but you can take the piss a little bit.
Head office(s) I suppose.Originally Posted by poorfalang
That being said are they actually even franchises?
By contacting ptt or shell?
I've thought about this before. I bet the start up costs are pretty huge.
Oh, and fill it up please... 95 Gasahol.Originally Posted by poorfalang
Just found this article from 2006 so a little out of date.
Article: Thailand: Shell Autoserv to set up franchises. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy
"Currently, each Shell Autoserv branch in Thailand requires about Bt10 million to set up, depending on the location."
Not as much as I thought it would be.
But you must buy several rai of land for the station.
Setup costs for a main road PTT are around 20 million.
Your margin on Petrol after costs is about .50 baht/ liter.
Seems a good way to use land you own, but not really a gold mine, unless maybe you run all the franchises yourself.
Theft would be a major problem with such low margins, a pump jockey walking out with the last tankful he sold in his pocket is 20% of your days profits.
Not a lot. I guess most of the money is in any sales from on-site shops etc.Originally Posted by Necron99
^ bit Like monopoly, you need to own all the train stations to make it worthwhile.
I think you would find the people doing well out of ptt own half a dozen or more and can leaverage bulk buying and off market gas to up their take.
To make money of the service shops you need to be Ina really good spot. No booze in the 7/11 which is a good part of their profit margin.
Probably a good solid way to park a 100 million with lots of tax free earnings if you are in the know.
Maybe start small with a somtum stand and some liter bottles of gas out the front and see how it works out.
Stole this post from TV, sounds like a big finacial commitment (and head fuck) for little return.
Originally Posted by Soundman
Why go for a franchise?
You have to follow all their rules and will be limited to 7-11 and Amazon or whoever they support.
Build your own gas station and buy their gas and rent out selling areas to the highest bidder.
what country?Originally Posted by Necron99
It's getting harder and harder for independents to compete. PTT is aggressively rolling out superstations that draw customers with KFC and other QSR, coffee, 7-11 and other retail. NGV is another option if you are in the right location.
Yes, what area are we talking about PoorFalang and city or highway location ?Originally Posted by Humbert
interesting so far,
thanks for all the info so far,
Fondles, great info that was, the start up cost are a lot more than i was thinking,
The Fresh Prince, going to read that after lunch
Thetyim, i actually own one station, already, but it is sort in and it bring in about 500 baht a day after expenses, we only sell gas 95 and diesel, also we are the only decent looking pump for about 20-25 kilos,
i mean, no wooden hut with a few bottles,
proper overhead roof plenty space cemented floor and head pumps ( safety signs and exhaust too) massive in and out gate 10 whell trucks, no problem,
Humbert NGV absolutely right, but where we are just not enough custumer,
Sorry about me horrible speling
we have heard from some know all farmer in the village that it cost a million baht to get the signs from Shell/license maybe that what he means,
space wise we are nearly there really, in and out, automatic heads but we have tanks over land, they insist underground, i will look further into it,
i will beg the missus to call them up.
Where is the nearest LPG station? Call World Gas?
good point there Vocal,
it actually at least 30ishhh kilos away.
is anyone still using that?
havent they all moved to ngv?
Do you have a load of taxi, school bus, song teau near you?Originally Posted by poorfalang
We have two small gas stations (owned by the same guy) in the city.
He gets all the above customers by under cutting the franchised pumps.
His pumps are always busy and he buys a new 3 million baht car every year.
I understand your situation. My company is currently doing design for the renovation of a lot of Susco stations in the south. The market conditions are much different in rural areas.Originally Posted by poorfalang
where i live its not city and not highway,
not sure what you call it, not really in the sticks either.
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