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		sokoloff on Oct 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The economics of vending machines "Average" (of 23 survey respondents) might not be a particularly great measure. I can imagine many operators would have 1-3 machines on the premises of the business they are actually focused on (a pizza shop or an office cafeteria with a drink and a snacks vending machine), while others might have 75 or more. (How much does the average mobile app make? Does that low 4-figure amount (edit-to-add: per year) mean that app development is a dead end?)

martin_a on Oct 5, 2020 [–]

Do you need to put aside money for insurance, ongoing repairs/maintenance, restocking physical goods, vandalism/loss of the machine for apps?

I think vending machines are not really a realiable income when looking at the costs that might occur.

So, I'd take any 4-figure app over any amount of vending machines.

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