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What difference does it make how much you charge per minute? If you charge
too high a price, nobody will use your kiosk!
What really matters is how much money your kiosk takes in per day!
It’s a great business – what other business can you get into that the
product you are selling costs absolutely NOTHING? The Internet is FREE
for you to use!
There is no inventory to stock or spoil. Your only monthly cost is access
to the Internet and some revenue sharing with a location owner.
On average, kiosk owners operate 10 kiosks or less on a part-time basis.
Many of these operators started out looking for a business while keeping
their day jobs. Or people who are looking to ‘keep busy’ and supplement
their retirement pensions. Others are doctors, carpenters, auto workers,
bagel shop owners, lawyers, teachers, policemen, truckers – all from
different walks of life.
A customer of mine had 20 kiosks and their average monthly revenue was
about $12,000 – that’s $144,000 in yearly sales. Now, that’s what I call
a great part-time business.
Just think for a moment of where you would expect to see a Public Access
Internet Terminal.
If we know what you're thinking, and we believe we do, you are expecting
them to be where ever people go - everywhere! They can be located in
airports, hotels, college campuses, truck stops, RV camps, bus terminals,
amusement parks - just to name a few.
High speed wireless
Internet access
Send and receive emails
Send audio, photo or
video emails
Browse the Internet
for information such as weather, sports, stock
quotes, shopping and more.
There are more than 450,000 kiosks worldwide, not including ATMs, according
to Summit Research. By 2007, the group predicts 738,000 kiosks worldwide.
Kiosks accounted for about $155 billion in transactions last year.
That figure is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2007, according to
IHL Consulting.
A growing number of companies are testing self-service technology,
reviewing cost benefits and analyzing customer feedback to determine
if it is a worthwhile investment. The average cost of a self-serve
kiosk is $8,276, according to Summit Research's latest study. But the
more elaborate kiosks, which have payment systems and numerous functions,
can run about $20,000 each.
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