What is the best way to find a reliable and inexpensive contractor to restock vending machines for you once they are placed? How many machines does it begin to make sense? Like more than 5? How would you get your inventory to that person so that they can restock everything, and how can you monitor that they didn’t everything correctly and on time? What should I expect to be charged? Thank you!
I’ve been leaning toward the smaller bags lately. They seem to move pretty well, especially around the $1.50–$2 range.
Location is a mid-size warehouse for a construction company.
Chip selections to be condensed so I’ll have 5 large snack coils open for different products. Another 8-selection drink tray going in soon on the second tier. Only product stocked by request so far has been the Pepsi Zero.
Anyone with a similar location have some hot sellers for me? I’m not fixed on anything currently in the machine.
Been running two vending machines for 3 months, thought I’d share my real numbers plus the dumb mistakes I made when getting started.
Total startup was around $2,500 for used machines and stock. Almost wrecked my profits early on. First I put one machine in a office lobby, sales are very poor. Moved it to a factory break room with over 100 workers and daily sales instantly tripled.
I also stocked way too many items no one bought. Now I mostly stick to the popular snacks and drinks.And I restock every 5 days.
Does anyone have experience setting up initially with nayax? I’m just gonna call first thing in the morning and try to expedite onboarding.
I’m in honest confused about this. I’m in California and have a full time job. I am ready to place my first machine.
For Tax purposes and to not get F$&@ed by the Gov, I am unsure if I should have a LLC or Corp-S ?
What is your best opinion on this situation?
Do you have someone here in Los Angeles I can speak for guidance ?
I am ordering a HAHA Machine, I need to link the card reader to a bank right? Well is a credit union bank the best option or should I do a regular Bank? Like Chase ?
One thing I’m struggling with right now is keeping the planogram in Cantaloupe accurate.
The card reader data is close, but sometimes what it says is there doesn’t match what’s actually in the machine.
I’m guessing part of it is how products are entered or updated after restocking.
For anyone using Cantaloupe, do you have any simple tricks for keeping the planogram and actual inventory in sync?
Hey everyone! I’m seriously considering purchasing a fully automated cotton candy vending machine and would love to hear from operators who currently own one.
For those who have experience with these machines:
What types of locations have performed best for you?
Are children’s museums, malls, trampoline parks, arcades, or family entertainment centers good locations?
What would you consider a good number of daily sales?
Do you typically pay fixed monthly rent or offer the location a percentage of sales?
How much maintenance/cleaning do these machines realistically require?
Is there anything you wish you knew before purchasing your first machine?
I’m especially interested in hearing real numbers and experiences—good or bad. I’m trying to make sure I choose the right location before making the investment.
Thanks in advance! Any advice from experienced vending operators would be greatly appreciated.
Hello all. New to the group and New to vending machine business, I have a question for other vending machine business owners. I have a location that originally there is no commission, now this location is asking for commission. Should I give this location commission and also raise the prices or should I give commission and use it as a monthly bill for taxes? The machine has been at this location for about 4 months and it is not a very busy location. Or what suggestions could you guys give me. Thanks for any advice.
Hey guys - I noticed a vending machine in a local bar that seems kind of unmaintained - sold out products, etc.
What is the protocol on approaching bat owners to replace the existing vendor? Or does that not really happen often, as a vendor would step up their game if they felt the squeeze?
Does seeing a vape vending machine in a bar already signal that bar has been “claimed” or not necessarily?
Hello,
I’m trying to find some info on Ball Globe Beaver machines, but I've been struggling to find reliable information.
So, from what I found thus far, there’s 3 models:
BGB18 (10" diameter Ball Globe)
BGB20 (12" diameter Ball Globe)
BGB22 (? Unsure, found a reference to it in some documentation but no literature)
Would anyone have some pictures? I’m pretty confident I have one of the BGB18, but I never saw the other two. From searches I made, the BGB22 would likely sit on some kind of collar, essentially making look a bit like a lollipop, but it’s so hard to get reliable information in search engine these days.
Any assistance or reference to some forums would be amazing. My end goal is to buy one in my local area, but without having a clear view of the options, I find it harder to make a final decision…
Thank you for your time!
When finding a location, do you typically contact the business through phone, email, or in person?
Is there a way to get the display to show 0.00 when there's no money in. Right now it is off and many people have asked me "is the machine even on".
I've downloaded the manual and have read the manual and it only talks about using the service mode to determine what motor is broken on which row.
Thank you in advance for any help!
Might make a new face for it, but it's going to sit on my deck and be filled with beer, it's a really old Dixie Narco DNCB 368MC single price machine so i took the mech out of it and wired it for free vend. Installed a nice chrome elevator button for the free vending part.
I got rid of my last one prematurely. It's fantastic for parties and contractors. These old ass machines are fantastic because they are super simple. Mechanical switches you can get online for $0.50 and a manual thermostat/freeze switch!
My last one was a royal. At least it was a multi price 9/14pin micro mech. This one is way older. Haha. I'll try and sell off the mech. So one spent good money to make sure it took up to date coins. Toonies and loonies. Eventually I'll turn it into a 5 tap keg machine like my last one. Sadly lost in a fire two weeks ago.
I'm having an issue with the Seaga snack machine at our business (Model SPX536R / INF5S). When we make a selection it vends multiple products, so if we choose A4 it vends A4 as well as B4, C4, D4, E4 and F4. It's always vertical, so the same numbers will attempt to dispense if it appears in the row regardless of what "letter" was chosen. I've tried powering down the machine but that hasn't helped and there's no error codes displayed. The settings were not altered at all before this started. One guy on another forum suggested I have a shorted driver circuit on the board. Any ideas on how to fix and where to get parts? I'm in the Charlotte, NC metro if anyone is local and would like to tackle this for me, I've tried contacting local companies but no one calls back.
Does anyone have experience paying someone to find locations for them? What is your experience with it/how much did you pay?
Is there national or regional service that can handle restocking for you? similar to being a 1099 employee
I see there are bill reader card cleaners? How do they do?
Interested in polling the community: how many people obtained a vending location before actually purchasing a vending machine?
For the people who bought a machine first before securing a vending location, how long did it take for you to secure a vending location?