Nothing. You don’t pay us. We pay you.

That’s the direct answer, and it surprises most owners who first hear about claw machine placement, because it runs backward from what they expect. Here’s why it works that way and what the alternatives look like.

Why we pay you instead of the other way around

We own the machines, stock the prizes, carry the insurance, and take on the risk if a machine breaks, gets vandalized, or gets stolen. In exchange, we keep what customers spend playing. Your business gets a flat monthly licensing fee for the floor space, plus whatever the machines add to your customer experience. You’re not buying equipment or taking on a new expense line.

How this compares to buying your own machine

Buying a claw machine outright means you’re the one who owns it, maintains it, restocks prizes, and deals with it when it jams or gets stuck. It can work if running amusement equipment is something you actually want to manage. Most business owners we talk to don’t, which is the entire reason a placement model like this exists.

How this compares to revenue share

Some operators split play revenue with the host instead of paying a flat fee. That model has a real upside: in a strong month, a revenue share could pay a host more than a flat fee does. It also means checking a statement every month and trusting someone else’s numbers on what the machines actually took in.

We default to a flat fee because most owners would rather have a number they can count on than an upside tied to foot traffic they don’t fully control. The fee scales with how many machines you host, so a two-machine setup and an eight-machine arcade zone aren’t priced the same. We don’t publish the specific dollar amounts here since they’re set per agreement, but the structure holds across every placement: predictable, scaled to machine count, and nothing for you to reconcile.

What you’re actually on the hook for

A standard outlet, wifi, and the floor space itself. That’s it. No staff time, no restocking, no service calls unless something looks visibly wrong and you want to flag it.

Next step

If you want actual numbers for your specific space and machine count, that’s a conversation, not a page. Reach out through Partner With Us and we’ll walk your location and give you a real figure.