The Everest Blog

We’ve seen them around forever, but few people have ever considered owning one before. Of course, the thing we’re talking about is vending machines. In recent years, many people have learned about how easy it is to make money with these machines.

However, you should not just go out and buy a standard drink or snack vending machine. If you want to get the most out of this side hustle, you should look into ice vending machines. There are many reasons why you should join the ice vending industry instead of the typical snack and drink one. We’ll go over them here.

There Are Fewer Expenses

No matter what kind of business you run, there will be expenses that you’ll need to cover. These are impossible to avoid. For vending machines, you need to pay for the product as well as the rental space the machine will sit in.

However, for ice vending machines, the overall costs will be significantly less. Snacks and drinks cost a lot of money. Plus, if they sit in the machine too long, they might go bad. The water used to make ice is very cheap and easy to replace if it goes bad since it’ll all hook up to the water line.

You Don’t Rely on Suppliers

Of course, this leads to the second reason to join the ice vending industry: no dealing with annoying suppliers. Since snacks and drinks must come from somewhere else, you need to deal with a third-party company that can provide these products for you.

For an ice vending machine, all you have to do is hook it up to the water line. No products are involved. This is much easier and rarely fails you. The same can’t be said for many supply companies.

They Don’t Take Up as Much Time

Another positive that comes from this is maintaining your machines will take up very little of your time. You’ll never need to make a trip to your machine to restock it. The water will always be there, waiting to get turned into ice. Plus, ice machines have much fewer moving parts than your standard vending machine. That means significantly less maintenance and downtime for you and your machine.

Scalability Will Be Easier

However, the best part of starting an ice machine business has to be the fact that scalability will be much easier than it ever would be with standard vending machines. Since you’re spending less money to run your machine, that’ll equate to more profits. The more money you make, the easier it will be to buy more machines and expand your empire.

Since you won’t have to show up to your machines regularly to restock them or fix any broken parts they have, having a lot of them will hardly increase the amount of time you spend on this side business. You’ll still be able to focus more on the things that matter while making a passive income on the side.