Is computer repair a lucrative business

Not at all. The more electronics cs become throw away, the less people care to repair and just opt to buy new and upgrade. I use to be able to support myself on freelance computer repair, but that's long gone and I've had a "real job" for the last 5 years.

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>>58941377

There's a difference between "lucrative" and "worthwhile."

If you want to be an asshole who scams stupid people out of their money, you can do "all right" and almost "lucrative." Don't expect repeat customers wit that model, though. You will always be searching for new victims.

If you want a stable little business that keeps the bills paid and yo love to do that work 6 days a week, you'll never really run out of work in that sector.

However, you will want to sell systems as part of the upgrade, since many people will be more willing to buy a new system (even a refurbished) than drop a few hundred on repairs. And, you can also run semi-lucrative smart phone & tablet repair as part of the business (even just replacing broken screens, of which there is a lot of business). No need to choose only one.

Plan on spending a lot of time keeping up on all the modern tech ... your entire business can be made obsolete within a year when a major innovation or two rolls out and becomes the new norm.

A solid bit of your business will also be selling support equipment (think: flash drives & SDHC cards, etc.).

The world went from dumb phones to smart phones in about a year. Just for reference.

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>>58941432
> The world went from dumb phones to smart phones in about a year.
No, it didn't. Nokia was manufacturing dumbphones till 2014 or something.

>>58941377
I'd rather buy the spare parts

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>>58941578
Nokia is still manufacturing dumb phones even today ffs