How to Start a Vending Machine Business in 2025 (step by step)

In this video Donald and Sarahkay goes over every step to start a vending machine business.

Step 1
Find the vending machine location
[ ] There are different ways to start the a vending machine
[ ] The easiest and fastest way to starts a vending machine business is to buy a route
1. Buying a location just means your buying the place where to put your vending machine
[ ] You can find these routes and location on Facebook marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist
[ ] Code call companies and ask to put your vending machine in their location

Step 2 How much do you need
[ ] You can buy a vending machine for 300-700 dollars
[ ] When you start getting top tier locations go to vending machine suppliers.
[ ] Vending machine suppliers are more reliable and most time offer warranties and show you how to buy a use vending machine
But usually there more expensive and less likely to negotiate
[ ] How to inspect vending machine
[ ] For snack vending machine
[ ] Make sure that’s every coil works
Put quarters nickels dimes dollars
[ ] For drink machines
1. Make sure that the vending machines accepts all forms of payment quarters nickels dimes
2. Make sure that the vending machine gets cold.
Tell the owner turn on the vending machine before you come because it takes about 15 minutes to get

What makes a good location
[ ] Foot traffic - Many people are walking by
Make sure your putting your vending machine in a visible area
[ ] Seclusion - meaning that there are not that many stores around
[ ] Long hours- Find places where people wait a very long time
[ ] Put the right vending machines
[ ] Combo machines are very small and require good for small places where you can’t put both a snack and drink machine
[ ] Snack and drink combos are good duo
[ ] Makes sure you measure your vending machine location to ensure a perfect fit
[ ] We buy Dixie Narco drink machines and Royale drink machines
[ ] We buy Ap snack machines
[ ] Our cheapest vending machine was $500 most expensive is 3k
[ ] Stay away from Sega vending machines. Was told by seasoned vending machine owners that they have maintenance issue
Credit card reader
[ ] We don’t have any are locations use mostly cash
[ ] Credit card reader charge you 3 ways first to buy then a monthly charge then on every product

Different plays you can run with vending machine
[ ] You can flip vending machine location.
[ ] We bought a vending route for 3k and sold one location for 4k
[ ] If a location doesn’t want your service but wants a vending machine sell it to them.

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