The massage chair industry is just like real estate in that location is indeed everything. I've also been in the business part-time for about 1.5 years now. I currently have 6 chairs that do well considering that my ROI is almost complete. I had to move my chairs around a few times to find a few good locations but since my last move they've done well. My goal is to bring home $100 per chair, per month & I usually make more, depending on the month. My route takes up most of the day but it's only once per month. Industry standard is pretty much 50/50 so you get 1/2 the money. You need to be half way mechanically inclined in case you run into any problems. So far I've had to replace a bill collector (not hard) and replace a drive shaft after a few months (very unusual, I think) The drive shaft took some time to figure out & thankfully a mechanic just so happened to be at the store that day. Bills get stuck from time to time but there will always be some kind of maintenance issues when dealing with vending prodcuts. Compared to drink/food machines which require inventory & stocking time, it's a no brainer. I would like to say that I bought my chairs from thebackmassager & the owner has been pretty good to me so far. Whenever I needed a part or advice he has always been willing to help ASAP. I initially got in touch with the backrubber but was competely turned off by one of the salesmen there. I can't remember his name but he was extremely rude & completely unprofessional. I told the owner about everything & he was relly nice but he kept saying that was just his salesman's personality. Well, I don't know about everyone else but if one of my employees was causing me to lose potential customers, they'd be shown the door real quick. So, I decided to go with the backmassager & I'm glad I did. If you decide to buy some chairs, save yourself the trouble/time and go with the backmassager. You'll be glad you did. Start small & go large. By the way, I'm not affiliated with either company, just telling my story.