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A Guide to Working from Home: Vending Machines 

Many have been bitten by the next wave of entrepreneurial spirit that is sweeping the nation, and are actually leaving their jobs to start their own home based businesses. But choosing the right home based business can be a challenge.

Vending Machines – is a venerable home-based business that has been around for over a century and with American pumping over 22 Billion dollars of their loose change into Soda, Coffee and Snack Machines a vending route is still a great path to financial independence

Getting Started

Vending machines have always been a great opportunity to start your own business. And today, while not an Internet based business like a lot of the Home Based businesses we have been talking about – a fresh paint of new technology is making vending an even more popular and potentially profitable home based business for the savvy entrepreneur then eve before. Traditional vending machines still abound but the latest high tech machines that take credit cards and debit cards, and soon may even be able to deduct from accounts linked to you cell phone – are making vending machines much more attractive to businesses owners and consumers. Also Machines no longer stop at just candy and soda – today you can find vending machines in corporate break rooms throughout the country offering healthy alternatives, even complete meals. Also coffer vending machine shave been making great in roads into the corporate market place replacing more traditional coffee service because of their cost effectiveness. There are basically two types of vending machines – the bulk candy dispensers; the traditional “gumball” machine; and the more sophisticated drink, ice cream, candy etc machines. Most experts in the vending industry agree that when starting out you can best begin and grow your business with a small combination of both types of machines.  A vending  Route in general is usually a very profitable home based business. However it is difficult to definitively say which type of machines are better than the other, as they both have there advantages and disadvantages. That is why most experts in the field agree to shake it up a bit with a variety of both kinds of machines. For example, obviously there are far more purchase made from snack and soda machines than bulk gum or mint machines, so the bring in more money, but that also means the need to refilled more often. Yet, if you can afford the purchase price you can create a similar income level to snack and soda by adding additional bulk candy machines to your route. Bulk candy vendors generally need servicing every 6 or 8 weeks; so, you can still treat it as a part time business even if you have dozens of machines on location and it could possibly bring you the same income as a few snack and soda machines, or certainly supplement that income.

Start-up costs

Realistically unlike some other home based businesses with little or no start up cost, starting a vending route will take some start up costs. You can purchase bulk machines for less then 100.00. The more sophisticated soda/snack machines can cost anywhere from $1500 –2000.00, but most dealers in vending machines will offer financing on their most expensive machines, and this can be as little as 200.00 month. So with a modest amount of start up capital, say $15,000 – 20,000.00 you should be able to purchase or lease enough machines to get you started. You also may want to consider hiring a locater, who can help you place the machines. You can find out more about hiring a locator and more details about start-up costs by clicking following links in the resource section at the end of the article. As in any Home Based Business – if you have left work to pursue a vending route business full time, and do not have access to health benefits through a spouse, you need to include the cost of health benefits in your monthly budget. More information on Insurance for the Self-Employed can be found at www.insurancebudget.com or http://www.nase.org/

Hours and Income

If you really want to make money and have a successful vending route as a home based business, it really takes having a fair amount of machines. And that means expect to put in full time hours to service them and collect form them. However your time is still your own, as will be your profits, which with the right amount of machines in the right locations can be up to 5000.00 a month, or more. An average bull machine should yield about 50.00 per month, a good soda/candy 200 – 300.00 or more/month.

Potential Problems

The greatest pitfalls with starting a home-based vending route is again falling for scams about outrageous claims for free machines with high profits. Or paying for routes that do not really exsist. Or paying for locators that give you false lists. Also do not overpay for machines, or for commissions to locators or location owners. The links below can help you avoid problems and make good decisions.

Other Resources

Tips for Starting and Operating a Vending Businesses

http://www.my-vending-uncle.com/indexg.html

http://www.4mega-vending.com/faq.htm

http://www.smallbizbooks.com/cgi-bin/SmallBizBooks/00103.html

Latest Vending Technologies

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/50734/next_generation_technology_for_vending.html

Conclusion

Starting a vending route can cost some significant money, and has it’s challenges but has been, and still can be the path to business ownership and financial freedom for many.