Along with his dad, Alika launched his first website iPhoneReplacementParts.com. Almost immediately they started getting phone calls from all over the world! They had no other option than to receieve mail-in repairs to their home address. As demand increased, people requested to bring their phone, rather than mail it in and wait. Alika started taking customers by appointment out of his family home. To his amazement, in-person clients would be so grateful they had tears in their eyes, being told their iPhone couldn’t be fixed and unable to afford a new one. By September of 2009 there were customers getting their iPhones repaired at Alika’s house until 10-11pm at night. It became clear that he needed to open a store in order to continue to grow his businesses.

Alika found a space that was close to his house in the neighboring community of Citrus Heights and found a 400 square foot retail space. After deciding on the name “iParts and Phone Repairs” for his brick and mortar location he moved in, set up shop, and opened his doors in October 2009 the start of his sophomore year in high school. He coined the tagline “bringin ‘em back to life 1 iPhone at a time” and iParts was a hit! Soon after, he had clients coming from all over Northern California to request his services.