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@texas_flood thank you! yes, this would not be my primary source of income. I would definitely go the physical address route. there are tons of homeless people around, so it could provide them with a mailing address if that's something they need.... idk

@rawtheran I've honestly never seen private PO Box stores in my city and I live in a bigger US city too... all PO boxes here are at post offices

@jaz2001 It would be a one stop shop plus much more accomodating hours than traditional post offices for people who may work late and don't want to miss their mail/packages. I could be an official UPS drop off point, maybe fedex too. offer stamps and a small amount of shipping supplies, maybe...

@texas_flood that's what I figured, thanks for clarifying. if i did open this sort of business, my hours would be much more favorable than the post office to avoid this issue for people who work later

@jaz2001 I'm not quite sure if post offices leave doors open 24 hours for people to access their box whenever necessary(they probably do), but that is somethign I could offer for people with strange hours

@meehan8381 like I mentioned, I know it's not a "get rich quick" business, but I feel it may be profitable, but I'm not sure...

@thesweetestperfection it seems as if in my area, there are only official post offices and ups stores, no private shipping/mailbox stores.... seems odd

So I was thinking of a little side business to start up and was wondering if it is possible to start your own P.O. box company? I imagine it would be pretty low startup and low maintenance i.e. it pretty much runs itself. I'm not looking to get rich off this, but I wonder if this is actually a...