Front Desk USA

How I Built A $10K/Month Visitor Guide Map Business

August 10th, 2019
Tom Shott
Founder, Front Desk USA
$10K
revenue/mo
3
Founders
9
Employees
Front Desk USA
from North Wroughton, England, United Kingdom
started December 1998
$10,000
revenue/mo
3
Founders
9
Employees
market size
$540B
avg revenue (monthly)
$74.7K
starting costs
$18K
gross margin
90%
time to build
270 days
growth channels
Word of mouth
business model
Subscriptions & Memberships
best tools
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
40 Pros & Cons
tips
18 Tips
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productivity
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hi Guys. My name is Tom Shott and I am the owner of Front Desk USA.

I bought Front Desk USA from a retiring hospitality map guide publisher in 2001. At that time the company was only in Texas. Since then we have expanded the maps to over 100 and created a mobile version with exclusive content to specific map areas.

Front Desk USA is a full color customized map publication distributed at no charge to the hospitality (hotels) industry. With over 1,000 hotels currently using Front Desk USA maps nationwide and tens of thousands being viewed by hotel guests each day, Front Desk USA is the, “go-to” visitor information guide for hotels.

Front Desk USA maps is a unique business opportunity that operates primarily in the hospitality industry. Hotels love our maps because their guests need local information that is important to their visit. Restaurants love our maps because marketing directly to the hundreds of hotel guests each night is good for the bottom line. We rely on local representatives/publishers to promote the map, distribute the map and find sponsors for the mobile guide and printed versions of a larger map in specific areas....

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