Capsule toy machines can be highly profitable due to their low maintenance and operational costs. With a typical capsule costing between $0.10 and $0.50 to stock, and a sale price ranging from $1 to $3, profit margins can reach up to 200-300%. Placing machines in high-traffic areas like malls or amusement centers can generate steady sales, with some machines making up to $100 per day.
Gashapon Machine Profit Model
Because the main product cost of the gashapon machine is low and the profit margin is high. Usually, you can buy a gashapon for 1 to 3 yuan, while its market price ranges from 5 to 10 yuan, so the profit margin per gashapon can even reach 300% – 500%. For example, if 1000 gashapon are sold in a month, each priced at 2 yuan and sold for 8 yuan (five times the cost), the monthly profit can reach 6000 yuan. Additionally, the maintenance cost of a gashapon machine is very cheap: the monthly repair and refueling cost is 500 yuan. Therefore, the net profit is still quite considerable.
Gashapon machines also have a one-time installation cost, usually between 3000-5000 yuan. A gashapon machine selling 50 times a day can achieve a monthly sales volume of about 1500 units. The monthly gross profit is (8-2) x 1500 = 9000 yuan. Deducting the machine’s price, taxes, rent, and maintenance costs, the initial investment can be recovered in about six months. For example, a gashapon machine placed in a shopping mall, selling 60 gashapon a day, will increase the monthly income by nearly 10,000 yuan.
Gashapon machines require no manual operation. If placed in high-traffic areas such as shopping malls, cinemas, or game arcades, these places can attract hundreds of people’s attention every day. Data shows that a gashapon machine in a popular shopping mall sells about 2000 units per month, with a monthly income close to 12000 yuan.
A chain game arcade conducted a market survey, showing that the sales of gashapon machines on weekends and holidays increased by 30% compared to usual. During the Spring Festival, up to 150 gashapon can be sold per day, with daily revenue close to 1000 yuan. According to this data, the monthly sales volume during holidays can reach 4500 units, equivalent to a profit increase. Deploying gashapon machines during suitable seasons and holidays can further amplify profitability.
Choosing the Right Location
The strategic location choice of gashapon machines has its reasons. Most gashapon machines are located in high-traffic environments such as store entrances, restaurant waiting areas, and cinema ticket counters. For example, a promotional gashapon machine placed at the entrance of a large shopping mall can sell 80 sets daily, about 2400 sets per month. According to gashapon machine data, monthly revenue is 2400 x 8 yuan/each = monthly income can reach 19200 yuan.
The front lobby waiting area of restaurants might have more interest. Gashapon machines sell an average of 60 units per day, producing 1800 units per month in chain restaurant waiting areas, with monthly income per machine being 14400 yuan. The main consumer groups in restaurant waiting areas are families or children and young people, so these two groups will invest some coins for themselves or their children when they see interesting things.
Another good place is the cinema ticket counter. At the entrance of the cinema hall, 100 gashapon are sold daily, with a minimum monthly sales volume of 3000 units and a monthly income of 24000 yuan. While waiting to watch movies in the cinema lobby, gashapon machines will bring more money to filmmakers, especially when popular movies are released, and sales will rise sharply. For example, when a popular movie was released nearby, the daily sales of the egg roll machine reached 200 units, directly creating commercial revenue.
The entrance of game arcades is also a good place. Gashapon machines in game arcades sell an average of 70 units daily, with a total monthly sales volume of at least 2100 units and a monthly income of up to 16800 yuan. The main visitors to game arcades are teenagers and young people, who have a high interest in gashapon machines and are willing to spend money to buy gashapon.
Methods to Increase Gashapon Machine Attraction
Updating the gashapon attraction method Gashapon machines appear at the back of shopping malls, and these gashapon machines update new toys and limited edition toys every month. This update increases monthly sales by 20 units. More specifically, the original monthly sales of the gashapon machine were 2000 units, and after the update, it reached 2400 units per month.
Interactive features can significantly enhance the appeal of gashapon machines. This game arcade added LED display lights and sound effects to their gashapon machines. After adding the interactive module, the data shows that the daily sales of each gashapon machine increased from 50 to 75 units, with the corresponding monthly sales increasing from 1500 to more than 2250 units, and the monthly income increasing to about 12000 yuan.
Advertising is one of the best ways to sell products. For example, a chain interactive restaurant in a New Year mystery promotion provided 10 consumption opportunities to primary and middle school students, and the daily sales increased from the original 60 to more than 100 units, with monthly income breaking through hundreds of yuan; in a shopping mall, they launched a Children’s Day special gashapon promotion, and daily sales increased from 80 to 120 units, with the original income rising from 640 yuan to 960 yuan.
