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What are Realistic Profit Margins for a Vending Machine?

Oct 12, 2009

4 Column Trio - Click Here to Buy Because vending is a numbers business and requires multiple machines, your profit margin will be based on your route’s average, not on an individual machine. Bulk Candy Machines: Example: If you sold 240 customers a month (8 per day) then: 240 X $0.25 = $60 $60 (Gross Profit) – $20 (product Cost) $40 net profit a month If machine costs $480.00 – the return on investment would be 12 months. No location fee is given, most non-electric machines are placed with a charity association, or as a convenience to the location. …

Helpful Vending Machine Tips

Oct 12, 2009

Triple Vending Machine with Stand - Click Here to Buy A well maintained vending machine will be used more often than a neglected one.  Service your machine often and it will yield a bigger return.  Keep records. Change slow moving products to alternatives. Spread out your route, it will bring up your sales average. Service your machine yourself and when you’re comfortable with it you may want to hire someone to help you. Check their work regularly.  The more selections of products you put in a location, the more profit that location will bring in. …

Baseball Caps Galore

Oct 12, 2009

MLB Baseball Caps Vending Capsules - Click Here to Buy My son loves baseball. It doesn’t matter which team is winning, he cheers for all of them. So, when he saw the 2” MLB Baseball Caps Vending Capsules in a vending machine at the pizza parlor yesterday he jumped up and down and begged me to buy him a few. So, of course, I did. The first one he got was an Arizona Diamond Back cap and then a Los Angeles Dodger cap. They are great because they have the authentic team colors and logos on each cap. He wanted all of them now, but I said no and promised him we would come back for more. I sus …

Licensed Products Can Increase Sales

Oct 12, 2009

Hannah Montana 2 Vending Stickers - Click Here to Buy With the economy in a downward swing vending machine owners need to keep a constant eye on what’s selling and what’s not. It’s a proven fact that the sale of licensed goods continues to grow for the bulk vending industry. There are several reasons why licensed products are selling starting with consumer exposure. That exposure is triggered by promotions, marketing, and advertising that goes along with say the opening of a Hanna Montana movie Film and marketing companies generally spend millions of dollars on promotional campaigns and …

What is Black and White and Red All Over?

Oct 12, 2009

Skelanimals Vending Stickers - Click Here to Buy The Skelanimals Vending Stickers, that’s what, and they are here in time for Halloween. Skelanimals are adorable little animal creatures and each has a story.  Due to their ill advised behavior and recklessness they’ve all met with an untimely end. For example, meet Matt the Mouse whose favorite scary movie was “9 Lives” until he met his demise with a kitty cat and that’s how he became a Skelanimal.  Timmy the Spider was shy and when he saw himself in the mirror he froze and paralyzed. Because they are now just bones, the Skelanimals want …