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4 Tips To Help Expand Your Vending Machine Business

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:23:23 +0000

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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.

Coin Counters are Very Useful

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:33:52 +0000

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Coin counters are one of the biggest timesaving products available today especially for those of you with vending machines. Counting coins and rolling them by hand is not only tedious, but it also takes a very long time. Almost anyone can benefit from a coin counter. You will find coin counters in banks, retail stores, churches, kiosks, home businesses and many other places because they are so useful. There is a wide variety of different coin counting machines available.

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Tips For Starting a Vending Machine Business

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:12:02 +0000

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Here are a few tips that will help you with starting your vending machine business:

The item for sale can be crucial to the business but it can vary from different types of candy to gumballs. Product demand and profit margins are to be studied thoroughly for each type of product. For example candy and gumball machines return a profit greater than the actual product value but the sales have to be a lot larger or you need to have more than one machine in one place.
Once you have decided on a product you have to choose a good location. Where people stay or gather is the most ideal spot, places like lunch rooms, bus or train stations, and grocery stores. The location is critical and must be according to what you are selling – for candy, bouncy balls, and gumballs the best places are where kids may wait like in front of restaurants or at zoos.
An important thing to consider is the availability of replacement parts. More and more companies offer metal machines that are more reliable than plastic ones. Also the repairs are a lot easier and most of our machines are made in America so parts are easily purchased when needed.
It’s helpful to keep in mind that the vending machine business is related to the business that houses the machines and it should be a popular one – the more traffic by your machine, the bigger the profits will be. Before asking permission to place your machines, remember that persistence is the key to getting your machine located where you want it. Always talking to the owner of the business instead of an employee increases your chances dramatically.

If you put a little planning into it, vending machines can be a great business and provide a decent income in no time at all. So put your planning into action and get your vending machine business going!

It’s A Great Time To Get Into The Vending Machine Business!

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:46:42 +0000

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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.

Some Snack and Soda Vending Machine Tips

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:22:24 +0000

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Here are some tips that will help make your snack and soda vending machines more profitable. Check out our Snack and Soda Vending Machine section to view all the great products we have available!

If the location your snack and soda vending machine is at wants a commission, you should generally mark your sale price up to cover the commission. So, rather than 50 cents for a soda, to cover a 10% commission, you would sell them for 55 cents. Sometimes when you tell the location this, they will tell you never mind and to just keep the prices low for their employees.

If it is possible, vend your sodas for 50 cents and your chips for the same. The customers will be likely to spend the whole dollar in your machine. As opposed to chips for 55 cents and soda for 60 which means they’ll need to spend 2 dollars and are less likely to do so.

After working on or loading soda and candy into your vending machine, before you leave always take a quarter dime & nickel and put in machine and then push coin return. How many times have you seen someone change flavor ids or something else and get called back after leaving. A distraction can lead to not finishing the job.

In your soda vending machine, one of the hottest selling sodas is Mountain Dew, for some reason kids seem to really love that stuff and it will bring in loads of money for you.

Candy vending rules of thumb

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:01:07 +0000

When you start out with candy vending machines, it can be a little tricky trying to figure out how much candy you should allow to be vended at a time. You want to keep your profit margin high, but you also need to keep the customer satisfied so they don’t feel ripped off and become a returning customer. Here is a list of recommended amounts to vend different types of popular bulk vending candy:

Peanut M&M’s: 8-10 pieces

Plain M&M’s: 12-14 pieces

Runts: 10-12 pieces

Skittles: 12-14 pieces

Reese’s Pieces: 12-14 pieces

Mike & Ikes: 6-8 pieces

Hot Tamales: 6-8 pieces

Chiclets and Gum Tabs: 10-12 pieces

Cashews: 10-12 pieces

Pistachios: 10-12 pieces

This is merely a RECOMMENDATION to give you an idea, don’t feel like you’re stuck to this. Experiment and decide what works best for your locations!
Thanks to Caserri of Vendiscuss Forums for sharing this list