The Operator Playbook

Guides for people who run venues.

• How to Start a PS5 Gaming Cafe in India (2026 Guide): Costs, Licenses, Pricing & Profit — A PS5 cafe with 6 bays can break even in 12–18 months if you get three things right: location economics, controller-count pricing, and billing that doesn't leak. Here's the full math.
• Turf Business Profitability Guide (2026): Real Margins, Commission Math & How Owners Win — A well-located turf grosses ₹3–6 lakh/month. Whether the owner keeps a healthy margin depends on two levers most owners ignore: hour-by-hour pricing and who owns the booking channel.
• Pickleball Court Booking: How to Automate Your Club Before the WhatsApp Group Breaks — Every Indian pickleball club goes through the same three phases: WhatsApp group, WhatsApp chaos, and then — if they survive phase two — proper booking automation. Skip to phase three.
• Gaming Cafe Pricing Strategies That Actually Fill Stations (With Real Numbers) — Most gaming cafes copy the rate card of the cafe across the street — which copied theirs. Here are seven pricing strategies with actual math, from controller-count rates to prepaid wallets.
• ggLeap vs SENET vs Cuetronix (2026): Which Gaming Centre Software Fits Which Venue — ggLeap and SENET are both excellent PC-esports platforms — and both assume your venue is rows of PCs billed in dollars. Here's the honest three-way comparison for Indian gaming centres.
• How to Run a Profitable Snooker Club in India: Table Math, Timers & the Leaks That Kill Margins — A snooker table in a decent location earns ₹40–70k a month — if the minutes get billed. Most halls leak 15–20% of table time to friendly timers and tabs nobody wrote down.