How many times have you seen a candy machine? Probably far more than you can even begin to recollect. They appear in restaurants, grocery stores, corner markets, malls, hardware stores, mechanic shops, doctor’s offices, church buildings, schools, and virtually everywhere else. They’re so common that we often walk right by without even thinking of them as anything special, but in fact, to their owners they are something very special: a solid source of income.

That’s right, though the amount of money we each drop into a vending machine seems incredibly trivial, those individual quarters and dollars, when put together from enough machines, can generally produce a wage equivalent to about $70/hr. Considering as well that a vending franchise owner can manage all aspects of the business by himself, without an office or employees, there is very little overhead. And operating a home based business means a reduction in taxes because at least part of vehicle, home, and insurance costs become company expenditures. All this together makes that $70/hr ultimately even more profitable than many other home based businesses.

If all of this information intrigues you, then you may well be just the person for a Vendstar vending franchise, one of the best business opportunities in the vending industry. If you’re a wise businessman, however, no simple statement of their quality will suffice: you want to know exactly what makes them different.

The History

One of the big things that really makes Vendstar different is something that most people will never know, and that’s how they got their beginning. It all began with the founder, who in his mid 20s proved his business chops by becoming one of Snap-On Tools’ youngest district field managers, adding an annual sales volume of $2.5mil to the company’s earnings. By age 27, he had become the youngest sales manager in the history of the company, adding 30% to the national sales routes and raking in over $25mil more than his predecessor annually.

It was this man who stepped out on his own to create the Vendstar vending opportunity, and his dedication to sales, customer service, and brilliant route-based operation permeates the business model to this day. Though the position of CEO has changed hands, customers, franchisees, and critics agree that the intent and attitude of Vendstar’s founder has remained with them since.

The Machine

Obviously, one of the most important aspects of a vending franchise is the vending machine itself. In the case of Vendstar, the machine makes all the difference.

The current pride and joy of the Vendstar brand is the Vendstar 3000. After years of bulky machines that impeded customer traffic, were hard to move, and tended to spill candy product all over the floor, the R&D department at Vendstar has developed a machine designed with route operators and location owners in mind. The 3000 is lighter, and more space-efficient than any previous machine, without losing candy capacity. This is achieved by a taller, more slender design that utilizes vertical space instead of horizontal. As well, this flagship machine of the Vendstar home business is built with the largest candy tray in the industry, ensuring that whatever candy is released stays in the tray instead of falling to the ground and creating a mess.

But their line of vending equipment doesn’t end with the 3000. In fact, that base model has been twice enhanced to develop two other models that take this franchise business in directions that the 3000 could never have taken it alone. The Vendstar 4000, in many regards, looks and behaves just like the 3000, except that it comes in three different colors, adding visual appeal, and is designed to dispense 1" gumballs, bouncy balls, and toys, and not just small, bulk candy. Similarly, the all-new Vendstar 5000 has recently been released. Fatter than both the 3000 and the 4000, this model has been specially designed to take all the important features of its predecessors and add the ability to dispense 1-¼" balls and toys, as well as individually wrapped candy.

With the firm design and variety of customizations that the machines of this work at home franchise exhibit, there is little wonder why Vendstar is one of the leading franchises in this industry.

Anyone can do it

So far this franchise opportunity has been the source of success for a wide variety of people, including college students, singles, married couples, young parents, retirees, businesspeople in need of side work, the disabled, and every other conceivable demographic. Between the dedication to franchisee success, excellent machine design, and solid business model that Vendstar provides, they are certain that anyone, in any stage of life, can attain levels of business success they’ve never seen and wouldn’t expect from a work from home business.


October 21, 2008