Editorial

Turnkey Business Opportunity Offers Flexibility and Affordability

The Mail Box Stores - A Turnkey Business Opportunity If you want to own your own business, take a look at the opportunity provided by MAIL BOX STORES which has one of the best turnkey packages available for a postal and business center store.

MAIL BOX STORES is not a franchise. Instead, it is a business opportunity, meaning that you buy from them a complete business package that will allow you to develop and offer over 25 profitable business and personal services to customers in your community. There’s no Franchise fee and no royalties to pay and you have the freedom to run the business as you wish.

Dayton C. Baldwin III, General Manager for The Mail Box Stores, Inc., says DSSI (parent company of The Mail Box Stores, Inc.) started developing stores in 1995 and has offered Mail Box store development packages since 2004, with over 50 stores currently open. “While our growth has been pretty much symmetrical across the country, we are experiencing strong growth in California, Arizona and Florida. As we are headquartered in Las Vegas, we have a lot of interest in Nevada as well.”

A difference between MAIL BOX STORES and a franchised postal and business center store is that owners are not charged a national advertising fee, which is pretty common among franchise companies. “Another difference,” says Baldwin, “is that we place no restrictions on the stores as to what services they can and cannot provide and the retail merchandise they desire to carry in their stores. However,” he adds, “we equip them to provide the most popular and profitable services and we provide them with a larger retail component than other developers. We do not mandate they order items from a list of ‘approved’ vendors nor the method of advertising used to promote the business.” There are never any fees or royalties.

MAIL BOX STORES provides assistance in site location, lease negotiations and they can even help franchisees find financing. “We provide the highest value comprehensive turnkey package in the industry,” says Baldwin. “At only $83,900, our package includes everything needed to open and run a successful business. All required fixtures, retail inventory, store supplies and necessary equipment (including a POS store management system) are included. We even provide a high-speed color copier with B&W function that the store owner owns, not leases. No other company in this industry includes an owned copier; with Franchises it is the responsibility of the owner to either purchase or lease a copier.

“Our staff’s depth of experience in the industry (over 50 years) gives our potential store owners a level of confidence in our company,” continues Baldwin, “and makes us uniquely qualified to develop and offer long-term support to each and every store owner we have the pleasure of working with. We offer a greater value at a lower cost than our competitors.”

Training for new MAIL BOX STORES owners begins well before and continues after the store opens for business. Based on the need of the new owner, that training can include comprehensive training manuals, POS training course materials, as well as classroom and on-site training. MAIL BOX STORES also provides marketing guidance, both in targeting business to business and residential customers.

With all that MAIL BOX STORES provides to the new business owner, the business is still an entrepreneurial opportunity and individuals interested in this business need a passion to succeed and a strong desire to control their own destiny. Communication skills are important as well as strong customer service skills. You will not need to manage a large staff and a store can run with one other full-time person.

“The value, flexibility and freedom we offer is unparalleled,” says Baldwin. “We actually encourage these entrepreneurs to do a lot of ‘due diligence.’ We know that we compare favorably with all other developers.

For those people looking for a great turnkey Business Opportunity that provides a proven system without the financial requirements and restrictions of a franchise, MAIL BOX STORES could be just the ticket. “If you want top drawer equipment and fixtures, a large number of profit centers, the greatest amount of merchandise, along with training specifically tailored just to you – all at a low price and from a developer with over 1,600 stores’ worth of experience,” says Baldwin, “give us a call!”

Your new MAIL BOX STORES will allow you to offer the following services: