They make $850 in 2 hours at weddings doing THIS

8 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Dan Novaes explains a profitable micro‑business that earns $850 for a two‑hour engagement at weddings and private events. The service consists of a portable station equipped with a camera and a keychain‑making machine. Guests have their photos taken on the spot, and the system instantly produces a personalized keychain keepsake that they can take home before the event ends. Novaes highlights three reasons the model works: each guest becomes a potential future client, the keychain acts as a walking advertisement as guests show it to friends, and the service solves the common problem of disposable wedding favors by offering a memorable, lasting item. The business enjoys high demand, a waiting list, and a simple, repeatable setup.

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$850 for 2 hours of work, and they built the whole thing around a camera and a keychain machine. They show up to weddings and private events, set up a live station, take photos of guests, and hand them a personalized keepsake before the night is even over. Here's what makes this so smart. Every single person at that wedding is a potential future client. They hold the keychain, they show their friends, and they ask who did this. The event markets the business for them. But the real genius is not the keychain. It's that they solved a problem that nobody knew they even had. Wedding favors that guests actually keep. Not a candle left on the table, not a box of mints thrown in the trash. Something something personable, memorable, and something that lasts. 2 hours, $850, and a waiting list of events. That's a real business.