The Bubble Gum Machine
One of the easiest types of vending machines to get into in the vending machine industry is the Bubble Gum Machine. Bubble gum machines are fairly cheap to buy and even cheaper to maintain, but the profit margin is slim. Also, sales are far and few between in most cases simply because they are so prevalent in today’s world. You can find these type of vending machines at the front of nearly every store that you go into as well as many gas stations. The bubble gum vending machine has infiltrated nearly every office building as well.
The bubble gum machine is instantly recognizable by its rounded head and coin slot and even from a distance, the call of sugar and bubble gum is hard to miss. These are an integral part of our society and in fact has influenced many aspects of life. You can even get a bubble gum machine costume these days. This means that for the budding entrepreneur you are – at the least – selling a product, marketed in such a way that people are familiar with, and so much of the work of a beginning business has already been done for you.
Another benefit of the bubble gum machine is that bubble gum machine parts are fairly simple and don’t require much maintenance. A full size snack machine with a spiral vendor in each cubby requires a lot of preventative maintenance and takes several minutes to fill. With a bubble gum machine you simply open the top and pour the gum in, and the moving parts rarely need replacing. This means that you’ll spend a lot less time running your business and have more time to concentrate on other aspects of the vending business such as machine placement.
You don’t have to sell just bubble gum in your machines either. You can sell all kinds of products from your machines since most of the time they will come in a bank of machines. The more variety that you have the higher the chance that someone will find something that they want in your machines and purchase it. You can even change out your candy and bubble gum machine inventory according to season, for instance selling Halloween eye ball candy or Christmas ornament bubble gum, or a variety of other themes.
You can find bubble gum machines for sale in many different places including your local newspaper. They aren’t that expensive to buy brand new as well, with a bank of bubble gum machines costing around a thousand dollars for the rack and several machines. Of course, building this kind of setup yourself with used machines will certainly save you a lot of money. Look online for used machines or on auction websites and keep an eye on your local newspaper and other classifieds to find good deals on used bubble gum machines.