Pokémon Vending Machines · Charlotte, NC

Host a Machine

For store owners

Three Steps, and Two of Them Are Ours

Hosting a machine is not a second job. Here is the whole arrangement.

  1. 1

    We handle

    Placement and Stocking

    We deliver the machine, set it up, connect the card reader and load the first run of packs. Nothing to buy and no inventory to carry.

  2. 2

    You handle

    A Wall and an Outlet

    About two feet of floor along a wall, a standard outlet, and the hours you are already open. It runs on its own cell connection, so no WiFi needed. Your staff never touch it.

  3. 3

    You get

    A Cut of Every Rip

    Restocks, repairs and card sourcing stay on us. You take a share of what the machine sells in your store. We agree the split before anything is installed.

Get on the List

Tell us where your store is and we will come look at the space. There is no cost to you, no floor lease and no staff time — we handle delivery, stocking and service.

A Rainey Day Ripz vending machine with a lightning-pattern wrap and a touchscreen showing Pokémon booster packs

The machine

Built to Be Noticed From the Door

A black cabinet wrapped in lightning, lit from the tray, with the dragon on the flank. It sells to people who were not planning to buy anything.

  • Card and contactless payments. Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and Google Pay. No cash to count, no float to manage.
  • A screen that sells while you work. Every pack on the shelf with its price, and a “Collect them all!” attract loop running between customers.
  • Stocked by us, on our schedule. We watch what sells in your location and restock it. You never place an order.
  • Sealed product only. Current sets, sealed from the distributor, priced to move rather than to flip.
  • Every pack in a hard case. Packs ride through the machine in a rigid acrylic holder, so they land mint and the case is the buyer’s to keep.

Machine Host FAQs

What hosting a Rainey Day Ripz machine actually involves — cost, space, restocking, payments, and how the revenue split works.

Nothing. There is no purchase price, no lease and no monthly fee. We own the machine, we own the card inventory, and we cover delivery, installation, restocking and repairs.

What you provide is the space and the electricity. In exchange you take an agreed share of everything the machine sells in your store. We settle on that split in writing before anything is installed, so there are no surprises later.

About two feet of floor along a wall, plus a standard 120V outlet within reach. The cabinet is a free-standing unit, so it does not need mounting, plumbing or any modification to your space. Payments and sales data run over the machine's built-in cell connection, which means no WiFi password to hand over and nothing touching your network.

Placement matters more than square footage. Machines do best in a sightline from the register or the door, where people waiting or walking past will notice them. When we come out to look, we will walk the floor with you and point out the spot most likely to sell.

No. Your team never stocks it, never opens it and never handles money for it. The machine takes card and contactless payments only — Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and Google Pay — so there is no cash to count and no float to manage.

We monitor what sells at your location and come by on our own schedule to restock. If a customer has a problem with a purchase, we handle it directly through our issue report form rather than sending them to your counter.

Anywhere people spend a few minutes on their feet with nothing to do. Convenience and corner stores, barber shops and salons, laundromats, game and hobby stores, gyms, restaurants and cafes all work well.

Waiting time and foot traffic matter more than the category. A barber shop with a steady Saturday queue can outperform a much busier store where nobody stands still. If you are not sure whether your location fits, put it on the waitlist anyway and we will take a look.

Sealed product only, from current sets, sourced through distribution. Nothing is repackaged, resealed or opened before it reaches the machine, and we price to move rather than to flip.

The touchscreen shows every pack on the shelf with its price, so customers see exactly what they are buying before they tap. We adjust the mix based on what actually sells at your location rather than loading every machine the same way.

Something go wrong?

Report an Issue

Machine took your money, dropped the wrong pack, or the product came out damaged? Tell us what happened and we will make it right within one business day.

Want a machine in your Charlotte store?

Get on the List

Tell us where your store is and we will come look. No cost to you, no floor lease, no staff time.