Franchisee makes a monthly NT$50,000 selling sweet potato balls
Franchisee makes a monthly NT$50,000 selling sweet potato balls
2025-12-03
Many people love to eat crispy, chewy sweet potato balls. Recently, it was reported that a franchisee in southern Taiwan got into a dispute with headquarters over a contract issue. The news story revealed that the franchisee was making a monthly income of NT$50,000. Many in the public were curious as to how selling deep fried sweet potato balls could be so profitable. Let’s find out.
Giant sweet potato balls endlessly tumble and roll as they are deep fried.
To make delicious sweet potato balls, you need to hand-press them in a pan to make them fluffy, crispy, and chewy.
Piping hot sweet potato balls are best when they are eaten fresh and crispy! They are a favorite for many. Recently news broke that a franchisee in Southern Taiwan was earning NT$50,000 a month and got into a contract dispute with headquarters. Many people’s curiosity was piqued and they wondered if it is really possible to earn NT$50,000 a month just by selling sweet potato balls?
Sweet potato ball chain executive
Taipei
Our average profit is between NT$40,000 and NT$60,000, but profits depend on how well the business is doing. Like during the previous summer vacation it was very hot and we’d probably just make NT$20,000 a month. Outlets that are doing good business can make upwards of NT$100,000. The advantage of franchising is that the brand manufacturers control the market, and when prices rise, they absorb the increase, so we franchisees don’t have to pay extra in response to price increases.
For franchises, the brand owner controls the rise and fall of costs. For example, the rent for this sweet potato ball restaurant located next to Shuanglian MRT station in Taipei is about a monthly NT$10,000 to NT$18,000. The owner doesn’t hire any staff in a one-person operation and makes a profit of NT$40,000 to NT$60,000 after deducting all costs. However, it’s not so easy to make money with your own brand.
Sweet potato ball vendor
Taipei
The profits aren’t as good as before. Sweet potatoes, oil, and paper prices have all risen hugely. Paper prices have probably increased seven or eight times, and oil prices have almost doubled. If you have your own brand, the costs are higher.
For those creating their own independent brand who source and prepare all the ingredients themselves, although the cost of goods is high, as long as business is thriving and there is a lot of foot traffic, even though it’s sold one cheap bag at a time, it is still very profitable.
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獨家! 加盟糾紛判總部賠51萬 地瓜球"月入5萬大揭密"
2025-12-03
地瓜球酥脆彈Q，不少人超愛吃，最近傳出，南部有品牌加盟主，月入5萬，卻因為合約問題，和總部槓上，最後法院判總部賠51萬，將他的加盟金都拿回了！但不少民眾好奇，只賣地瓜球，真的能月入5萬嗎？帶您來大揭密。
一顆顆巨無霸地瓜球，在油鍋裡不停翻滾。
地瓜球要好吃，就是靠手工’’壓鍋’’蓬鬆，才能酥脆彈Q。
熱呼呼的地瓜球，現吃最’’颯嘴’’，不少人超愛吃，最近傳出，南部有品牌加盟主，月入5萬，卻因為合約問題，和總部槓上。消息一出，不少民眾好奇，只賣地瓜球，真的能月入5萬嗎？
[[台北地瓜球連鎖品牌業者]]
“我們就是平均值大概4至6萬之間，就是獲利啦，但是要生意好啦，像之前暑假很熱，可能一個月2萬塊而已。生意好的店家有10萬以上。加盟的好處就是在於品牌廠商他們要去控制，漲的時候他們要去吸收那個漲的幅度，那我們加盟主就不用去多付那些漲價的費用。”
因為有加盟，成本漲跌，都是品牌商控管，像是這家位在台北雙連捷運站旁的地瓜球，租金行情約1萬到1萬8，沒有請人，全靠老闆一人，扣除所有成本，獲利4到6萬，但自有品牌，就沒那麼好賺。
[[台北地瓜球自有品牌業者]]
“比較沒有像以前那麼好的獲利。地瓜跟那個油啊，還有紙類啊，都漲得非常多，所以不像以前像紙的話可能漲了大概七八次吧，那油大概也漲了快一倍。自己品牌的話，成本也會比較高一點。”
自己獨創品牌，所有食材，自己採購，自己做，雖然進貨成本高，但，只要生意好，人流多，銅板價一包一包賣，還是很好賺。
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