I am buying a triple gumball machine and I have a few questions. Do I need a vendors license? What sells the best in them? Anything else other than candy, gum and nuts work? Where is the best location? If I wanted to put it in a shopping center or store, how would I go about doing that? Could I put something like raisins or nuts and would the machine know how much to dispense? I was told it will despense 1″ and smaller items.
I saw on ebay a gumball machine key for sale. Could anyone with a gumball key unlock it and get the money?
Depending on the state you live in is what exact license you need. In many states you need to have your vendors license, a business license, and insurance on each machine. You also need to have your contact informatiojn on each unit clearly.
As far as contents, you can pretty easily find many distributors for tons of different products you can stock your machines with. If you have a wishing well they also carry tons of items that you can pick up for just a penny or two each and then sell in the machines after putting them in a one cent egg.
I had a client who got away from this because some kid climbed his machine and it fell on him. His family sued my client and he ended up losing his business.
