Key things to known

To start up a retail/street Liquified Petroleum Gas(LPG) business, it requires knowledge on safety operations of LPG, fire service equipment, fire fighting techniques, capital to venture into the business and how to minimize risk and shortage.
Know your location, price tag and and what service to render to customer.

• Your business name should be registered with CAC(Nigeria), depending on your country. Why? Government give grants or loans to only registered business names and such opportunity can not be taking for granted to startup your business or enlarge your business

• Learning how to transfer cooking gas from 50kg cylinders to smaller cylinders and vice-versa. You need to learn the bleeding system and cooling system (ice block) while transferring gas as it minimize shortage from the seller.

• Get a fire extinguisher and a bucket of sand, and fire service emergency number of your locality.

• Get at least a 100kg digital platform scale.

• Get a good location where they don't have 24hrs electricity and were consumer are willing to buy

• A very ventilated shop and that is cold

• Fill your 50kg cylinder with gas and set a good rate that consumers will be willing to buy

• You can do home pick up of cylinder and delivery with fair extra charges of your transportation fee
  Note: customers like such services

• If you become professional, you can fix table and standard gas cookers and also do mini repairs.

• You can add gas accessories.

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Camping adapter

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Fire extinguisher

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Platform scale

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50kg cylinder
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Standard refilling head

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Hose pipe and with two clips to hold firmly the util or needle head

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Util and needle head

Cost estimate of starting LPG reatail business in Nigeria Naira(#)

150,000 - 50kg cylinder(1)

100,000 - platform scale

8000 camping adapters

8000 - standard refilling head

1500 - white hose pipe(1 yard)

400 - 2 clips

15,000 - fire extinguisher

63,000 - Refillng of LPG in 50kg cylinder

10,000 - CAC business name registration

15,000 - Fire service permit

4000 - util and needle head

? - shop or container

10,000 - Transportation and miscillenious

384900? total

You can add POS business to your business to serve customer better.

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Note: the government can not offer you everything, let your time and youthful age be profitable for the future. You can turn water to wine only when you believe and take a reasonable action.
Start up something important with your life to earn 💰 and dignity in your society. Build the man you need to become and you will be building a community.

Shalom

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You can ask questions for more enlightment and rate of items might change with time. I make nothing less than #180,000 monthly as my total income and saving #90,000 after expenses. You 👉 can do it only when you start.