I am thinking of getting into vending. How difficult is it to place the machines?

Answer 1

Investigate purchasing an established route.
I have a friend who had one for a number of years. She did quite well.

Placing the machine takes Salesmanship!

Answer 2

You'll be competing against a wide variety of vending companies. Some are huge and have certain markets tied up, like Aramark in many corporate offices. Look for your own niche. Can you place them at gasoline stations? How about local variety or hardware stores? Be prepared to pay a commission to the owner of the business where you place your machines. Be sure to account for security and safety. The machines aren't cheap and you can encounter liability. (People are stupid enough to rock machines to try to get free merchandise and the machines fall on them.) Maybe you could consider buying into a local vending company or getting a route from a vending company to see if you're cut out for this type of enterprise.

Answer 3

I own a vending machine and the one i purchased coast about 6000 dollars for the total start up cost. mine is at a barn, but it is better to have inside. good choices are churches, or a business where you know the owner so that you don't have to give away too much profit to put you machine there i've had mine almost two months and have made about $600 so it will take a little while to get any returns. you have to be patient it is not a get rich quick if that is what u were thinkin.

Answer 4

It's actually not very difficult, the hardest part of vending is selecting a place where people will buy many people lose out on alot of money by putting their machines near stores that sell the same merchandise for a lot less (ex. walmart)

Answer 5

depends on how good your sales skills are. you will need to find places that would have a need and dont have a machine yet(growing small company) or you would have to compete with a already existing account and prove you can do a better job then them( they dont service or machine is constanly empty/broken)