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Mark Etinger
If you are starting to get into the vending machine industry or you want to get into the vending industry there are a few things to know beforehand. These tips and ideas will hopefully give you something to look forward to, help you make money, and help you with potential profit loss! Some of the tips and ideas can be utilized in order to become more successful in your business so make sure you pay attention! You won't make millions of dollars with this business, but you could end up very well off! Don't just take my ideas into thought either - use your own. Run them by your friends or people that you trust and see what they think as well. Tips: - If you are buying a vending machine make sure you look online for vending machines for sale. This could save you some dough when it comes time to buying a few machines in the future! - Don't give up! If you have a vending machine that simply is not making money, check out the location - is it busy enough? What kinds of people are in that location? Maybe drinks aren't the way to go, maybe you would get more business if you offered candy or coffee or food instead. - Try out various products. You have all kinds of machines to choose from such as snack vending machines, drink vending machines and soda vending machine options. Decide what you want to sell and where to sell it BEFORE you do anything else. A good plan goes a long way! Ideas: Vending machines don't just come in the regular old snack vending machines, drink vending machines and soda vending machine options. You can also choose from the following options as too! - Movies and Music
- Greeting cards and Holiday cards
- Cell phones and other electronic devices such as MP3 players
- Food - cheeseburgers, chicken, hot dogs, hoagies - anything that will "keep". If it's a product that won't keep, make sure you only keep certain quantities or that you change the machine often!
- Leg wear, underwear and undergarments!
- Bicycles - yes these do exist if only in my head. Just kidding! These do exist and they can sell!
- Fishing products like hooks, bait, fake worms
- Pizza - fully customized of course!
- Varying gift certificates The only thing stopping you here is your creativity and yourself. If it is possible to be done, it CAN be done. Make sure you do some market research and look for different statistics to find out what is popular or trendy in your location. No sense in having a vending machine that sells hot dogs if you live in a neighborhood that has a lot of all-natural granola types. Make sure you also CHECK your machines - repair, re-new and re-add products. Nothing turns a person off more than getting a stale food item or not being able to get the choice they want!
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