Answers in Progress

In my last post I listed out a lot of my initial questions that came to mind when I first started looking into the DVD Rental Kiosk industry....

Q: Who maintains the stock?
A: ME - I was pretty sure I would get this answer, but I wanted to be on the safe side and ask. I would be in charge of purchasing the DVDs, and placing them in the machine. New releases are set to hit the street on Tuesdays, so I could go out every Tuesday and load the new movies, or I could put them out sometime sooner and lock them down.

Q: Where do I get the movies?
A: Anywhere I want, but Gordon suggest I check out VPD. DVDNow has a strategic Alliance with Video Production Distributors. VPD is a big company that supplies a large part of the market with DVD's. Their deal with DVDNow is 6% over cost, and a buy back program for any DVD's that do not get sold from the machine.

Q: How long does it take to stock the machines?
A: 5 to 10 minutes

Q: Are there any sample reports I can see?
A: That will come with back end software demo if you become an accepted distributor.

Q: What is the potential income?
A: DVDNow is prohibited by law to make income claims, but after you are accepted as a distributor they can put you in contact with some other distributors who have much more liberty to discuss that type of information. (Here is a link to a blog written by a guy who already has a few machines up and running)

Q: How do I get customer email addresses, so I can do promotions?
A: This cannot be gotten from the machine, but a customer can visit your website to get a receipt, and they are working on a way to offer email subscription for promotional contact.

More to come...