Piso Net has been making quite a buzz in the metro since early 2010, but it’s not only until recently that the enterprise got the attention of business-minded folks. So what is Piso Net and how are things from a business standpoint? Is it really a viable source of extra income? YugaTech investigates.
Piso Net is basically a merge of PC rental and Arcade rental services wherein customers can pay the services by inserting coins to the machine. The rate is typically 4mins/peso which also amounts to the typical Internet Café rate of Php15/hr. This rate can be tweaked higher or lower either to be more competitive and entice customers or gain more income by decreasing the minutes/peso.
So if there’s not much difference in pricing, what is the advantage of Piso Net over traditional Internet Cafes? Well some internet cafés have a fixed rates and minimum minutes of usage, this makes for not-so ideal scenario for budget-conscious Pinoys. And although the rate is the same, Piso Net offers a much flexible alternative that most internet cafes don’t and that is to have more control on how much time and money a customer is willing to spend at a given time.
The setup is rather simple with the bare PC parts are inside a wooden box similar to that of an Arcade machine or Videoke machine. Much like the Arcade machine, it is activated by inserting coin/s which triggers the machine. Once the time is consumed, the machine cuts off the display and will resume when a coin is inserted. The bottom wooden part inside the machine has a carved hole to collect the coins.
Now that you have a better perspective of how it works, let’s delve in to the business side of things. PC Express is one of the known providers of Piso Net machines. They offer a variety of configurations pegged at different price points.
Here are the available configurations on their website.
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz dual-core
120GB/250GB IDE HDD
4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
NVidia GT430 1Gb DDR3 VRAM
18.5†BenQ LED Monitor
Creative 2W speakers
Php23,995
Intel Pentium dual-core G620 2.60GHz
120GB/250GB IDE HDD
4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 VRAM
18.5†BenQ LED Monitor
Creative 2W speakers
Php21,495
There are also other providers who offer the same configuration for a cheaper price. Depending on your market, which is most of the time your neighbors, you can choose a configuration that suits your market’s needs (internet, gaming and/or document editing). Needless to say that gauging your market and choosing the right configuration is crucial to the success of the business and the amount of time to spend to return the investment.
We did some research on how things are going on a revenue standpoint. We interviewed a housewife married to an OFW who runs a 3 Piso Net units business for little over six months now. She got it for Php20,000 apiece and placed it in small space inside their house. According to her the monthly revenue averages at Php17,000/mo. If we break down on a per week and per day, the revenues averages at Php4,265 and Php610 respectively. So a Piso Net unit generates more or less Php5,600/month, Php1,410/week and Php200 a day. This revenue is based on 16×7 operation on a not-so developed areas.
In terms of cost of operation, she said that the 3 units’ electricity consumption amounts to Php2,700/month and Php1,000 for the internet service. Since she’s not paying for the location, the total cost of operation only sums to Php3,700/month. So if we deduct the TCO from the monthly average revenue (17,000 – 3,700), you’d have an average net revenue of Php13,300/month. At this pace, the turnaround for the return of investment is only 5 months.
Another benefit of Piso Net is that it requires less effort to maintain unlike with Internet Cafes. All the personnel need to do is to make sure that he/she has more than enough stock of 1 peso coins and units are pretty much on auto-pilot. I only wish that the future iteration of the machine supports coin amounts bigger than a Peso because it can be a pain in the neck to drop a coin every now and then.
So is the Piso Net a lucrative business? Given the breakdown of revenue and the right circumstances, yes we think it is a viable source of extra income. But in any business there will be potential drawbacks, we’d like to hear your thoughts on what are the potential disadvantages of running a Piso Net business.
anyone think these as fire hazard equipments?
look how they mount the motherboard,hard drives and PSU on the wood?
No USB support in this pisonet system…
may USB support naman, depende sa may-ari o sa technician kung lalagyan nila.
i realy dont see the reason why pisonet owners need to put an i3 or a multi core processor a huge ram and a big capacity HDD in a pisonet system. most of the customers are just kids who play simple games that a single core can handle. browsing youtube and facebook does not need a rocket science PC.
Ok din ang piso net pero dapat di kailangan mataas ang SPECS para sa pisonet mostly piso net user yung mga gagamit lang mababa sa isang oras, kadalasan kung mas mataas pa dun di sa net cafe kana may promo pa minsan… isa pa browsing lang naman ang ginagawa ng mga user nyan pag games kasi kadalasan matagal sila gumamit….
Kung kukuha man ako ng Pisonet yung mababa lang ang specs para mas mura dagdag kita din yan sa mga may net cafe na para kung di afford ng costumer ang 1hr/P15 makakagamit padin sia sa pisonet…
gudam joey.. wag mababang specs kasi ang mga player puro heavy games ang nilalaro.. you need to satisfy din the customer kasi kapag adik sa laro ang player, maghahatak din cia ng customer.. promise tubong lugaw naman kaya pag coins out masisiyahan ka..
hindi rin totoo ang resulta ng pisonet. meron akong 3 unit. ang mga problema ko kadalasan ay: baradong coin slot kasi yung piso baliko, tapos nasusundot, heavy maintenance at kapag di ka mraunong sa troubleshooting, kawawa ka sa mga technicians. babanatan ka nila sa presyo. at kapag depressed area ang napaglagyan mo. may tendency na mahirapan kang makakuha ng magandang internet.
kahit Pentium 4 na s478 pwede na sa pisonet lalo na kung counter strike at FB lang tapos onboard mo na lahat. nag uuto lang yan mga PC store para pagkakitaan ka
Good Day Sir. Interisado po ako mag karuon ganyang klase ng piso net pwede po ba malaman kung ano po ang contact no. nyo? salamat po.
where po location n’yo? sa internet shop ko improvised pisonet set up ginawa ko.
Nakatipid ako from cost of materials.
ako din po interested magkaron ng ganyang bisnes..asap..may pwesto na ako..net connection din..please reply..
aron says:
December 12, 2012 at 2:15 pm
ako din po interested magkaron ng ganyang bisnes..asap..may pwesto na ako..net connection din..please reply..
I have improvised piso net can you post here your email… i-sesend ko po image piso net sa inyo…
Hi, interested po ako to start my own. Anybody who can send in ideas or quotations from pisonet manufacturers or improvised pisonets, like the one of Eme?
Thank you!
Wis says:
January 8, 2013 at 10:43 pm
Hi, interested po ako to start my own. Anybody who can send in ideas or quotations from pisonet manufacturers or improvised pisonets, like the one of Eme?
Thank you!
Hi Wis,
I can give you idea of my improvised pisonet here is my cell# 09463066091
Eme
ang PLDT nag-oofer na ng ganyang business. cyberya ang tawag nila ka-tie up nila ang PC Express at Intel. P16,000 ang price ng mga unit nila.
i am interested in setting up a peso net business
are your units available in terms my capital is somewhat short for the moment
Hi molrak,
I suggest start ka muna isang pc…see photo on FB
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
fbid=263330057130947&set=pb.100003618652142.-2207520000.1358299991&type=3&theater
how much do you think in one unit earn (average in one month?)
My biz started when I saw an old printer and a scanner onn my sister haus which she doesn’t used. From that two pieces of device came in my mind the thoughts of why not try setting up a small internet shop. First thing I did was I bought 1 used pc from a surplus and put it up on my place. I installed no games (like dota) just pure internet only and I posted on the wall outside of my haus, “Available Here: Internet 12/hr”.
On the 1st month of operation income was very minimal 30-50pesos/day. On the second month I add 1 pc I borrowed from my sister and the income makes double. Neighbors are most of my customers and for the six months, students begin to arrive one by one then eventually into groups.
Because of my not so pricey rate of services (internet, document print, typing job, photo print, scan) and good handling of customers some of them became regular on my shop. And through the word of mouth more high-school and college students make their research and assignments on my two pc right after school.
I invest all of my savings on my first year. Now for almost 2 yrs, I got 7 pc, (still running in good condition) 1 laptop, 2 scanners, two printers and a laminating machine. I have 6 and a half/week and 16hrs/day of operation. Gross income- 13k-15k a month.
Seeing new customers coming everyday really makes my day, they enjoy inserting coin on my improvised piso-net box. I’m planning to add more unit.
nako! delikado ito, mapasukan at iihian lang ng Daga at Ipis ito sira na agad. dapat merong casing.
magkano unit ng pisonet, interesDO AKO, my number is 09178071490,
May i ask, if the owner cannot attend the shop personally , or hires someone to man the shop, paano po malaman kung magkano ang total sales for that day? Is there a machine that would count how many piso wer drop for that day
pisonet is a really good business, espcially sa mga public places.. kaylangan mataas ang specs kasi kahit bata naglalaro, marurunong din.. lalo na sa tondo area, lahat ng player namimili ng mga heavy games, pano kung mababa ang specs , sa iba sila pupunta.. kahit naman gastusan ng malaki ang isang unit.. tubong lugaw naman ito.. tulad sakin, i have 6 pisonet, sa bakod lang namin nilagay para walang monthly rental sa space, bill ko sa kuryente 3600 kasama na gamit sa bahay, pldt bill is 3700.. up to five mbps kasi kinuha ko para kahit mag crossfire di nag la log ang youtube .. coins out ko every 15 days.. 12000…take note two weeks pa lang po yan.. kaya mganda po tlga tong business na toh…
panu magkron ng businessn ganyan ang alamko kc pwedeng mag rent ng units hati s kita?
ang PLDT nag-ooffer na ng ganito cyberya ang tawag nila. P16,000 ang budget ka-tie up nila ang PC Express at Intel dito.
ate interesado ako how? 09159514479txt me nmn at pakilala k tnx
ang PLDT nag-ooffer na ng ganito cyberya ang tawag nila. P16,000 ang budget ka-tie up nila ang PC Express at Intel dito.
Meron b kaung mga list ng pisonet games jn?
Bakit di nalang gamitan ng HANDYCAFE internet management software? Pareho lang namn, libre pa, mas flexible pa, pwede mong i time kung hanggang ilang minuto lang gusto nila.. makikita mo pa sa server kung ano pinaggawa nila secretly.. pwede mo i reboot, shutdown kung nag bbrowse sila ng porno or what.. for me dagdag lang to sa maintainance, pro kung bibilin mo buong unit na meron na nyan ok lang siguro, pro kung may unit kana palagyan mo nyan its just a waste of money…
ang problema kasi bro panu kung wala yung may-ari, tulad ko na nagoopisina. di mo matutukan ang shop mo. eh kung pisonet ang negosyo mo. pag nag-coins out dun mo makikita magkano ang kinita. at sa experience ko di nadadaya ang oras ko unlike sa malalaking shop. di ko kelangan mamroblema kung dinadaya ako ng bantay ko. at di ko kelangan maglagay ng CCTV para lang makita ko ginagawa nila.