Meridian Beaver Gumball Machine

This bright red machine has a futuristic look which is alluring. Almost like an old school room globe, the globe holds 2000 gumballs, 54 lbs of bulk candy, or 1500 one inch capsules. The size along of this machine should be enough to warrant attention! The coin bag is disguised at the bottom of the base, accessible yet secure. It provides quick service of the machine, and the cast metal parts ensure durability. Comes in bright red, blue, or yellow!

Mega Triple Play Gumball Machine

Kids love watching their gumball roll down the spiral slide of a gumball machine, but the sheer size of this machine will grab attention. The globe is divided into three compartments, allowing you to dispense three different kinds of products! Two of the compartments hold 1” round capsule toys or gumballs, and the third compartment holds 2” capsule toys or 45/49 mm bouncy balls! More choices, more attraction for your customers!

Spiro Rocket Bouncy Ball & Gumball Machine

With the kinetic feature of a spiral gumball machine, the rocket design of this gumball machine will certainly catch the eye. It holds about 600 1.25 inch large gumballs, but it can also dispense 1” gumballs, or 27 or 32 mm bouncy balls as well!

Secure or Not Secure

You can tell if you are on a secure site or not using a couple of indicators. First, check the home page of the vending machine and vending machine equipment website for signs of security. These banners are usually at the bottom of the page. They will include the approval from websites like the Better Business Bureau and an identity assurance company. This means that the website is accredited. Another way to tell if it is a secure site is to check the address when you are in check out mode. The address will change from http, to https.

Check the Policy

A legitimate machine vending website will offer a money back guarantee minus shipping and/or a restocking fee. Many sites offer these guarantees on a thirty-day basis. When it comes to soda vending machines; this is a generous offer and should be appreciated. Be wary of sites that do not mention the guarantee except in the fine print.

Customer Service

A legitimate website that does plenty of business and has satisfied customers wants to talk to you and will make that perfectly clear on the home page. If you see a link to contact us, a live chat, plus testimonials, odds are you have found a great website with which to conduct your vending machine business. They sell new and used vending machines and want you to be happy.

When you purchase a soda machine, you have to keep in mind that the electricity requirements are greater than other vending machines.  A soda machine or other beverage vending machine requires refrigeration, which requires more electricity than your typical machine.  We suggest polling your customers to see if they would prefer a soda machine or snack machine before you go ahead and buy one.  If you have decided to go with a soda machine, we have lots of different choices for you.  If at any point you have questions about specific machines or vending in general, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We have several popular drink machines, such as the six and ten selection Can & Bottle Soda Vending Machine, as well as the 4-selection Space Saver Countertop Soda Vending Machine.  The last model is perfect for businesses with little floor space but extended counter space.  The six and ten selection models also offer the option of adding a credit card receptor or energy drink adapter.  The credit card receptor is a good choice for business whose customers frequently use credit cards.  The ease of using a credit card makes it more likely customers will make a purchase.

The Mighty Mite Rocket Gumball Machine is one of our favorite gumball machines.  Sure, maybe we are all children on the inside, but something about a rocket gumball machines just seems cool.  This type of machine is perfect for a business geared towards kids, like a kid’s gym or any business near a playground.

We like the Pro Line Double-Head Gumball Machine with Stand because of its classic nature.  We feel similarly about the Tough Pro Gumball Machine with Stand.  It reminds us of the days when we had to ask our parents for a quarter to get some candy.  These gumball machines are great for a business with little floor space seeking a minimal investment in a vending machine.

The Classic Triple Vend Gumball Machine with Chrome Stand and Rhino Triple Gumball Machine with Stand are two of our more popular models, and we like them because of their efficiency.  A three-headed gumball machine is just as easy to fill as a single or double head machine, and they have the potential to produce 3x the profits!  Profit is something we can all appreciate.

No matter what type of gumball machine you want, we are here to help you find it.  If you would like more details about any of our vending machines, please do not hesitate to give us a call.

Soda Machine

Most everyone has seen a soda machine.  We have brand new models, like the 12-selection Can & Bottle Soda Vending Machine, and many used models, such as the Monster Energy Drink Machine.

Snack Machine

We have all seen a snack machine before.  We have a great selection of snack machines; one of our most popular models is the 32-selection Perfect Break Snack Vending Machine with iVend.

Snack & Soda Vending Machine Combo

This machine puts snacks and soda in the same machine, and eliminates the need for a customer to find two machines to meet one need.  We like the Chill Center Cold Food & Beverage 5 Wide Vending Machine.

Gumball Machines

We have a great selection of gumball machines, check out are article to see which ones are our favorites.

Specialty Machines

This category includes many different types of machines; laundry detergent, medicine, coins and tokens, etc.  We have a few different models of each.  Please check out the Specialty Vending Machine section for a complete listing.

In addition to a great selection of machines, we also sell all the parts and accessories you need to keep your machine up and running.  We have a great selection of bulk candy for you to choose from.  If you need help counting all your money, consider buying one of our coin counters or sorters.  They really help speed up the coin counting process.  Lastly if you need a new stand or rack for your machine, we have those too.

Playing with a bouncy ball or a super ball is one of the most memorable things from the childhood of the present and few previous generations. Ever since its introduction in the 1960’s, bouncing balls have always been around in one form or the other as a source of fun and joy for a huge variety of people because of its extreme bouncy nature making it fun to use in a variety of games and also because it is both safe and durable. An interesting fact is that as most would have experienced, no matter how hard you throw it, it just rebounds back with the same force and speed which makes it so popular among kids.

There are many other reasons as well for which bouncy balls are quite renowned as a tool of play. It is perhaps one of the safest rubber toys all around the world these days. Being made from cheap materials such as rubber and nowadays from composite plastic materials also known as ploy butadiene makes them remarkably cheap and readily available through toy vending machines all across America and Europe. But a bouncy ball, also known as bouncing ball by some, is not just a small rubber ball that bounces to great heights proportionate with the amount of force that is applied on it, instead the balls we see that are used in baseball as well as some other sports are also based on the concept of bouncy balls.

Today bouncy balls are still as popular with the newer generation as it was with the older generations because of the fact that many toy manufacturers are producing bouncy balls in vivid eye-catching colors. Everyone needs a moments of joy and happiness in their lives and there is perhaps seldom any person who can’t recall playing with these colorful little things of joy in their childhood years. Click Here to see varieties of bouncy balls.

Choice for an ideal location for a vending machine is not a very complicated affair, only certain points must be borne in mind, to name a few here:

• Placing the machine at a location where there is high foot traffic or flow of people.

• Placement of vending machine should be close to a place where people have to wait, e.g. doctor’s clinic, lawyer’s office, bus stop, railway station, airport lounges. Places of recreation and entertainment such as, sports stadium, music concert halls, Sports hall / Gym, Pubs, Night Clubs. Worthy to mention are shopping malls, outside super markets, Auto repair shops.

• Visibility of the vending machine is as important as the ideal location. It should be clearly visible.

• It should be placed so that it is easily accessible.

Machine vending business is emerging as a lucrative business due to the fact that convenience and time saving are a top priority for today’s modern, fast paced society. Buying the best machines or the right kind of machines is just one part of running a successful vending machine business, planning, placing, restocking and maintaining are equally important for planning a successful vending solution. Demographics play an important part when devising a business strategy. It is important to grasp all information about locations and behavior of customers. At the end, it all boils down to the fact that the cost of a vending machine or choosing the best vending machine is not as important as choosing the right location for the placement of right kind of products.

A positive motivator is supposed to help the child’s self-esteem and self-identity flourish. And, it can be more effective than yelling, nagging, or micromanaging. Reading this article, it shows how teachers can use toy or candy vending machines as positive reinforcers in the classroom.  I would assert that they also make for creative reinforcers in the home.

A candy or capsule vending machine can be made to accept change or tokens. If you modify it for token use, then you can administer tokens to your kids when they are well-behaved or to reinforce any good choices they make. Also, if your kids are a little too young for an allowance, you can use tokens as rewards for simple chores—making their bed, cleaning up their toys, or helping set the table. At an age when toys mean more than money, this can be a good way to reward your child’s work ethic.

Capsule or candy vending machines are quite affordable, and you can get bulk refill items at a great rate as well. Candy, gumballs, or a toy assortment can be shipped right to your house, and you can reuse the capsules to pack toys or candies for the machine.

It’s a creative way to positively reinforce your kids in the home.

“If you’re going to allow people to have marijuana, then let’s organize it, regulate it, tax it,” Medbox’s CEO says. With states like California, Washington, Colorado, and more legalizing medical use of marijuana, Medbox has made an easy vending machine to dispense these prescription amounts. Though, Medbox would hesitate using the word “vending machine.” It’s not like there are machines in the office where you can get a Twix and pot brownie for break.

The machines sit behind the sales counter at pharmacies. The biometric technology records and identifies the fingerprints of the patients carrying state-issued medical marijuana cards. The information is recorded in the database to ensure that patients don’t get more than their prescription calls for, and it is nearly impossible for workers to pilfer for their own use. Also, it regulates everything so that the marijuana is properly taxed.

Not only does it dispense baggies of marijuana, but also alternative consumption options such as brownies, lozenges, or other edible alternatives. And right now, Medbox is the only machine in the market. Each one costs about $50,000, making prescriptions simple to disperse in pharmacies.

Eighteen states have legalized the medicinal use of marijuana. Colorado has passed legislation for recreational use, and Washington is in the midst of writing these measures. It seems that the tide is starting to sway towards the use of marijuana, at least medicinally. Medbox is making a jump on the dispensing technology of it. Already, stocks have soared for the company, and they are seeing many financial gains. It’s a good time to own stock in Medbox!

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• Charity and donations
• Impulse purchases
• Increased traffic to kids’ areas

Give And Take

If you hold charity events in your store, you are already aware that these events attract customers. Many people shop at certain stores because the store participates in events like the Muscular Dystrophy drive or other charities. A countertop gumball machine is the perfect solution to collect money for these events all year around rather than just a few times a year.

Impulse Purchases Add Up

A countertop gumball machine or other small and compact candy vending machines help your store when it comes to impulse purchases. In fact, you would be very surprised ant just how much money can be made from these machines. A gumball for just a quarter is a simple purchase for a customer, and they are mostly likely to have this change on their person.This is especially true if you have a business that attracts parents with small children like a convenience store or novelty shop.

Bring Them Running

If you have an area in your store that supplies children’s games and other attractions like comic books and novelty toys, having a gumball machine in these areas will attract more attention and bring the kids running. If space is a problem, a countertop gumball machine with a metal stand is the perfect solution. Once the kids see the gumball machine and run to it with quarters in hand, they will see your other merchandise and start screaming for mom and dad.