Photo Booth Business

7 Tips For Starting A Successful Photo Booth Business (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own photo booth business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a photo booth business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a photo booth business?
-> Pros and cons of a photo booth business

Need inspiration?

-> Other photo booth business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a photo booth business
-> Photo booth business slogans
-> Photo booth business names

Other resources

-> Profitability of a photo booth business

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a photo booth business:

#1: Brandon Wong, founder of Photobooth Supply Co.:

We chatted with with Brandon, founder of Photobooth Supply Co. ($500K/month). In our interview, Brandon says:

The best of the best fail hundreds of times, and that is how they become masters of their craft.

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#2: Brandon Wong, founder of Photobooth Supply Co.:

We chatted with with Brandon, founder of Photobooth Supply Co. ($500K/month). In our interview, Brandon says:

I’d recommend downloading Sketchup for a hardware product or Sketch for a software product. Use those tools that to make your first round of iterations. It doesn't have to be pretty, but it can communicate more effectively than a napkin sketch or even verbally.

Additionally:

A trade show is like having access to hundreds or thousands of hot leads, all at once, and while every competitor is right next to you.

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#3: Brandon Wong, founder of Photobooth Supply Co.:

We chatted with with Brandon, founder of Photobooth Supply Co. ($500K/month). In our interview, Brandon says:

Make every dollar go towards the customer experience.

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#4: , founder of TapSnap:

We chatted with with Scott, founder of TapSnap ($350K/month). In our interview, Scott says:

Make sure that there’s a real opportunity for you to build a profitable business. Questions that I would ask are - What is going to make you different? Is it a growing industry? To what extent is it futureproof?

Additionally:

One of the lessons that I’ve learned is that what worked for one business won’t necessarily work for the next.

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#5: Josh Pather, founder of Photo Booth International:

We chatted with with Josh, founder of Photo Booth International ($400K/month). In our interview, Josh says:

I learned that you don’t need to go to school to be successful. You just need to be willing to learn from other successful people and invest in courses and programs that will help you grow your business.