Profit Calculator: What Your 360 Photo Booth Really Makes
Enter your own numbers and see how many events it takes to pay back your booth, what each event leaves you and what a full year could look like.
- Starting values from our cost guides
- Snap360 software price preloaded
- Every number is editable
Your Numbers, Your Break-Even
Move a slider or type a figure: the result updates as you go.
Your Numbers
Your Results
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- In which month do you recover the booth?Your exact break-even point
- 24-month chartCumulative profit, month by month
- Profit per month, per year and in year oneWith your fixed costs already deducted
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How the Calculator Works
It does the same arithmetic as our break-even guide, with your numbers instead of ours.
Profit per Event
Your price minus that event's costs: travel and consumables, plus paid helpers multiplied by the hours of service.
Events to Pay Back
The equipment investment divided by the profit per event, rounded up, because a partial event recovers nothing.
Profit per Month and Year
Profit per event times your events per month, minus fixed costs such as software and insurance. Times twelve gives the year.
Months to Pay Back
The investment divided by the monthly profit. It already counts fixed costs, so it is the honest number to plan with.
Where the Starting Values Come From
They are public US figures from our cost guides, in dollars, from companies that sell software to this business. Treat them as a starting point and replace them with your own prices and costs.
| Input | Starting value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Booth and equipment cost | $7,000 | Low end of the $7,000 to $10,000 full setup that Reservety cites, also the setup in our worked example. |
| Price you charge per event | $830 | Average revenue per 360 booking published by Check Cherry, from our break-even guide. |
| Hours per event | 3 | Middle of the 2 to 4 hour service in our pricing guide. |
| Paid helpers per event | 0 | No published figure: you running the booth yourself. |
| Pay per helper per hour | $0 | No published figure: enter what you pay. |
| Travel and other costs per event | $100 | Per-event costs used in our worked example. |
| Events per month | 2 | The slower pace in our break-even guide (it also uses 4). |
| Software per month | $31.99 · €24.99 | Monthly price of the Snap360 PRO plan from our prices page, before tax. |
| Insurance and other fixed costs per month | $25 | $300 a year of event liability insurance, the low end in our setup cost guide. |
With these values the booth pays back in 10 events, the same result as our break-even table. Not included: income tax, VAT or sales tax, equipment depreciation and your own time, unless you add them as a cost.
Questions About 360 Booth Profit
How Do I Calculate 360 Photo Booth Profit?
Profit per event is your price minus that event's costs: travel, consumables and paid helpers. Multiply it by your events per month and subtract fixed costs such as software and insurance to get your monthly profit. Twelve months give the yearly figure, before tax.
How Many Events Does It Take to Pay Back a 360 Photo Booth?
Divide your equipment investment by your profit per event and round up. With the starting values ($7,000 of equipment, $830 per event and $100 of costs per event) it takes 10 events. Reservety's guide cites 6 to 10 events for a 360 in the US.
Where Do the Starting Values Come From?
From the public US figures in our cost guides: Reservety for the setup and the insurance, Check Cherry for the average 360 booking and our own worked example for per-event costs. They are a starting point, not a forecast: replace them with your own prices and costs.
Is the Software Cost Included?
Yes. The software line is preloaded with the monthly price of the Snap360 PRO plan, before tax. You can change it, or set it to 0 while you test on the Free Plan.
Is the Result Before or After Tax?
Before tax. The calculator does not include income tax, VAT or sales tax, equipment depreciation or your own time unless you add them as a cost.
Can I Use It in Euros?
Yes. Switch the currency to euros and the software line takes the Snap360 PRO monthly price in euros. The other starting values are US figures in dollars, so replace them with your own.
Try the Software Before You Spend on Equipment
Snap360App starts with a Free Plan, with no card and no time limit: test every capture mode before your first booking, then choose PRO when you are ready to deliver.
