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Servicing your vending machine route

So you took the plunge and you now have your very own vending machines on location. Now, you have to service them! The first month is always both exciting and nerve-racking because you can count how...

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Vending machine security

Operating a vending machine business has its rewards: high profit margins, and relatively little to do but refill machines and make sure they’re in good condition. Because you don’t have to police your...

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Tips For Vending Bulk Capsules, Gumballs, and Candy

When filling your bulk vending machines for the first time in a new location, only fill each selection about 2/3rds full.  Then, check it frequently until you learn how that location will do.  This...

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Bulk Candy Vending Tips

We have a few tips below to help your bulk candy vending machine business be more profitable for you. 1.  Two of the easiest ways to boost sales is by cleaning your  vending machines each time you...

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Some Snack and Soda Vending Machine Tips

Here are some tips that will help make your snack and soda vending machines more profitable. Check out our Snack and Soda Vending Machine section to view all the great products we have available! If...

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Tips For Starting a Vending Machine Business

Here are a few tips that will help you with starting your vending machine business: The item for sale can be crucial to the business but it can vary from different types of candy to gumballs. Product...

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Coin Counters are Very Useful

Coin counters are one of the biggest timesaving products available today especially for those of you with vending machines. Counting coins and rolling them by hand is not only tedious, but it also...

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4 Tips To Help Expand Your Vending Machine Business

These tips are focused on the fundamentals of the business, without these you will have less success with your vending machine business. 1. Keep your machines clean, filled and in good working order at...

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Tips to Increase Vending Machine Sales

Increasing profit in your Bulk Vending business can be easy with these simple steps.  Don’t overlook their importance even though they sound simple. These steps will work to put more money in your...

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Facts About the Vending Machine Business

Lots of people know that the vending machine business has the potential of earning you a high profit. But that’s not the only thing you should consider when deciding whether to start one or not. Before...

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Candy And Gum Sales On The Rise!

The great news is that candy and gum dollar sales are on the increase, according to Information Resources, Inc. In the four week period ending December 28, 2009 sales increased 5.1 percent over the...

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Snack and Soda Vending Machines

Everywhere you go, you’re sure to find a snack machine or a soda machine.  And they must make good money because how can anyone resist a tasty treat or an ice cold beverage at a convenient location?...

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Join candymachines.com at the 2010 International Pizza Expo®

Make sure you join candymachines.com at the 2010 International Pizza Expo! We look forward to seeing everyone at the Las Vegas Convention Center (March 2 – 4, 2010). We will have two booths there...

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Order Custom Vending Machine Tokens Today!

Tokens – a way to get personal Candymachines.com has the perfect way to let you get personal with your customers and to keep them coming back to your vending machines  —  Vending Machine Tokens. Tokens...

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Pre-Cyber Monday Deals!!

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Time To Buy More Vending Machines!

Sales forecast hits the spot! The news is great for the vending machine business! Candy and gum sales have continued to rise higher and higher every month this year, in both the dollars spent and the...

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10% Off Any Order – CYBER Monday Starts Now!

10% Off Any Order – CYBER Monday Starts Now! 10% Off Any Order – CYBER Monday Starts Now!

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Verizon 4G LTE Commercial Uses Our Gumball Machine!

"We feel very lucky in the casting options we were given, and we’d like to thank Jack Mezzio , Chad Neace , and Irena Murphy for their excellent work.  We’d also like to thank our location manager...

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Domo Vending Stickers For Sale!

Domo comes in sticker form He looks scary as heck with a wide open mouth that’s full of big white teeth, but he loves TV, and he was hatched from an egg. Who would imagine that Domo the mean looking...

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Disney Princess Glitter Vending Tattoos Now Available!

Disney Adds Princess Tattoos to list of Products Every little girl knows about the Disney Princesses. They appear in parades, stage shows, video games, and movies. Some girls even get to meet them at...

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Vending Bulk Candy In The Summer

Summer candy vending hint… If your vending machines are in an especially hot and or humid location and the candy starts sticking together try this. Spray a large plastic spoon with an unflavored,...

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Placing Your Bulk Vending Machines

Where do I put my machines? At candymachines.com we are often asked, where is the best place to put my bulk vending machine? While there are many different locators out there that can help you, we...

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Vending Bulk Candy

How Much Candy Should I Vend? The settings on your candy machines are very important. You want to be profitable while not turning customers away. You have to find a happy medium. Customers will...

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Adjusting The Wheel On Your Candy Vending Machine

How do you adjust the candy wheel? Adjusting the candy wheel on your candy machine will allow you to set the amount of candy that comes out per vend. This should help control your costs, maximize your...

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Where To Place Your Vending Machines

Looking to start a vending machine route, but are stumped at where to place your machines?  Remember, toy vending machines cater to mostly school aged children, and candy machines are more universal....

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Replacement Globes for your Carousel Machines

Do you have a Carousel Gumball Machine with a cracked globe and are wondering how you can get a replacement?  Well look no further!   Did you know that www.CandyMachines.com has replacement globes for...

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Gumball Banks, What Size Gumball Shall I Use?

Gumballs By The Pound – Junior Solid Color Assorted What size Gumballs fit in a Gumball Bank?   The most common size Gumball that fits in a Gumball Bank is the 5800 count Junior Solid Assorted Gumballs...

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Buy Martian Men for Your Toy Vending Machine!

The LGM’s are Here The LGM (Little Green Men) have landed! Aliens have always been popular and have gained more notoriety with kids due to recent movies and cartoons.  Candymachines.com is pleased to...

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Are Locators Necessary When Starting a Bulk Candy Business?

Many people who are starting their own bulk vending business believe that they need to use a Locator Service to place their vending machines. Well, locators can be a great resource, but they can also...

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Charity VS Commission

What’s the difference between offering commission to the business or profits to charity? “Should I give the store a commission or should I give it to charity?” We get asked this a lot at...

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Replacement Globes

If you have a home gumball bank with a glass globe, chances are you will need to replace it sooner rather than later. Candymachines.com has replacement globes in 3 different sizes for the 3 different...

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The Seaga Snack and Soda Combo Machine

This is a great Snack & Soda Machine for break rooms or even in your home for a game room or a man cave. This machine could make you a little money off the purchases of the snacks and sodas. For a...

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Fish or Animal Feed Bulk Vending Machine

Here at www.candymachines.com we have a lot of petting zoos and farms call us about a candy machines that can vend fish and animal feed. It’s always fun when we get to say yes and help them with a...

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Why Vending? – Part 3

Vending As A Business: The vending machine industry has been around for years and it is a huge multi-billion dollar a year industry. Americans love our fast food and our candy fixes almost as much as...

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Order the Toy Candy Crane Claw Game Today!

Arcade fun at home!  The portable Toy Candy Crane Claw machine will entertain kids (young and old) for hours.  The machine has a classic design with a red trim, old-fashioned controls, and a durable...

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Gumball Bandit Caught!

One of the benefits of bulk vending machines is the ability to move them around to locations very quickly and easily. The toy, candy and gumball bulk vending machines are fairly simple to move. This...

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Get Replacement Parts for your Vending Machine!

Lock & Key Sets Did you lose the key to your vending machine?  Did you over tighten the lock?  If you answered yes to either of these questions then you will need to purchase a new Lock and Key...

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Triple Time Gumball and Candy Machine

Here at candymachines.com we get asked a lot which machine we like the best. One of our favorites is the Triple Time Gumball & Candy Machine. This great unit has 3 removable compartments for easy...

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Vending Machine Parts

Call CandyMachines.com for parts for your Gumball Vending Machines, Candy Machines or Toy Capsule Machines. The customer service and parts department will work with you to figure out what type of part...

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Order Display Cards with Your Vending Capsules!

When should you purchase a display card for your Toy capsule vending machine? A good time to purchase a display card is when you are introducing a new product or switching product. Display cards are...

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Starting a Vending Machine Business

How Much Money Can I Make? We are asked all the time: how much money will my vending machine make every month? There is not an absolute answer to this question. Your machines have to be placed in the...

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Buy A Toy Capsule Vending Machine Today!

What is a “capsule” machine? A Capsule machine is usually a larger machine that will vend the 2” capsules and often is part of a rack setup. This is great for giving your locations more of a selection...

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Put a Combo Vending Machine in your Laundromat!

Do you own a Laundromat? If you own a coin operated laundry mat and do not have a vending machine in there you are missing out on a whole lot more quarters. When moms go do the laundry they bring their...

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Vending Machine Question Answered

My vending machine is not working what do I do? First thing I tell people is to align the inside of the dispensing wheel with the coin mechanism.  The alignment is very important for Candy and Gumballs...

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Vending Machine Tokens

Many of our candymachines.com customers don’t know that we also offer the Bulk Vending Tokens to go with our bulk vending machines. While we can get any size token we recommend the .984” since the...

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Buy A Coin Counting Machine Today!

Coin Counting – Money in the Bank. When I asked a Vending professional what she did with all of the loose change from her large stable of vending machines, she replied “It’s not loose change if you...

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Bulk Vending Machines 101

We are often asked by our customers the basics of starting up in the candy machine world. Questions like – How much money can I make? Where should I place my new machines? What are the best selling...

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