Passive income for Kansas City locations.
We put a collectible card vending machine in your lobby, stock it with product nobody else in town is selling, restock it ourselves, and send you a share of every sale. You are not buying a machine. You are renting out empty floor space for pure profit.
- Your cost, forever
- $0
- Of your staff's time
- 0 hrs
- Your check, every month
- 15th
Your cost, forever
Of your staff's time
Your check, every month
Collectible card vending machines in Kansas City
Kansas City, Kansas has the metro's most genuinely international grocery scene, and that matters more here than anywhere else we place. On Central Avenue and through Argentine, imported packaging is not exotic — it is what customers already buy. A machine holding Japanese, Korean and Chinese product reads as familiar rather than curious, which removes the hesitation that slows a first purchase.
- Population
- about 156,000
- County
- Wyandotte County
- Service distance
- roughly 15 minutes from our KC base
Where a machine works in Kansas City
The venue types below actually exist here — we place against a city's real commercial geography rather than a template.
International groceries
Central Avenue and Argentine carry grocers whose customers read the packaging our imports come in — the single best match for this product in the metro.
Village West and The Legends
One of the largest retail and entertainment draws in the region, pulling visitors from several states, all of them on foot between venues.
Family entertainment
The venues clustered around Village West run on birthday parties and weekend family trips, with wallets already open.
Kansas City districts and corridors we serve
What we know about Kansas City
Wyandotte County is the most diverse county in the metro, and its commercial life reflects that — a stretch of Central Avenue reads more like an international market district than a suburban strip. That is a genuine competitive advantage for imported card product, and it is why KCK is a priority placement market for us rather than an afterthought.
What the machine holds
Sealed collectible trading card packs — Pokémon anchors the lineup, alongside Japanese, Korean and Chinese imports no store in the metro carries, plus sports and other trading card lines. Prices start at $5.99. The mix is tuned to whoever walks past your door in Kansas City, and adjusted after the first month on what actually sold.
What would it pay a Kansas City location?
Move the slider to match your foot traffic. Six sales a day is realistic for a site with steady weekend traffic.
Your revenue share: 12%
Fixed, and agreed in writing before we install.
- $2,700
- Machine gross per month
- $324
- Paid to you per month
That is about $3,888 pure profit a year from one square meter of floor space.
Estimates based on our standard product mix at a $15 average sale, not a guarantee. We give you a site-specific projection after visiting, and the share percentage goes in writing before install.
Asked by Kansas City owners
Because its customers already buy imported goods routinely. Japanese and Korean packaging carries no unfamiliarity penalty here, which is the biggest hurdle imported product faces elsewhere.
Yes. That area's visitor volume and dwell time between venues make it one of the strongest placement opportunities on the Kansas side.
More general questions are answered on the FAQ page.
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Put a Kansas City corner to work
Tell us about your space and we'll be in touch with a traffic assessment, an install plan and the product mix we would run for Kansas City customers.