Well-Established Dive Shop For Sale in Beautiful Charleston, SC (Price reduced from $325,000 - Owner Motivated to Sell)
United States > South Carolina > Charleston
Asking Price: 275,000 USD
Cash Flow: Available on request
Sales Revenue: 500,000 USD
Description:
Well-established, beautifully decorated, clean, and organized Dive Shop in beautiful Charleston, SC, the #1 tourist destination in the U.S. and the World, fully stocked with over $175,000 worth of inventory, furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Was a local home business for over 14 years, and a brick and mortar business for now going on 7 years. With thousands of new people moving to Charleston every year, the growth potential for this type of business is unlimited, especially if you're willing to expand. Our unique business model Dive Shop can be easily managed and run by one person. We specialize in strictly retail sales of discounted brand new, brand name scuba, snorkeling, freediving, and spearfishing gear and accessories. 2 years remaining on renewable low monthly rent lease of 800 sq. ft. space in centrally located and high traffic strip shopping center; just a few minutes from everywhere in the Charleston, SC Metro area. Huge customer database to include customers from adjacent states, and even from farther away, also have an outstanding reputation with nothing but 5 star customer reviews on Yelp, Google, and Facebook. Our overhead / operating expenses are extremely low, with a $36.00 per month budget for advertising, as 100% of our business comes from referrals, word of mouth, Facebook, Google, and Craigslist. We outsource all of our Scuba Tank related services, and feature a staff of independent PADI, SDI, ERDI, and TDI Instructors, in addition to being the only 5 Star SDI Dive Center in Charleston County. We also feature Service Department manned by 5 Service Techs whom can service / repair all of the brands that we sell, resulting in additional income. We're open 5 days a week, 9 hours per day, and offer after hours private shopping appointments. We're also a pet, concealed weapon, spearfishing, and LGBTQ friendly Dive Shop. We have the largest inventory of gear from any Dive Shop in the Charleston Metro area, and are an authorized dealer for over 34 major brands of dive gear, in addition to all of the brand new, brand name overstock and excess inventory that we purchase from other Dive Shops. Our Shop features a private office, stockroom, beautifully decorated huge bathroom / fitting room, cable, phone, internet, wifi, a state of the art security system with cameras, credit card processing terminal, water fountains, refrigerator, microwave, and Keurig. Some of our customers include, but are not limited to, local and out of State recreational and commercial divers, Fire Departments, Police Departments, Swimming Pool companies, State and Local Government agencies, Scuba Instructors and Divemasters, members of the Military, Tourists, and even employees of other Dive Shops; both local as well as Statewide. Asking price is negotiable and will entertain all fair, realistic, and reasonable offers from serious potential buyers.
Reason for Selling:
Move
Expansion Opportunities:
New owner has the capability of adding a compressor, expand repairs, become affiliated with another Dive Training Agency, Dive Charters, rentals, travel, etc.
Offered Support for the new owner:
Current owner will provide 4 weeks, 20 calendar days, 5 days a week, of full-time business familiarization, and connect the new owner with all suppliers and contacts.
Websites:
www.onemorechancescuba.com
