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Pawn Shop Security – Security Levels in PawnMaster

Pawn Shop Security – Security Levels in PawnMaster

Like many of you, when I owned and ran my stores, pawn shop security was a big priority. I did jewelry and gun counts several times a day. The jewelry was locked in showcases and in my safe, I had security tags on my high-end general merchandise. I locked my store,...

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How to Sell Your Pawn Shop

How to Sell Your Pawn Shop

Pawn business sellers typically engage in one of two scenarios. In one scenario, the seller calls a potential buyer and asks the buyer to put a value on their business (usually as a result of receiving a buyer’s generic flyer in the mail). In the other scenario, the...

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Best Practices For Your Shop This Holiday Season

Best Practices For Your Shop This Holiday Season

The holiday season presents itself every year at the same time and with the same expectations. However, all too often many of us are still unprepared to capture all the revenue opportunities. This article, Best Practices for Your Shop This Holiday Season, is an...

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How SEO Can Help Pawn Shops and Pawn Brokers

How SEO Can Help Pawn Shops and Pawn Brokers

Whether you’re in the market to start or buy a pawn shop, or have owned one for years, the demands of your business will always revolve around the customers walking into your doors. Long have we been in the digital age, but figuring out how to position your business...

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Can I Buy and Sell Firearms as a Pawnbroker?

Can I Buy and Sell Firearms as a Pawnbroker?

Pawnbrokers must follow strict regulations when it comes to buying and selling firearms. No matter your stance on firearms, it’s crucial that you follow all federal laws, such as holding an active Federal Firearms License from the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...

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Do I Need Special Training to Become a Pawnbroker?

Do I Need Special Training to Become a Pawnbroker?

In some ways, being a pawnbroker isn’t as complicated as you may expect. However, you might start to realize that there is a lot of knowledge about products that you need to know about. The primary skill a pawnbroker needs to possess is the ability to evaluate a wide...

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How Much Money is Required to Get Started as a Pawnbroker?

How Much Money is Required to Get Started as a Pawnbroker?

If you’re thinking about starting a pawnshop and becoming a licensed pawnbroker, then you’re probably aware of the many laws and regulations you’ll have to comply with before you can even open your shop. One of the requirements for getting started as a pawnbroker,...

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Will I Need a License to Become a Pawnbroker?

Will I Need a License to Become a Pawnbroker?

There are a few essential things to understand about the pawnbroker industry. Like every type of business, there are legal requirements and limits that you need to be aware of. In fact, the pawn business is a heavily regulated business model for most states, making...

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Using Text Messaging for the Holiday Season

Using Text Messaging for the Holiday Season

Simply put, text messaging is the easiest, least expensive, and most effective way to advertise in today’s society. There is no other form of advertising that can guarantee a 99% read rate, let alone have it happen within a matter of minutes.

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Marketing for the Holiday Season

Marketing for the Holiday Season

It’s getting cold out, families are gathering, and business is booming. Sounds like someone did a great job marketing their store during the summer. In order to win at the end of the year, business owners should start making moves during the dog days of summer. Here...

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How I Ran My Shop As A Former Pawnbroker

How I Ran My Shop As A Former Pawnbroker

It’s the last two months of the year. You have prepared by building your inventory, advertising your store, and you are ready to make the lion’s share of this year's money. Is it time to sit back and relax? Certainly not, but it is also not the time to panic and let...

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Tips From One Entrepreneur To Another

Tips From One Entrepreneur To Another

Every dog owner has been through the same struggle: you scrub and scrub only for an hour later to smell the stench of wet dog and every piece of furniture they touch. I know this struggle all too well. It all started as a 3rd-grade school science project where I had...

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Your One-Stop Shop

Your One-Stop Shop

Time is money. I'm sure you have all heard that, and it remind me of a lesson that I learned early in my career.

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Industry Resources

Looking for industry news, information, and events? Check out the links below for some of the most prominent resource providers in the Pawn world.

California Pawnbrokers Association

California Pawnbrokers Association

californiapawnbrokers.org

Dixie Educational Conference & Trade Show

Dixie Educational Conference & Trade Show

dixieconvention.com

Georgia Pawnbrokers Association

Georgia Pawnbrokers Association

georgiapawnbrokers.org

Midwest Pawn Convention

Midwest Pawn
Convention

midwestpawnconvention.org

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