Capsule Dock
Turn three square metres
into an unstaffed store.
Capsule Dock is not simply a capsule-toy machine. It is a cashless machine built for venues: it takes 21 payment methods, records every sale as it happens, and arrives, gets installed and gets taken away by us.
21 ways to pay
Including the wallets that visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines already carry. For an inbound audience, this is usually the difference between a sale and a shrug.
- PayPay
- d払い
- Rakuten Pay
- au PAY
- WeChat Pay
- Alipay
- AlipayHK
- Kakao Pay
- JKOPAY
- TrueMoney
- Touch 'n Go
- GCash
- UnionPay
- PayPal
- merpay
- AEON Pay
- atone
- paidy
- Credit cards
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
The list is updated as we add methods.
What changes when the coin goes away
Not only the payment method.
| A standard coin-operated machine | Capsule Dock | |
|---|---|---|
| Payment | 100-yen coins only. A jammed coin stops the machine. | 21 cashless methods, including QR wallets and cards. |
| What the visitor needs | Coins, and somewhere to get change. | A phone. Nobody gives up for want of a coin. |
| Price points | Tied to the number of coins. Hard to go above a low price. | ¥777, ¥1,500, ¥1,980 — or far higher — are all possible. |
| Sales data | You learn the total when you empty the machine. | What sold, and when, is recorded as it happens. |
| Handling cash | Refilling, collecting and counting. Cash sits inside the machine. | No cash in the machine. No collection round, no theft risk. |
| What happens next | The sale ends at the machine. | It can be tied to a campaign — one free play with a purchase over a threshold, for example. |
Where it earns its space
Stadiums and arenas
Already running at professional football and basketball clubs in Japan. Gives people something to do before kick-off and between innings, and pulls traffic along the concourse.
Shopping centres
A draw for weekend events, a way to move visitors between floors, and an alternative to a stamp rally that actually produces revenue.
IP events and live shows
Venue-only merchandise for anime, games and artists, or a members-only reward for turning up.
Brand activations
A hook on an exhibition stand, a product-launch campaign, or a prize mechanic that people queue for.
Three ways to run it
Which one fits depends on where the machines go and how you want to sell. Rental can start with no upfront cost; we will quote once we know the venue, the dates and the number of machines.
From a single day
For a space you have borrowed: a one-day activation, or a machine that stays for the whole run. No limit on the number of days. We can handle delivery, setup and staffing on the day.
In a space you control
For a venue, store or facility of your own. We place the machines and keep them stocked. You provide the floor space.
Machines of your own
For operators who want to own the hardware and run it themselves, with our platform behind it.