Vending machines in a single venue
The operator places vending machines at one high-traffic location, in this case a hockey rink, and keeps the sales. Costs are stock and machine purchase.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Rentals and assets74% surex
- Earns from
- One-time sales72% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- Over $10k89% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- Hands-offLow confidence44% surex
- Where
- In person72% surex
- Coding
- No coding needed99% surex
Source
The Koerner OfficeTom, with Chris Koerner. “11 Proven Businesses My Viewers Started With Almost No Money”
In their words, not verified by us$100K so far, $12K a month, 40% margin, under a year in.
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