Vending Machine Slot Rental

If you have a product you’d like to sell via vending machines, but not enough variety to warrant the rental of an ENTIRE machine, then you can consider renting a slot in an existing machine we are already managing. Here are some FAQs:

1: “I’d like to sell Coca-cola” / “I’d like to sell bottled drinks!” / “I’d like to sell Snickers / Lay’s / Pringles”, “How do I go about renting a slot for these items?”

We are ALREADY selling these items in our machines, so we WILL NOT rent you the slot(s) to sell these exact same items.

We are only offering slot rentals if you are selling something we do not stock. Examples include Pokemon cards, fragrances, toys, specially imported snacks, etc. If in doubt, just check with us first. *You should already be a distributor of these products. Do not waste time/money importing these just to place in our machines, ok? Think of us as just another channel for you to sell EXISTING products in your inventory.

2: “How much does it cost to rent a slot?”

When you rent a slot, you pay us UPFRONT rental and pass us your products (all documented in black-and-white so no worries), and we’ll do the top-ups on your behalf, and pass you the sales proceeds at the end of the rental term.

This means (1) WE NEED TO KEEP THE STOCK and (2) WE NEED TO HANDLE THE TOPUPS. If your item is slim and light (e.g. Pokemon cards), you get preferential rental rates. If your item is heavy / bulky (e.g. 500ml beverage or a 1kg item), there will be no discount.

So contact us only after you’ve decided WHAT you wish to sell, give us the dimensions and weight of the product, and we’ll let you know what is the fee payable.

3: “Do you charge anything else apart from slot rental fee?”

No, we do not. For instance, if you are paying us $100/month for a slot to sell a particular item from your company, we take only the $100 from you. ALL the sales proceeds from that particular slot / product will be given to you at the end of the rental term. We do not deduct any further commissions, etc.

4: “How much do you think I’ll make from renting a slot?”

That’s what everyone wants to know, right? But we can offer no guarantees. How much you make will depend on what you intend to sell. For instance, if it’s an item that is trendy now but hard to find (e.g. Labubu), you could potentially make good money just from selling a few of these, as they are currently being sold for anything between $50 and $65 per piece, with some special ones going at $350 or more.

Example 1:

If you are going to sell a canned beverage (that costs maybe $1.30 or slightly more) from your own brand, then you need to do the math. Say one slot in our machine can stock just 5 cans, and we do topups three times a week, that means that even if your item SELLS OUT every single time, the maximum number of cans we can sell on your behalf is 15 in a week / 60 in a month. And if you are paying $50 for slot rental, and the maximum number of cans sold is 60 in a month, you may not be making money at the end of the month.

Example 2:

If you are selling Pokemon cards, or something of the same size, we can stock 15 of them in a slot. So assuming only one-third is sold each time we go do our topups, that means you sell 15 a week, or 60 a month. And assuming slot rental is $30, and you make $1 profit per pack of cards, you would make $30 profit after deducting slot rental cost.

Please crunch the numbers yourself before contacting us. Thank you very much!