Free Tips for Your Successful Internet Café Business
Control Internet Café usage with cloud-managed tools from Antamedia
Free Tips for Your Successful Internet Café Business
What is Internet Cafe ?
Internet Cafe, often called Cyber Cafe, is a place that offers customers hi-speed internet access, other computer services and variety of PC games. It deals with internet time that a customer buys and it can be sold per hour or minute and sometimes longer.
Internet Cafe is the most popular in the world of business people, travelers and tourists, but it also finds good and frequent customers in teenagers and adults who spend a lot of time playing computer games. This place is simply a must for webmail, instant messaging and the best way to keep in touch both in private and professional field.
Internet Café is a place where food and drinks are also usually served.
Internet Cafe Equipment – Necessary and Additional
Setting up of Internet (Cyber) Cafe and the cost of it depends on a number of client computers and services you plan to offer to your customers.
To start Internet Cafe business, you will need:
• Internet connection (ADSL, Cable, etc.),
• Client computers and optional game consoles
• Networking hardware
• Optional compatible WiFi access points or gateway if you plan to control guest WiFi with Antamedia Cloud WiFi
For Internet Cafes that offers only Internet access office programs there is no need to buy very expensive computers. However, if you attempt to offer computer gaming, it is largely recommended to buy high-end graphic cards and processors.
In the most cases networking hardware is not very expensive, however everything depends on a type of network.If you plan to have wired network type, switch or router, and networking cables will be necessary. If you plan wireless network you will need to have wireless access point or router and wireless network cards for your client computers. Of course, if required, you can make a combination of wired and wireless network.
Controlling Computers
Alongside hardware, we strongly recommend managing your café with Antamedia Cloud Station, part of the Antamedia Cloud Platform that also includes Cloud WiFi, Digital Guide, and CRM.
It is the successor to Internet Cafe software, which has been the leading café-management solution for more than two decades.
Cloud Station is a cloud-managed solution designed for Internet Cafés, gaming lounges, school labs, libraries, and information kiosks. Controls PCs and game consoles from a web portal, with no local server install required.
What Cloud Station does for you:
Two operating modes
Café Mode times and bills PC or console sessions, supports accounts and pre-paid tickets, and applies usage limits.
Kiosk Mode locks down public PCs with a secure browser, blocks system access, auto-cleans between users, and shows only allowed apps or websites.
Central control from the cloud
Start, pause, or stop sessions, apply price plans, set time and data limits, and view activity from a single dashboard.
Smart power and remote actions
Tuya smart integration lets you remotely power devices, turn stations on or off, or schedule shutdowns to cut energy costs.
Account, ticketing, and access
Sell time with pre-paid tickets, create member accounts with special pricing, or use post-paid tabs for regulars.
Reporting and Antamedia Cloud platform integration
Track usage and revenue, export data, and connect with other Antamedia services. If you also need captive portal, splash pages, WiFi ads, or payments on guest WiFi, use Cloud WiFi. Both services work side by side under the same platform login.
Using Cloud Station only
PCs or consoles with internet access and your Tuya smart devices for power control.
Managed entirely from the web portal.
No on-premises server required.
Using Cloud WiFi
Compatible access points or a supported gateway are required to deliver captive portal, splash pages, WiFi marketing, and payment features.
Using both together
Run Cloud Station for PCs and consoles, and Cloud WiFi for guest WiFi. Policies and branding stay consistent, and reports can be managed from one Antamedia account.
Signup for a Free trial
Signup for a free 15 day trial and test Antamedia Cloud platform. Connect your APs, routers & controllers to our Cloud WiFi system and start managing your WiFi from any device.
Our techs are on standby, available to help you setup all features according to your needs, and then leave it for your customization. You can setup how your splash pages will look like, change logo and background, and choose how customers will login.
Cloud solution controls user Internet access, sets limits, processes payments, engages users with wifi advertisements, provides powerful analytics and helps you run different marketing strategies to maximize revenue from your WiFi.
Did You Know?
The concept and name, Cybercafé, was invented at the beginning of 1994 by Ivan Pope. Having a duty to organize an Internet event for an arts weekend at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, Pope wrote a special proposal giving the idea of a café with Internet access from the tables.
Cafe `Cyberia` started Internet cafe history. It was opened in London on September 1st, 1994. The founder of the first Internet cafe, Eva Pascoe, was working on her PhD at the time when she got the idea to connect sipping coffee at one of coffee shops near the City University of London and web surfing.
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