Setting Up an In-Store Card Appraisal Kiosk: Cutting Counter Wait Times from 40 Minutes to 3 Minutes

1. The Saturday Counter Bottleneck

On tournament weekends, your front counter staff is overwhelmed. Answering phone calls, ringing up drinks and packs, checking in tournament players—and then a customer plops down a 400-card trade-in box.

Your staff gets tied up for 40 minutes performing manual lookups. The line backs up, paying customers leave, and stress levels spike.

2. The Customer Self-Service Trade-In Kiosk

Aeethod builds dedicated In-Store Kiosk Modes for iPads and touchscreens stationed at your shop tables:

• Customer Searches & Builds Trade-In: While waiting for their tournament round to start, the customer searches cards on the iPad, selects condition, and builds their trade-in slip.
• Thermal Receipt Ticket: When finished, the kiosk prints a thermal ticket with an intake barcode and preliminary payout total.
• Rapid Counter Drop: The customer hands the box and ticket to staff. Staff scans the barcode, verifies card conditions in 3 minutes, and issues credit on the spot.

Eliminate counter chaos and 10x your trade-in intake volume. Learn more in our Operations Solutions.