Mini TCG: Compact Trading Card Vending Machine | VTM

The Mini TCG is $2,850: the Mini Wall chassis fitted with 22mm precision coils for trading card packs. Included: the Nayax VPOS Touch reader, Wi-Fi receiver and antenna, VTM Software free for 3 months, onboarding, a 1-year warranty, and a 30-day return window. Acrylic top-loader cases are sold separately; wraps are optional add-ons from $215.

Well-placed machines commonly run $1,000 to $1,500+ per month, and top locations run well beyond that; treat those as top-tier results rather than the baseline. The best performing placements are family entertainment centers, arcades, grocery stores, bowling alleys, and convenience stores. Margins run 40 to 50%. Pricing formula: pack cost x 1.2 + $5, rounded up, so a $10 booster vends at $17, roughly $7 to $8 profit per pack. Payback is roughly 3 to 6 months at baseline volume.

120 booster packs across 8 aisles (15 per aisle) on 22mm coils, each pack riding in an acrylic top-loader case. At 21.6" x 33.3" it fits card shops, game stores, barbershops, and gas stations without eating floor space.

Yes. Loose booster packs are too thin and flexible to feed reliably through a coil, so each pack rides in a rigid acrylic case that vends cleanly and lands in mint condition. Our cases are sized to the 22mm coil pitch; generic top loaders vary in thickness, which is where jams come from. Customers keep the case, which they read as added value.

Our wholesale store, vendingwholesale.com, carries machine-ready sealed English boosters across 25+ SKUs at operator pricing, shipped from Cleveland. You are never locked in: the machine vends any authentic booster pack, so source wherever the deal is best.

No; both are too large for coil vending. For a bigger-ticket slot, Pokemon mini tins vend from 50mm coils, and operator-made premium mystery packs or high-value singles in a top loader fit any machine. Single packs at $15 to $21 are the core business: impulse buys with far higher margin per dollar of inventory.

Yes: sports cards, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Lorcana, any standard pack in the same top-loader cases on the same 22mm coils. Each aisle gets its own image and price, so a mixed menu is a normal setup.

No. Trading cards are unregulated and not age gated: no ID hardware, no licensing, no placement restrictions. One rule: do not put Pokemon logos, characters, or "official" language on the machine or marketing; the category is not licensed to independent operators. Generic card-themed wraps are available from $215.

Nayax: $9.99 per month for cellular connectivity plus 3.5% + $0.20 per transaction. VTM Software: $29 per month starting month 4, first 3 months free. No revenue share.

Everything a traditional POS would accept: magstripe, tap to pay, EMV chip insert, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and all major credit cards, through the built-in Nayax VPOS Touch reader.

Sales deposit directly to your bank account on a weekly cycle. Nayax processes every sale and deposits your net revenue, sales minus card fees, into the account you connect during onboarding; deposits land Friday mornings and cover the prior Friday through Thursday week. You track every sale in real time in the VTM dashboard, and VTM never touches your money.

Nothing gets charged. Every machine has an electronic infrared drop sensor: if a payment is approved but no product is detected dropping into the pickup door, the transaction is cancelled automatically. If a customer receives a defective product, that refund is handled by you as the operator, right in the Nayax mobile app MOMA.

A 1-year comprehensive warranty covering parts, electronics, software, and the card reader. Returns: 30 days, unused, 10% restocking fee, return freight at your cost.