Global First In Temporary Tattoo Vending Takes Bangkok by Storm
After 2 years of amazing the Australian public with the innovative, world first, ‘tap & go’ temporary tattoo vending machine, the team at Tattoo Vending Shop has gone international with the launch of their best-in-class concept at the ASEAN Self-Service Vending Machine and Facilities Expo which was held from 24-26 October 2024 in Bangkok
The inventor of the first temporary tattoo vending machine tattoo shop is not new to the industry. As Managing Director of the Tattoo Vending Shop, Damian Lewis started his first temporary tattoo vending business in Bulgaria in 2008 and brought the concept of mechanically operated tattoo vending machines to Eastern Europe. This business flourished and continues to be a market leader in mechanical tattoo vending machines in this market to this day.
The temporary tattoo vending industry has been around for approximately 20 years. Up until the invention of the technology driven, cashless, temporary tattoo vending machine from the Tattoo Vending Shop, all temporary tattoo machine vending was mechanical. Very similar to the current gumball machines, which use a twist mechanism.
Designed by German engineers and using Australian design and ingenuity, the final machine took over 12 months of development and factory testing to get to a stage where it could provide stability and user friendliness for the Australian market.
Testing and Operation of Tattoo Vending Machine in Markets
After the release, market testing and operation at leading Australian shopping centres, it was found that the income from Temporary Tattoo Vending Machines throughout Australia was 70% or more from tap and go transactions than cash or coins. This made the current model of a cash-based machine obsolete, or certainly in a declining market.
Taking this into account the temporary tattoo machine was designed to take all forms of payment, electronic or fiat currency. A machine that can be designed and tailored for all countries. Not the just the machine, but the tattoos as well.
With the global temporary tattoo market turnover valued at over US $1bn per annum, the market has been waiting for the next development in this rapidly growing segment in the vending industry. Currently, there are no other manufacturers of a tap and go, temporary tattoo, sticker and collectable card vending machine anywhere in the world.
This situation will change in the coming 12 months. The strength of the Tattoo Vending Shop model is that no other operator globally can boast such a strong track record of development, production, market testing than the team at the Tattoo Vending Shop. We are currently the market innovators and leaders. We have no competitors.
Additionally, not only can the machines and display video be tailored to any individual market, the tattoos can be as well. This makes the machine ideal for any number of locations including; shopping centres, amusement parks, tourist destinations, festivals, sports stadiums, airports and countless other destinations.
In terms of the Bangkok exhibition, not only did the team give away hundreds of free tattoos and put many smiling faces on children and adults alike with the free application of the tattoos on-site. It gave the whole expo an injection of fun seeing so many children and adults walking around with temporary tattoos on their arms.
As one of the most visited stands at the exhibition, the team was delighted with the response from the public and vending operators globally. So much so, that most of the tattoos ran out of stock and a number of countries have come on board to join the Tattoo Vending Shop team and bring this innovative new concept to their homeland.
With the rapid expansion of the business, the team at the Tattoo Vending Shop is now moving beyond the South East Asia market and are now in talks with leading vending operators in the United States and Europe. The goal is national distributorships, not individual sales of machines. Exclusive regions are beings snapped up quickly and this has really given the team at the Tattoo Vending Shop much joy, as they see the global expansion as the realization of a dream. To become the world’s largest suppliers of temporary tattoos and temporary tattoo vending machines.
Conclusion
With more expos lined up for next year and a global roadshow rolling out, the Tattoo Vending Shop is in-line with their goal of becoming the world’s largest temporary tattoo vending store and having the first and currently only tap and go temporary tattoo, sticker and collectable card vending machine in the world that accepts QR codes, Wipay, Alipay, Applepay, Visa, Mastercard, cash and coins, and is ensuring their market leading position remains.
Reach out to the friendly team at Tattoo Vending Shop if you want to join us on this amazing ride. Stay tuned for more updates. https://www.tattoovendingshop.com/faq
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