Where do I put my machines?

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Where do I put my machines?

At candymachines.com we are often asked, where is the best place to put my bulk vending machine? While there are many different locators out there that can help you, we think you can do it yourself. No one knows your neighborhood better than you do, so here is a list of a few places that could be great places to get your vending business started.

•  Any business you already frequent, like your dry cleaners, bank, etc.

•  24-Hour Store/Restaurant because of their long hours of operation

•  Busy stores with large numbers of customers who will pass by your machine make the odds in your favor

•  Places with people waiting for the business to complete something, like oil changes or waiting rooms

•  Recreation centers that cater to lots of children

•  Laundromats. People have to wait and they have quarters on them already

•  An office break room with a large number of people working at the same time of day with limited sources of food

Find a place where there are no other bulk candy machines at the location. If you are first on the scene that’s a plus. But, if there is a machine in that location already, the ice has been broken. You can place a different style of machine that vends different products.

Just a few people a day buying from your machine will add up. Remember just like with any business it is all about location, location, location, and quarters do add up to dollars and dollars!

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If your vending machines are in an especially hot and or humid location and the candy starts sticking together try this. Spray a large plastic spoon with an unflavored, non-stick cooking spray then stir the candy around until it has a shiny look to it. This can prevent the pieces from sticking together, but it is important not to use too much cooking spray, or the candy will seem greasy.
Runts is one candy that holds up well to summer’s heat and humidity. Runts is a hard fruity candy made by Nestle and sold under their famous Willy Wonka Candy Company brand name.

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Is your wallet always empty because your child is always raiding it because they don’t have a job? In these economic times, it is more difficult for young teens to find lawns to mow, babysitting, or fast food jobs. Wouldn’t it be great if they could find a way to earn money, while at the same time building their self-esteem and self-reliance by starting their own business?

Bulk vending is a perfect solution that can be done part time – which is ideal for students. There are many affordable vending machines that can be great starters for a budding entrepreneur. Take for instance our Barrel Machine Single Stand for $90 plus shipping or our Vending Pro Machine with Cash Drawer for $104 plus shipping.

Each box of our 1” assorted gumballs has 850 gumballs for $25 to vend for .25 cents each and after selling the entire box you will make $212.50! What a return on your money!

By starting off slow and adding machines as you go, your teenager can build themselves quite a lucrative business where they can learn customer service, budgeting, purchasing, and servicing their machines. With each machine they acquire, they can learn AND earn more for their future.

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Summertime and the living is easy!

Make your living easier by filling your bulk vending machines with candy that holds up to summer heat and humidity.

Replace Reeses Pieces, M&M’s, and Sixlets with fun theme candies for summer. There’s Cotton Candy and just the thought of Ice Cream Cone Candy cools me down! This candy mix includes Vanilla, Banana, Orange , Strawberry, and Chocolate Milk flavors. I take the Strawberry, Vanilla, and Chocolate candy pieces and make a Neopolitan to delight my sweet tooth.

On the serious side, these candies hold up well because they are hard pressed candy. They are made from powdered ingredients, mostly dextrose mixed with colorings, in a machine that compresses and forms the dextrose into different shapes. Then the candy is coated with either a clear or colored glaze that provides a hard glossy surface. When you bite into the candy it easily breaks apart into a chalky, powdery sweet flavor.

Besides the great tastes, the colorful polished candy is eye catching in any candy vending machine .

$387.6 MILLION —-

$387.6 Million. That’s the total bubble gum sales for a 52 week period ending in February of this year. That’s a lot of gumballs ! I love gumballs!

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$387.6 MILLION —-

$387.6 Million. That’s the total bubble gum sales for a 52 week period ending in February of this year. That’s a lot of gumballs ! I love gumballs!

Gumballs remind me of a time when I could run outside all day barefoot and just chew my bubble gum on the porch with my friends. We would have a contest to see who could blow the biggest bubble. I never seemed to win but it was tons of fun trying.

My favorite gum was anything cherry flavored. I would run down to the corner store and put 25 cents in to the vending machine and get the giant gumball that barely fit into my mouth. It was AWESOME! If they didn’t have the cherry gumball in the machine I would get the grape gumball.

Now that I have gotten older, I have found a new gumball love. The Bubble King Soft Chew . Oh! It is wonderful. It’s the great flavors of gumballs that we know and loved as kids but now easier to chew for us grown-ups. You get to be a kid again!

Now days there are so many different flavors of gumballs too. There of course is the standard classic assorted gumballs, cherry and grape but it has extended past that. There is Lemonade gumballs , Sour gumballs , Filled Gumballs just to name a few. I love the new variety.

If in one year there was over $387.6 Million in gumball sales can you imagine how much it will be in the next year? This could be a good time to be the person owning the vending machine down at the corner store.

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Every little girl knows about the Disney Princesses. They appear in parades, stage shows, video games, and movies. Some girls even get to meet them at the Disney Resorts in California and Florida .

Now Cinderella, Snow White, Pocahontas, Jasmine and all the rest of the princesses are available any where you have a vending machine, as Disney Princess Glitter Vending Tattoos.

Although they are temporary, the beautiful tattoos will put a smile on any girl who is wearing a magical princess. Their gowns are gorgeous yellows, greens, pinks, and every other color imaginable. Each princess is so beautiful.

These tattoos come in 300 count, are wrapped individually in a cardboard folder, and are easy to load into your standard flat bulk vending sticker or tattoo machines. Each column in your machine takes 300 tattoos, so make sure you order plenty from candymachines.com . Be sure to purchase a display card to increase sales.

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Eastern Art comes in tattoo form

Who wouldn’t want to wear an intricate, lace-like copy of a piece of Eastern art?
This kind of art has been around for centuries in many Eastern countries and it’s truly unique and beautiful.

It is possible to wear this artwork now with these one-of-a-kind Eastern Art Vending Tattoos that candymachines.com offers for vending machine owners with standard flat bulk sticker/tattoo vending machines.

There are 10 different temporary tattoos in reds and blacks that come in all sorts of elaborate shapes and sizes. These beautiful tattoos come individually wrapped in a cardboard folder that’s ready to add to your machines.

Take note that the tattoos come in boxes of 300 count. That’s just enough to fill one column of your vending machine. When you place your order ask the friendly assistant at candymachines.com about the display cards that are available for this product.

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I was checking out your web site today and found the Think Pink Vending Stickers .I really appreciate the fact that you have added these stickers to your inventory. I have a friend who died of breast cancer and in her honor I’m traveling to The National Mall in Washington , D.C. to join my team June 4 th for the 2011 Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure.

I really like the pink crosses, smiley faces, and butterflies, but especially like the pink ribbons, which are the most prominent symbol of breast cancer awareness. I’m buying lots of these pink stickers because they are perfect to pass out at the race to everyone I come in contact with.

Thank you candymachines.com for adding these important stickers to your web site!

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Sales forecast hits the spot!

The news is great for the vending machine business! Candy and gum sales have continued to rise higher and higher every month this year, in both the dollars spent and the units purchased. This information comes from the National Confectioners Association.

As of the end of August chocolate sales increased 5.4 percent, while non-chocolate candy demand went up 2 percent, and gum shows a 1.7 percent growth. These figures prove that consumers are always willing to spend their money on reasonably priced treats.

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Each package includes the vending machine, Sqwishland Vending Capsules to fill it, and the display card to make sure you’re machine gets all the attention it deserves.
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I generally refill my machine once a month but on a couple occasions my machine had to be filled twice a month because the sales had been extremely good with certain products. The products that have sold the best for me were the Black Ink Temporary Tattoos, the Ed Hardy Celebrity Temporary Vending Tattoos, the Hannah Montana 2 Vending Stickers, and the NFL Jumbo Football Helmet Vending Stickers.

Overall this machine has been a great investment and I have already made my money back for the machine and products I have purchased. That means that everything I bring in now is profit after I pay for my products to fill my machine. At such a great price why not invest in one of these wonders or another great vending machine!

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Lots of people know that the vending machine business has the potential of earning you a high profit. But that’s not the only thing you should consider when deciding whether to start one or not. Before you start, you should understand some facts about the vending machine business. This will help you to have the complete vision of the business and its complexities.

There are many advantages of choosing to run a vending machine business, such as: low start-up cost, no advertising necessary or personal selling, no worrying about bad credit or bad checks, and potential to earn a high profit.

There are some other things you should be aware as well, you need to be dedicated. You must have a good attitude and treat the business like any other business. Although start-up cost is low, you should calculate the total cost to start your vending business: from buying vending machines, products to vend, paying for space to place your machine, hiring a vending operator (if necessary), etc. Also you should determine how much you are willing to invest so that you can make a better plan of the size you want your business to be.

In order to choose the best locations to place your vending machines, you have to do some research as to whether the location is well populated, whether there have been similar vending machines with the same products, and what are your competitive advantages in that location.

You should also understand that when you are involved in the vending machine business, that you have to do the maintenance yourself, including: checking the supply of products, making sure that your vending machines are working properly, and buying stock of products periodically. Also, are you ready to handle all the money matters efficiently?

If this sounds like stuff you can handle, well then I guess it’s time to get into the vending machine business! The sooner you start, the sooner you start to see profit!

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Increasing profit in your Bulk Vending business can be easy with these simple steps.  Don’t overlook their importance even though they sound simple. These steps will work to put more money in your pocket and increase your residual income:

Put out all of your Vending Machines – Most vendors I know have several machines in storage (usually several dozen).  The more machines you have in the field the better your asset will work to add money to your pockets!  Putting out more machines sounds simple, but this is a huge point.  Get those machines out of storage and get rid of that 0% return on your investments!

Evaluate Your Route - Pull the lowest 10-20% of your machines and redeploy them in brand new accounts. Some of those machines may bring in $30, $50, or $100 per servicing.

Change Your Product – Try a different candy. Change the gum to a candy choice. Try toys instead of gum or candy if it is a place frequented by children.

Find Out What The Employees Like – Don’t assume you know what they like. Ask them! It only takes one or two people to support a machine and make it a good "bread and butter" account.  Better to salvage an account by changing product than having to go out and find a new one.

I hope these tips make your 2010 vending year a much more successful one!

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These tips are focused on the fundamentals of the business, without these you will have less success with your vending machine business.

1. Keep your machines clean, filled and in good working order at all times.

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These tips are focused on the fundamentals of the business, without these you will have less success with your vending machine business.

1. Keep your machines clean, filled and in good working order at all times.

2. Focus on placing your machines with smaller companies instead of big businesses and impress them. Having a few great accounts is better than having 500 bad ones.

3. Try not to go the same time to, collect your money like every Monday, on the 1st. You never know who is watching you. Try and go different times of the week or month.

4. When approaching a new location, take a "gift basket" filled with a good variety of top selling items to distribute to employees. Be sure to include several business cards so that the employees are familiar with your business name.

If you apply these tips to your vending machine business, I almost guarantee you will see the profits very soon.

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The coin mechanism is used for actuating the vending of a product from a machine upon the insertion of a predetermined number of specific coins. The mechanism includes a coin member having a partitioned surface that cooperates with housing parts to form a coin accumulation chamber. Upon insertion into the mechanism, the coins become aligned edgewise. The next-to-last coin is located to deflect the last coin upon a ledge. The ledge is part of the partitioned coin member and is situated to locate a portion of the coin beyond the member’s periphery. This allows contact with a pin extending from an adjacent manually rotatable lever. After inserting the specified coins, a user of the vending machine will push down on the lever, or twisting the handle. This force will be transmitted via the pin against the coin, which, in turn, transmits the force through the ledge to the coin member. As the coin member rotates, the coins drop into a coin box, while your product is being dispensed.

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Here is some of the brief history of the vending machine that is quite interesting.

A vending machine business means making money! The vending machine business has an impressive 90% success rate. This is much better than the 85% failure rate of most small businesses. Think about the differences between a vending machine business and your average small business.

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A vending machine business means making money! The vending machine business has an impressive 90% success rate. This is much better than the 85% failure rate of most small businesses. Think about the differences between a vending machine business and your average small business.

Many businesses fail due to lack of overhead for advertising costs, rent, and other expenses. Finding and retaining quality employees can also add to the list of problems small businesses have. With a vending machine business, your machines work for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, allowing you to make money even while you are sleeping. That’s a great way to earn extra money!

With the recession the country is in today, there is no job security out there really, especially when 90% of us work for someone else. The only way to achieve the "American Dream" is to be your own boss. Starting a vending machine business will let you work smart and not hard to achieve what you want in life.

We have a few tips below to help your bulk candy vending machine business be more profitable for you.

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We have a few tips below to help your bulk candy vending machine business be more profitable for you.

1.  Two of the easiest ways to boost sales is by cleaning your  vending machines each time you service them and by changing the product mix of your bulk candy and check it regularly to see how it is doing.

2.  Moving your vending machine to a different spot in the same location is another method to use before relocating it to a new location if your vending machine is underperforming in the location it is in.

3.  You can keep bulk candies like Hot Tamales or Mike and Ikes from sticking together by using non-stick spray on the candy.

4.   Keep your vending machine out of direct sunlight as it will damage the candy quickly and make it no good for customers.

5.  Never let your vending machines go empty or have a prolonged amount of time with an out of order sign on the vending machine so make sure to service them because staying organized and planning ahead will help you service your vending machines more quickly.

6.  When servicing your vending machines, get a gym bag or travel bag to put tools, petroleum jelly, and candy into so as not to draw attention to yourself.

7.  If you are going to go on a vacation make sure you service your vending machines before you leave or train someone else to do it for you while you are away so can continue to make money while you are vacationing!

Although there were vending machines for stick or block shaped gum as early as 1888, the first machines to carry actual gumballs were not seen until 1907 (more than likely released first by the Thomas Adams Gum Co. in the United States).

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Although there were vending machines for stick or block shaped gum as early as 1888, the first machines to carry actual gumballs were not seen until 1907 (more than likely released first by the Thomas Adams Gum Co. in the United States).

Generally, a gumball machine consists of a clear sphere (mostly glass) which is filled with gumballs, sitting on top of a metal stand. It has a metal top on top of it with a keyhole in top of it so that the top can be removed and gumballs can be put in. The coin is inserted into the base and a handle is turned around clockwise about 45 degrees, depositing the coin and allowing a gumball to be dispensed into a container at the bottom of the machine that is closed off by a little metal door. Then the handle is turned counter-clockwise about 45 degrees so that another coin can be deposited.

Most gumball machines have a simple mechanism for dispensing the gumball, to the point of the actual dispensation being mostly invisible (after turning the handle the gumball is deposited behind the door). However, some gumball machines have more tricky methods. Most of them utilize the potential energy to power various forms of transit for the gumball on its way to being dispensed, as well as ramps and drops.

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Bulk vending dates back to as early as the late 19th century. Vending machines were used widely in Europe before they became very popular in the US. In the early 1880’s, the first commercial coin operated vender came out in London stocked with postcards. In 1888, the Thomas Adams Gum Company introduced bulk venders to the US, using the machines to sell Tutti Frutti gum on elevated subway platforms in New York City. In 1897, the Pulver Mfg. Company added animated figures to its gum machines. In 1907, the round gumball, a staple product in modern vending machines, came out. In 1909, Emerson A. Bolen formed the Northwestern Novelty Company, selling the Yankee, a penny matchstick vending machine, at this point Bolen’s company is now one of the most popular bulk vending machine manufacturers. In 1913, Ford Mason leased 102 machines and placed them in stores and shops of communities in western New York, he would eventually open the Ford Gum and Machine Company, an empire of over half a million vending machines. In 1948, Oak Manufacturing opened up; it would become one of the largest equipment manufacturers in the vending industry ever. In 1949, Roger C. Folz purchased his first vending machine, Folz Vending was the largest operator of bulk vending equipment in the US, owning and operating over 150,000 machines nationwide at their peak.

In 1950, the US Treasury Department attempted to impose gambling excise taxes on bulk vendors on the grounds that there was no way for consumers to know for sure which item the machine would dispense. For a short time, manufacturers installed viewfinders in bulk vending machines to display the next item to be purchased. Vendors organized to found the National Bulk Vendors Association (NBVA), which successfully lobbied against the taxes, saying that items being vended were of equivalent value. The NBVA has since lobbied on behalf of bulk vendors on a variety of issues.

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Bulk candy machines are entirely mechanical machines that vend a handful of candy, a bouncy ball, or perhaps a capsule with a small toy or jewelry, for one or two coins. The items may be unsorted; in that case what the customer exactly gets is subject to chance. In other instances, the customer is guaranteed a specific type of candy.

The gross margins in the bulk candy business can be quite high — gumballs, for instance, can be purchased in bulk for 2 cents apiece and sold for 25 cents. Gumballs and candy have a relatively long shelf life, enabling vending machine operators to manage many machines without too much time involved. In addition, the machines are typically inexpensive compared to soft drink or snack machines. Many operators donate a percentage of the profits to charity so that locations will allow them to place the machines for free.

Bulk vending may be a more practical choice than soft drink/snack vending for an individual who also works a full-time job, since the restaurants, retail stores, and other locations suitable for bulk vending may be more likely to be open during the evening and on weekends than venues such as offices that host soft drink and snack machines.