What is the most profitable business in Paintball?

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  • luke
    lukescustoms.com

    • Jan 2001
    • 8215

    #1

    What is the most profitable business in Paintball?

    A question for those who know......
    Where would one make the best money in the Paintball industry?
    Manufacturing
    Retail
    Retail w/field?
  • irbodden
    Registered User
    • Dec 2000
    • 3413

    #2
    I am assuming companies like WGP and WDP are some of the most profitable in the bussiness.

    Small manufacturers and fields make next to nothing, I know alot of the fields I played at back home, the owners have lost money running it since before they can remember..

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    • kosmo
      KaPTaiN KeNNy
      • Dec 2000
      • 1642

      #3
      Real Estate
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      • Bolter
        Hardcore casual
        • May 2003
        • 1223

        #4
        McDonalds burger cartons.
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        • booyah
          Registered User
          • May 2001
          • 324

          #5
          scenario feild owners.

          i was talking to the guy who owns hell survivors in MI... at the monster game they raked in a profit of nearly 500k.

          they own the land, they had 5k people there(20 bucks ahead) they had a 40 dollar per case paint profit (60 bucks for a case of zap) and the fills were a HUGE profit since they own the compressors... a fill card was 25 bucks for about 5 good fills...

          they run scenario and big games all the time and make a bundle

          do the math, say half the folks who paid entry bought paint (2500*40=100,000) where they really average over a case per player plus the entry (5000*20=100,000) plus camping fees for folks who stay on their land (like 50 a head)
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          • manike
            INCEPTIONDESIGNS.COM

            • Jan 2001
            • 3820

            #6
            Paint.

            Manufacturing and selling.
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            • tony3
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              • Feb 2003
              • 3740

              #7
              I do know, last june, challenge park had over 200k booked in private games

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              • luke
                lukescustoms.com

                • Jan 2001
                • 8215

                #8
                Manike,
                In reguard to paint sells, is it from the manufacturing or retail point of view?
                Also, in what order would you put the three I listed?

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                • Kevmaster
                  Owners Group Div: Director
                  • Oct 2001
                  • 5475

                  #9
                  after working in it for a year and a half. two groups get screwed: Fields, Manufacturers. ONE Group gets money: DISTRIBUTOR. National Paintball, PMI/RPS. The guys who sell to all the fields make the money.

                  Exception though, is that the largest company is likely Brass Eagle, although nobody else publishes their financials, I cant believe NPS posts net profits around $10M per year

                  But as Tom always says, dont get into the business to make money, you wont

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                  • fcpchop
                    Registered User
                    • Nov 2002
                    • 1968

                    #10
                    it kinda sux that TK doesn't make so much money like other paintball companys exspecialy since he has the best company
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                    • Kevmaster
                      Owners Group Div: Director
                      • Oct 2001
                      • 5475

                      #11
                      oh..of your three:

                      manufacturers
                      store w/ field
                      store

                      stores alone dont make money for the most part, as most of the money comes from paint sales...and most fields are going byop

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                      • BajaBoy
                        Registered User
                        • Jun 2002
                        • 2158

                        #12
                        Paint and Big fields. (Aka Skirmish usa is swimming in the money)
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                        • Fred
                          AO Zealot
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 2624

                          #13
                          gotta be the distributor, then the paint makers...

                          you might do ok if you can get enough customers at a store, but you won't make it big unless you can also have a successful field.

                          Even Exotic Sportz had to close one shop IIRC, and they own Hell Survivors.
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                          • magman007
                            I <3 my Penis
                            • Jun 2001
                            • 7579

                            #14
                            2 biggest moneymakers are Barrels, and Paint. Those bring in the most money.


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                            • snoogans
                              snootch.2.the.nootch
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 1268

                              #15
                              I'd have to say tanks, like nitro and co2 because you absolutely have to use them so the demand is high. that's why they are usually pretty expensive.

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