After gruelling days of fixing the computers (no thanks to the store where we bought 'em - APC), removing viruses that shouldn't be present in a brand new computer (again, thanks to APC for the viruses... tsk tsk), hassles of setting up the timer and making it work with all the computers and do exactly what we want it, waiting for our DSL connection to be set up (Thank God we've got a good connection. Thanks again, Nilo Bantilan of PLDT SME Vismin), and financial woes, WE'RE FREAKING OPEN!
Our cafe's theme color is Green so I came up with an Opening day promo - First 10 customers will get free food & drink, and 1 hour free PLUS 30 minutes if they wear Green. And 9 out of the first 10 wore green. They were so cute. Too bad I wasn't able to take a picture of all of them 'coz I was still struggling with how to navigate the cafe timer the right way and Mai and the whole family were busy attending to the customers personally. Hehehehe. The photos I took were already after a few of the 10 logged out. Nakakaaliw kaya. Even me and the whole family were wearing green. Hihihi. I'll post some photos of the cafe later... maybe. And here are some basic info about us...
I setup our own blog - Reign of Clicks (www.reignofclicks.com) - for people to get more info about us, our services and promos.
We charge PhP 15.00 per hour and minimum of PhP 10.00.
We have no plans of lowering the prices down. Why? Well, if you visit our cafe, you'll understand why we charge these prices but let me narrow them down for you:
Considering all that, I think it's just fair to charge PhP 15.00/hour, right?
- Our DSL connection is at 3.5MBps and we're with PLDT MyDSL. We can assure you that playing and surfing at our cafe will be seamless almost all the time.
- Our computers' specs are up-to-date so you can play your favorite games with heavy graphics. We also maintain our computers ourselves so as soon as you report a problem, we'll fix it.
- Games like Left 4 Dead are available here. Other latest online games are also here.
- All our Operating Systems and software are legit or genuine.
(We use OpenOffice as it's free. If you're having problems using it, I'm here to help.)
- We don't turn off the aircon from 10am to 10pm (or until we have customers), unless customers complain that it's too cold.
- The whole ambiance inside the cafe is relaxing and comfy... well, except for the noise 'coz we still don't have headsets @ our stations. We'll have them by next week.
(Most players, though, prefer our current setup 'coz they don't want to wear headsets & they enjoy more just hearing the sound effects. But, of course, we also have to consider those who don't want too much noise around them.)
- Do I even have to mention that the staff (me and Mai) are also game addicts like most internet cafe customers? We're also techie women so we can assist you with almost any of your concerns about games, computers, etc.
With that said, however, we don't want our customers to feel that we don't think about their budget. We certainly do that's why we'll have different promos from time-to-time.
In fact, this whole month of June '09, we have our Back to School promo - for every 3 hours, you'll get 1 hour free.
I designed the tarps we have setup on the door and outside our cafe. This is actually my first time designing a tarp as big as this (first one, I wasn't paid and given any credits 'coz my client was a cheater and a liar). Here are the designs:
When it was printed out, I got too excited to see it. I was surprised by how the second one looked after printout. Sosyal! Ahihihi. I'm pretty happy with the results.
Oh, by the way, one of our services is also graphics design for business cards, tarps, posters, etc. Just visit our site to find out more info about us and price quotes on most of our services.
So, if you're here in Cebu or planning to come here, visit RoC internet cafe in Canduman.
