Low season: how a shop or café can earn extra income with luggage storage

For many cafés and shops, winter feels like a long pause: fewer passers-by and quieter afternoons, outside the holiday and festive peaks. Yet some of your potential customers keep walking past your door with the same problem they have in summer: a suitcase they do not know what to do with for a few hours. Here is how luggage storage can become extra income for your business, what you actually do, and what BoxSpot does not promise you. Short answerYes, a well-located shop can earn extra income by keeping bags, even in the low season, with no stock and no cash handling. The traveler books and pays online; you scan their QR code, photograph their bags and keep them. You receive a share of each booking, calculated after an 8 MAD platform fee; the exact share depends on your tax status and is set in your contract. The volume depends on your location and opening hours. Why winter travelers still have suitcases The low season reduces the number of tourists, not the situations where a suitcase gets in the way. The same moments come back all year: Check-out before an evening departure. The hotel or riad frees the room in late morning, the train or coach leaves in the evening. In between, the traveler wants to enjoy the city hands-free.Train travelers. People changing cities often arrive before check-in time, or stop for a few hours between two trains.Late flights. A last day in town before a night flight means a suitcase that needs a place to stay.Moroccan travelers. Weekends, family visits, administrative or business appointments: they also have bags to leave for half a day. These needs do not disappear in winter. What matters is being on their route, and open at the right time. What you actually do The traveler books your point on BoxSpot and pays online, in dirhams, by card. You are notified of the booking.They arrive and show their QR code. You scan it with the partner app, which guides you step by step.You take a photo of the bags in the app: it is timestamped, which keeps a clear record of what was dropped off and when.You put the bags away in your secure space and get back to work.When the traveler returns, they show the same QR code. Bags are only returned against that code, and only after a confirmed drop-off. For the full procedure (checks, prohibited items, unusual situations), read our article on the protocol that protects partner shops. No stock, no till, no equipment This is what makes the activity work in the low season: it costs you nothing when nobody books. No stock to buy or sell off: you sell a service, using the space you already have.No cash handling for the drop-off: payment is made online before the traveler arrives.No lockers to install: a back room, a storeroom or a closed area away from customers, plus a smartphone, is enough. What you earn, without empty promises On each booking, you receive a share of the amount paid by the traveler, calculated after an 8 MAD platform fee. The exact share depends on your tax status (individual, auto-entrepreneur or company) and is set in your contract. We do not publish income estimates: they would mean nothing without knowing your location, your opening hours and your city. For reference, here is what the traveler pays, at the same rate at every BoxSpot point: 9 MAD per hour per bag, with a 4-hour minimum (36 MAD), and never more than 59 MAD for the first bag for the day. Example: a traveler who leaves one suitcase for 6 hours between check-out and their train pays 54 MAD. A couple with two suitcases for the day pays 59 + 49 = 108 MAD. Your share is calculated on each of these amounts, after the 8 MAD fee, at the rate in your contract. The locations and hours that matter in winter The best-placed shops are on travelers' routes: near an ONCF train station, a bus station, a port, a medina gate or a hotel district. BoxSpot operates in several cities across the country, from Tangier to Marrakech, via Rabat, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Bouskoura and Fez: you can see the existing points on the BoxSpot map. Your opening hours are shown on your page, and travelers book accordingly. In winter, evening departures are common: a point that stays open late in the evening fits more situations than one that closes in the late afternoon. Choose hours you will really keep, weekends included, and let us know as soon as they change. Preparing your team If several people work the counter, each of them needs to know how to scan a QR code and take the photo. A short online training in your partner space covers the procedure: use the quiet weeks to have the whole team complete it. How to become a partner You sign up from the Become a partner page. You enter your business and its address, the BoxSpot team checks your space, you complete the training, and your point appears on the map. Every step is detailed in our guide Becoming a BoxSpot partner. Starting in the low season gives you time to find your feet before busier periods. Is your shop on travelers' routes?No stock, no cash handling, no lockers: a secure space, a smartphone and your opening hours. A share of each booking, set in your contract.Become a partner