engineer1984 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I am spending time with my sister this weekend and she has a 16 month old baby. After hearing about the prices for clothing and such, I thought 'why isn't there an exchange for baby clothes?' Well, I started looking on the internet and one thing led to another and I came across baby supplies vending machines. Check these out: http://www.nannycaddy.com/index.html http://happybabyvending.com/ They are both expanding and it seems like the market is open. Who knows how much these companies are profiting / not profiting.. Anybody with experience in this area? Cheers, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendking Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 From the research I have done on happy baby vending they are fairly new and I believe that they are students who created the company they have partnership opportunities on their website. I can't find profit margins anywhere or if anyone besides the company owns one. It is a good idea though maybe to put in a mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 just get your own snack machine from CL or a refurbishing company and slap decals on it presto, a baby theme vending machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engineer1984 Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Yeah, it was more a question of markets, not how-to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newheart53 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I like the concept, but those two companies look like they will make all the money and you just get by. I agree just buy a machine and theme it yourself in a mall or Dr. office or such where a lot of little ones congregate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcow Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I talked to some owners of one of these a few years back. They had it located at a local mall and was looking to sell because they were moving out of town. Most of their sales were off the eport (cc reader) and verifiable. The mall charged them about $25.00 in commission per month. Their monthly sales were averaging @ $200.00 ...yes MONTHLY sales. They were asking $4,000.00 for the machine/location, inventory and coinmech money. My guess is 4,000 is about what they paid for the bizop , possibly more. Needles to say i took a pass on this "opportunity" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bo0tsy1 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Hi, I originally joined this forum with a similar idea, not product. I think too much competition from "corner pharms" like CVS/Walgreens kills you right off the bat. Also, you would have to find locations where people can't get to baby supplies, a mall would have a baby store. Try museums, theme parks, movie theaters, but be warned most parents can judge their kids habits and those captive audience places you find that are left will have full line vending contracts because they are captive and can ask their vendors for anything in a vending machine. You may even tip your hand and give them the idea. Near as I can tell.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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