Starting A Business in the Philippines

Starting a Business in the Philippines

Starting a Business in the Philippines

College graduates in the Philippines often take jobs as department store clerks. Many high school and college graduates seek employment as Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs).

For many high school graduates and college graduates a good option is to start a business of their own. Even if you are not a graduate you can succeed in business if you gain the knowledge needed and plan to persevere.

There are many franchise opportunities. Some examples are Buko Juice and ice cream stands and stalls in grocery stores and malls. Be careful of franchise agreements; have them reviewed by a business attorney.

In the Philippines many homeowners operate small stores street side at their residences. These are called Sari Sari stores.

Foreigners are not permitted to own 100% of a business in the Philippines, they are limited to owning 40% of  the business. The other 60% must be Filipino owned.

Consult with an attorney in the Philippines about going into business.

Some of the best businesses to open might be:

Food Carts
Lunch Spot (near a soon to open new school)
Lugawan
Internet Cafe
Spa
Salon
Vegan Restaurant, Vegan Diner or Vegan Cafe
(My Filipina wife founded the "Vegan Tribe Cafe" on Feb. 20, 2024 and it is doing well now.)

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See an article about the Economy of the Philippines.

Avoid making mistakes when starting a business!

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Website Design in the Philippines

Would you like to start making money from the Internet?

Do you have a product or service you could sell on the Web?

You will need to select a web designer or design firm then start writing a description of your business, to explain to the developer the nature of your business or service.

A service business will not need a "shopping cart" so it will be easier and cheaper to design a site for it.

After your site is up and running you will probably be surprised by how your
business will grow!

There is a saying in the advertising business,
"A business with no sign is a sign of no business!"
A website is like a big sign on the Internet. Think about it, how much longer do you want to wait to install your big sign? Time stands still for no man. How much profit are you missing by not being visible on the Web?

Living in the Philippines I was amazed by how many times I tried to find service people but could not. It seems that most tradespeople and many professionals do not have a clue what the Internet could do for them.

Wake up and get started now before opportunity slips past you. In the race to success your competitors are passing you by. They are establishing websites of their own.

People are searching the Web right now. But they are finding your competitors!

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