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  "name": "Dark Pro Shops",
  "alternateName": "Smart Racket Rental",
  "url": "https://darkproshops.com",
  "description": "The unattended pro shop — a dark-store model applied to sports venues. Builds 24/7 smart racket rental kiosks that run with no staff, no counter and no closing time.",
  "brandMeaning": "Unattended / unmanned pro shop — a dark store for sports venues",
  "email": "sales@vendingontrack.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "postOfficeBoxNumber": "PO BOX 111",
    "addressLocality": "Ermington",
    "addressRegion": "NSW",
    "postalCode": "2115",
    "addressCountry": "AU"
  },
  "parentOrganization": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Vending on Track",
    "url": "https://vendingontrack.com"
  },
  "sisterBrand": {
    "name": "KioskForce",
    "url": "https://kioskforce.com/industries/equipment-hire/",
    "description": "Global sister brand serving international buyers outside Australia and New Zealand"
  },
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/vending-on-track/",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@VendingOnTrack"
  ],
  "areaServed": ["Australia", "New Zealand"],
  "knowsAbout": [
    "Racket rental kiosks",
    "Smart vending machines for sports venues",
    "Unmanned pro shop automation",
    "RFID equipment lifecycle tracking",
    "Hybrid sale and rental vending machines",
    "Model Context Protocol (MCP) AI integration for kiosk management",
    "Tennis, badminton, squash, padel, and pickleball equipment rental"
  ],
  "product": {
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Smart Racket Rental Kiosk",
    "models": [
      { "model": "K180-6C Smart Kiosk", "role": "Main kiosk unit" },
      { "model": "L180-10C Add-on Locker", "role": "10-cell add-on locker" }
    ],
    "typicalConfiguration": "1 kiosk + 2 lockers"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "AUD",
    "tax": "GST",
    "pricesPublished": false,
    "hardware": "One-off purchase: K180-6C Smart Kiosk + modular L180-10C add-on lockers; quoted per venue",
    "typicalCost": "A fraction of a year's part-time front-desk wages",
    "managementFee": { "per": "successful rental", "notes": "Small per-rental fee; no fixed monthly charges, no minimums" },
    "paymentProcessing": "Standard payment-gateway card rates (charged by the gateway)",
    "payback": "Typically within the first year — often within months at moderate usage",
    "quote": "https://darkproshops.com/contact/"
  },
  "hardware": {
    "sportsSupported": ["Tennis", "Badminton", "Squash", "Padel", "Pickleball"],
    "sportsCount": 5,
    "storage": "6–26+ rackets, expandable with custom planograms",
    "connectivity": ["Ethernet", "WiFi", "4G/5G", "Starlink (dual-connection failover available)"],
    "power": "110V–240V AC, 50/60Hz auto-sensing",
    "climateRating": "40°C+ ambient, rear ventilation, active heat dissipation",
    "lighting": "All LED, programmable dusk auto-off",
    "windows": "Polycarbonate (250× impact resistance vs glass)"
  },
  "differentiators": [
    "AI dashboard with MCP integration — connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to live kiosk data via read-only API tokens",
    "Hybrid sale + rental — one machine sells balls and gear while renting rackets through lockers",
    "Five sports, one kiosk — tennis, badminton, squash, padel and pickleball from a single machine",
    "Transparent pricing — flat per-rental management fee, no lock-in contracts, no monthly minimums",
    "Self-service management — unlimited free manager accounts; update products, prices and media in real time",
    "Virtual products — sell green fees, court bookings, venue passes and lessons through the same kiosk"
  ],
  "keyNumbers": {
    "sportsSupported": 5,
    "fixedMonthlyFees": "none",
    "managerAccounts": "unlimited, free"
  },
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    "llmsFullTxt": "https://darkproshops.com/llms-full.txt",
    "sitemap": "https://darkproshops.com/sitemap.xml",
    "rss": "https://darkproshops.com/index.xml"
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}