Free photocopier on college campuses business idea...

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I'm sure we've all thought about this when we went to school. Free photocopies for college students, with the reverse side of the paper being an advertisment. Apparently someone in Japan started doing just that. If the numbers work there, chances are the numbers may work in the US as well and someone can adapt their business model.

"Tadacopy - How Japanese Entreperneurs Profit From Free Photocopies"

http://www.tadacopy.com/

An innovative Japanese company is offering university students free photocopies. This free love is made possible by printing ads on the back of the copy paper, which is slightly thicker than normal to prevent ads from shining through. For JPY 400,000, advertisers can have their message printed on 10,000 sheets of paper.

Tadacopy machines have been placed at a few dozen campuses, and are a big hit with students. The company was founded by students at the universities of Keio, Chuo and Hosei, who installed the first free copy machine in April of last year.