When Quan Li and his friend Hang Lin opened their first location in Sunnyside, Queens two years ago they simply wanted to fix computers.
Now they are doubling their pleasure with the opening of a second Alphaurax Computer Repairs in New Hyde Park.
“I’ve always been interesting in getting a computer up and running again,” said Li, a graduate of CUNY’s City College with a degree in Computer Engineering.
After opening their second location on Oct. 1 at 1219 Jericho Turnpike, Li said the business has been working out.
“It’s really great. We get three or four customers a day,” Li said.
Li and Lin’s business offers same-day repairs on computers as well as replacement of parts and iPhone repairs but he said that most of his business comes from software repair and virus removal.
“A lot of people have issues with pop-ups,” Li said.
Li says his business offers IT support to businesses as well.
“A lot of smaller businesses don’t have their own IT department,” he said.
Alphaurax will offer these businesses virus support, password resets, printer setup and set up business emails.
“Sometimes employers want us to limit website permissions,” Li said. “All of this can be done from here.”
Li says that in the future he wants to open another location in either Manhattan or New Jersey.
“Maybe in another two years,” he said. “You don’t want to expand too fast.”
