The 6 Best‑Selling Hemp Products for Your CBD Vending Machine

Legal cannabis and CBD products are now available almost everywhere in Europe, and the selection is indeed so large that sometimes our customers come to us asking for suggestions about which categories of cannabis and hemp products they should explore to maximize their sales with their Harvin CBD vending machines. Some time ago, in 2018—at the very beginning of the legal cannabis industry in Europe—we wrote a blog post listing the 5 best products for sale in a hemp vending machine.

Three years in the cannabis world, with a global pandemic in the middle, is a long time. Things have certainly changed in the product landscape offered by the legal cannabis industry, especially if we focus only on Europe and CBD. Meanwhile, liberalization on the recreational front across the Atlantic—in countries like the United States and Canada—has reached a level of sophistication and product variety that was difficult to imagine just five years ago.

We are speaking of the revolution of cannabis (and CBD) edibles and all the interesting and inspiring cannabis, hemp, and CBD products that have ushered in a new golden age of sustainable business.

All of our customers tell us to this day that, without their CBD vending machine—operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even during lockdowns—they probably would have gone bankrupt and closed their cannabis businesses. On the contrary, the additional income from CBD vending machines has helped many operators in the legal cannabis and hemp industry, and we’ve heard from many customers that they have been able to expand their product range and now offer interesting legal cannabis and CBD products that were not available before the COVID pandemic.

Top 6 Hemp Products for Your CBD Vending Machine

Back to the main point: which are the top 6 hemp products that can become instant bestsellers in your CBD vending machine?

Let’s try to make a list.

1. Flower (Gras) / Buds

Let’s be honest, the most important product category that sells best via CBD vending machines is… of course, flower. People might be drawn to novelty items or inspired by something displayed, but the reality is your customer came to your machine to buy legal cannabis.

Rules for selling flower in a CBD vending machine:

Quality first, always. Always offer high‑quality hemp flower from your CBD machine.
Offer variety. Make sure you carry different genetics and types of CBD cannabis to give a choice. Don’t forget to offer different product sizes for each product (e.g. 1 gram, 2 grams, 3 grams, 5 grams…).
Offer bulk discounts. We’ve noticed that more and more of our customers use a smart pricing strategy that also makes their regular customers happy, by simply offering discounts for larger quantity purchases.

2. CBD Oils and Extracts

While CBD oils (due to their mid‑high market price on average) are not as easy to sell from a vending machine, you can test certain hemp products that are always in demand, such as CBD hashish extracts and even CBD charas.

Another product that will certainly do well in your CBD vending machine is something new in both cannabis worlds: Moonrocks. CBD Moonrocks are made by dipping compact cannabis buds in hash oil or spraying them with hash‑oil, then rolling them in kief (the trichomes and “pollen” of the cannabis flowers).

3. Hemp Accessories

Sometimes your customers simply walk around the block to your CBD vending machine, buy the cannabis product they want, then go home to enjoy it. In other cases, especially when friends decide to consume legal weed to wind down the day together, they may not have all the tools on hand to fully enjoy their legal cannabis purchase.

Because of that, we’ve seen many of our customers offer all the basics:

hemp grinders
rolling papers
filters
lighters.

Avoid carrying hats, T‑shirts, backpacks, and other cannabis‑culture merch for your vending machine. These items still sell, but they are better suited for in‑store purchase, where the customer can see the size, feel the material, and maybe try things on. These important tactile and visual points are unfortunately not part of the purchase experience offered by vending machines.

4. Legal Cannabis‑/Hemp‑Based Edibles & Food & Drink

What is something everyone likes after a good smoke—whether from THC cannabis or, in our case, a rich legal CBD flower or extract? Eating, of course!

So why not offer your customers a full CBD experience, with a large and convenient selection of legal CBD flowers and extracts, the “smoking tools” if needed, and some CBD snacks to enjoy afterward?

5. CBD Beverages

CBD quenches thirst, and drinks are in demand both in summer and winter, especially after smoking.

In your vending machine you can add:

Hemp cold tea
Hemp water
CBD Energy Drink

Please note: many drinks and foods need to be refrigerated, so you will need a refrigerated dispenser (such as our Master Revolution), or a hybrid version with a cold section and a room temperature section.

6. CBD cosmetics

The wellness and health market is growing rapidly, and the CBD cosmetics segment is literally exploding.

According to WayofLeaf.com, the sector will grow by over 31 per cent annually by 2026.
Products as:

CBD creams and lotions
Massage ointments
Balm for muscle pain

are increasingly in demand and are perfectly suited to vending.

Conclusion

CBD vending machines can offer much more than just legal cannabis flowers. The key to success is variety, quality and convenience. A well-stocked vending machine becomes a 24-hour automated shop, ideal for those who want to sell legal cannabis without the constraints of opening hours or staff.

If you would like advice on how to best set up your vending machine or which products to choose for your area, please let me know: I can help you tailor your strategy.

Patience. Forget about the joint, make yourself some chamomile tea or herbal tea… and go to sleep.