Own & operate
Own the stations.
Keep the rentals.
Ampz stations rent portable power banks to people whose phones are dying. You buy the stations and place them in venues; we run the app, the payments and the network behind them. Start with one, or build a route across your city.
Questions? Talk to us.
Who does what
The honest division of labour, before you get on a call with anyone.
Ampz handles
- ·The app, the payment rails and the rental software
- ·Power banks — always Ampz property, replaced when they wear out or walk off
- ·Network membership, so a renter can return a bank at any Ampz station anywhere
- ·Remote monitoring, firmware and platform updates
- ·Onboarding: remote setup and training on the machine, the app and the dashboard
- ·The screen: the creative tools to run your own promotions on it
You handle
- ·Buying the hardware, and owning it outright
- ·Finding and signing your venues — you choose them, you approach them, you sign them
- ·What goes on your screen, and any advertiser you sell it to
- ·Local hands: swapping a unit, helping a venue, keeping sites tidy
- ·Your relationship with each venue, including whatever you agree to share with them
One machine, two jobs
You are not just buying a charger
Every station we sell has a screen on the front, and it is lit whenever the station is on. Most owners think about the rentals first. The screen is the part they end up using every week.
01
The rentals
Someone scans, takes a power bank, and is charged for the time they keep it. That is the engine, and it runs whether or not you ever touch the screen.
02
The screen
A lit display at eye level, in a venue full of people, running whatever you tell it to. Promote the venue you are trying to win. Run your own other business on it. Or sell the space to a local advertiser — what you sell on your own screen is yours, all of it.
How to start
Five steps, no mystery
- 01
Talk to us
A short call to work out which model fits — how many stations, where you want them, and what you want to run yourself versus hand to us.
- 02
Choose your model
Own the stations outright and operate them, or have Ampz install and service them for you at your own sites. The structure is set on the call, not from a menu on a webpage.
- 03
Get your stations
Your station arrives with its power banks already installed. We ship anywhere in the US: around Dallas–Fort Worth we deliver in person, and everywhere else goes by ground freight, billed at our carrier’s actual cost for your address.
- 04
Place them in venues
Bars, gyms, salons, clinics, hotels, campuses. A station needs a few square feet and a standard outlet — no construction, no special electrical.
- 05
Track it from your phone
Rentals, returns, battery health and revenue per station, live. Your stations appear on the Ampz map so renters can find and return to them.
Run the numbers before you talk to us
Our earnings calculator is open to everyone — no email required, no form in the way. Change the assumptions, see what a station would do, then decide whether a call is worth your time.
The questions owners actually ask
Do I have to buy a minimum number of stations?
No. You can start with a single station. There is no minimum order.
How does an owner make money?
Two ways from the same machine. First, rentals: someone scans, takes a power bank, and is charged for the time they keep it. Second, the screen: every station we sell has one, it is on whenever the station is on, and your ad content runs on it, scheduled through the Ampz platform, which is also how we keep standards consistent across the network. Your exact economics depend on which station you pick and the deal you strike with each venue.
Who controls what plays on the screen?
You do. It is your hardware and your screen, and we do not sell your screen space over your head. Ad revenue you sell on your own screen is yours, all of it: Ampz does not take a share and does not track it. Ads run through the Ampz platform, we approve content to keep standards consistent across the network, and two slots stay reserved for the venue’s own promotions.
Do I pay anything when a station is sitting in my garage?
No. Ongoing platform fees start only when a station goes live in a venue. Idle stations, stations in transit and stations in storage cost you nothing.
Is it hard to get a venue to say yes?
It is a straightforward conversation: the venue gets an amenity their customers ask for, without buying anything or staffing it. Which venues you approach and what you offer them is entirely yours to decide — we can explain how placements are usually structured, but we do not pick your sites and we do not introduce you to venues.
Who sets the rental price?
You do. You set the rental price for your stations through the Ampz platform.
What happens if a customer never returns a power bank?
You set the non-return charge through the platform, and Ampz recommends $30 to $45. If a customer keeps a bank, the card on file is charged, Ampz collects it as merchant of record, and it counts as your rental revenue. Banks stay Ampz property throughout.
How is card processing handled?
Ampz collects every rental, then deducts card-processing fees at the processor’s cost, along with refunds, chargebacks and sales tax, before paying you. Every deduction is itemised on your monthly statement. We never deduct Ampz’s own internal costs.
Is there a minimum term or a cancellation fee?
No. There is no minimum term and no cancellation fee. Either side can close the account on 30 days’ notice. You keep your stations; the power banks come back to us within 30 days or are paid at replacement value.
Do the stations need the venue’s wifi?
No. Stations connect over their own built-in cellular connection. Wifi is a fallback, not a requirement — that removes the IT conversation from your venue pitch entirely.
Does the hardware need Ampz to work?
Yes, and we would rather say so plainly: an Ampz station runs on the Ampz platform. You own the hardware and can sell it, but it needs an active plan to operate, and the power banks remain Ampz property. Continuity, not lock-in for its own sake — a station that changes hands keeps working.
I am not in Texas. Can you ship to me?
Yes. We ship anywhere in the US. The station arrives with its power banks already installed, so it is one shipment and it works the day it lands. Shipping is billed at our carrier’s actual cost for your address and collected with the machine, and we confirm the exact figure before you pay anything.
Where can I do this?
Anywhere in the US. We started in Dallas–Fort Worth, so that is where density is highest today, but there is no waitlist and no service area — we will talk through your market on the call.
Start here
Request a call
Tell us how to reach you and roughly what you have in mind. We will call within one business day and talk through the models, the economics and what placement looks like in your area.