If you are thinking about opening a card shop, prove the business works before you pay for the building. Start by backpack vending and setting up at card shows. Buy and sell collections, learn how to grade and price cards, organize your inventory, build a customer base, and prove that you can consistently turn cards back into cash. Once you have steady sales, repeat customers, strong inventory, and enough cash flow to survive the slow months, opening a physical TCG store starts to make sense. A lease should be the next step for a business that already works. If you opened a card shop, which game would you build it around? #CardShop #TCGBusiness #TradingCards #SmallBusinessTips #LocalGameStore