7 Vending Machines Nobody Thinks Of (Not Snacks or Sodas)

Vending machines aren't just snacks and sodas. In this video, seven of them: the ATM route that nets $200–$700 per machine per month, water vending machines that start at $500 with margins up to 95%, coffee machines with a $0.35 cost per $2 cup, sneaker-cleaning kiosks riding the StockX era, smart laundry lockers apartment buildings beg for, the $500 ice cream roll machine people queue to film, and the car key duplication kiosk one operator scaled to eight locations netting $15K+/month. Watch the full car key kiosk deep-dive next: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMd3k8Ihdyw Every machine in this video has a complete playbook inside the Boring Business Club — suppliers, placement scripts, real unit economics, and a 90-day roadmap to first revenue: 👉 https://www.chrismc.com/boring?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=weird-vending-machines Chapters: 0:00 Seven machines nobody thinks of 0:50 ATM Route Service ($200–$700/machine/month) 2:30 Water Purification Vending (from $500, up to 95% margins) 4:10 Coffee Vending Machines ($0.35 cost, $2 cup) 6:15 Shoe Cleaning Kiosk (the StockX effect) 7:55 Smart Locker Laundry ($1,800–$3,500/locker bank/month) 9:55 Ice Cream Roll Machine (70–85% margins) 11:35 Car Key Duplication Kiosk ($15K/month by year two) 13:15 The numbers to remember ---------------------------------------------- ABOUT CHRISMC I'm on a mission to help one million people and businesses thrive in the AI revolution. After 20 years building businesses — from physical products and engineering to luxury goods, services, SaaS platforms, and AI systems — I've sat on both sides of what's coming. I've been the business owner watching technology make my industry unrecognisable. Now I build the AI doing exactly that to other people's industries. Too many smart people are either panicking about AI or burying their heads in the sand. Both groups get left behind. The people actually thriving are the ones who understood what AI can't replace, what it can supercharge, and where the real opportunities are hiding in plain sight. Find your path: chrismc.com ---------------------------------------------- START AN AI-PROOF BORING BUSINESS 🏗️ Join the Boring Business Club — 55+ playbooks, weekly coaching, community: https://chrismc.com/bbc-waitlist MAKE AI WORK FOR YOUR BUSINESS ⚡ Download the free EmbedRight Canvas — map where AI creates real leverage before you touch a single tool: https://chrismc.com/embed 📖 AI, But First — the book (Amazon, $14.99): Coming Soon 📞 Book a free discovery call: https://chrismc.com/embed FUTURE-PROOF YOUR CAREER 🎯 ThriveRight Assessment — find your path through the disruption: https://chrismc.com/thrive-quiz 📬 Thrive in AI newsletter, free weekly: https://chrismc.com CAPITALISE ON THE AI GOLD RUSH Got an idea and some funding for an AI product? We can get you to market. 🚀 Book a Founder Fit Call — 20 minutes, let's see if there's a fit: https://chrismc.com/build AGAINST THE GRAIN PODCAST 🎙️ Against the GrAIn — business, AI, and the future of work, no hype: https://open.spotify.com/show/0of000f8do1OzI4uYgKmUx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-mcmenemy/ Instagram: @chrismc.ai TikTok: @chrismc.ai New videos every week. Subscribe and hit the bell. #BoringBusiness #StartABusiness #BusinessIdeas #SmallBusiness #LaunchRight #Entrepreneur #ThriveInAI #BusinessIn2026 #AgainstTheGrAIn #ThriveInAI #AI #FutureOfWork #BusinessStrategy #AIRevolution #Entrepreneur #AIForBusiness #EmbedRight #AIImplementation #BusinessOwner #AIStrategy #AIAutomation #ThriveInAI