ShowShiner: Advertising Supported Shoe Shines

By on March 25, 2008 in Biz Ops


In airports, hotels, office buildings and shopping malls all over the country people are on the move. Advertisers, though, like a captive audience. The question of how to stop someone and get them to stand still while you blast them with your advertising message has perplexed even the greatest marketing minds of this century.

ShowShiner’s method is through the shoes. The ShowShiner is a commercial shoe shine machine combined with a high definition LCD display. The machine provides a free automtic shoe polish while it presents a commercial messages from advertisers.

The Showshiner is not a franchise, so there are no royalty fees. Single units start at $8995. According to the company, a golf shoe cleaning ad system is also available.

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