# Vending, good business idea or no? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vending-good-business-idea-or-no/255838 "2010-12-01T21:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 56
**Author:** ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vending-good-business-idea-or-no/255838/56 "2010-12-02T14:24:00Z")
> [@FS: 1997 CHEVY BLAZER](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1997-chevy-blazer/35277/39): > > Your math is WAY off there. 20 cans a day at $2 profit per can is $40/day. 365 days a year and that’s $7300 a year. Minus 20% to go to the PF if they agree to the low number, that’s maybe $5800 a year. Plus in the first year you need to factor in the cost of the machine. > For you to make even $50k a year, you’d need to sell about 30-35 thousand cans a year, so about 3000 cans a month, or 1000 cans a day. Im not sure what your doing? I DID make an error but a small error as I did months instead of days… Regaurdless, if I do it by days the number is actually HIGHER. Yes, you are correct, 20 cans a day is $40 profit x 6 machines = $240… $240 x 365 days = $87,600 and thats if I only sell a measily 20 cans a day. IDK if you belong to Planet Fitness but the place is PACKED from 5am to 11pm and even 11pm to 5am there is still traffic. I did however not include the 20% for there fee and I should have Yes. BTW, 20% is HUGE, from the research I’ve gathered the normal rate is FREE to 10%, but becuase it is a well established facility I would increase that to 20% Last, even if I only made $50k a yr which is no where near what I think I WOULD make thats 60% of the capital regions full time work salary, for me it would just be a side thing… I think $50k translates to almost $1k a week? I’d like to see $4k a week at least but $1k for doing minimal week is ok with me. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vending-good-business-idea-or-no/255838)._