The advantage of having a cannabis vending machine at your service offers countless positive aspects. There are many options for where to place a cannabis vending machine. A shop window is the first choice, as the cannabis vending machine “extends” public sales hours even when your store is closed. In fact, the cannabis vending machine operates 24 hours a day, all year round, without interruptions.

Another huge opportunity is the one that allows you to expand your sales horizons elsewhere, away from your main business, by reaching agreements with other stores or venues located in different areas of your city. You can place legal cannabis vending machines outdoors too, in high-traffic locations where customers can easily purchase hemp-based products, legal cannabis, and CBD. The cannabis vending machine boosts your revenue and takes your business to new places without having to open a new Grow Shop or hemp store and incur significantly higher costs.

Many of our customers have followed the first example: placing the cannabis vending machine in their shop window and providing service to all customers 24 hours a day. In our experience and that of our customers, sales increase thanks to the cannabis vending machine is about 40%. Many people indeed prefer buying from the cannabis vending machine for privacy and anonymity reasons, and there’s another pool of potential customers who regularly pass by your store but during closing hours.

In many countries, in some cases, the sale of cannabis-based products through cannabis vending machines has become a priority over selling cannabis-based products through the store itself, making it an indispensable work tool. Have you already started evaluating the solution for your business?

Other places to position a cannabis vending machine can represent a new opportunity to sell a highly demanded product in third-party locations. In fact, placing legal cannabis vending machines in cities at spots like pubs, bars, stations, restaurants, near universities, gas stations, public places of interest, and high foot traffic areas can be very profitable, as it will help reach a large number of consumers. The opportunities are endless—just map out high-potential areas and strategically and creatively position one or more cannabis vending machines.

When placing cannabis vending machines at third-party locations, it is advisable to prepare a document attesting to ownership of the legal cannabis vending machine and its location, as well as the minimum permanence period of the asset and any economic agreement to be stated in the document. Revenues based on the sale of legal cannabis products must be established. This document protects both parties in the event of possible disputes or misunderstandings regarding the exploitation of the location where the cannabis vending machine is placed, and ensures both parties a secure profit and protection of the commercial agreement.

The Harvin team assists its customers with tailored consulting and will be able to provide facsimiles of such a document, as well as many other value-added tools that will better help the customer get the most out of using their new legal cannabis vending machine and start their business right away.

When choosing a location to place a cannabis vending machine, it is advisable to consider not only the physical location but also the relative one. It is best to position a cannabis vending machine in a high-traffic area, making the vending machine highly visible and easily accessible on foot and by car.

It is also important to avoid placing cannabis vending machines near schools or religious buildings, churches, or other sensitive locations. In fact, even though legal cannabis is now widespread in many social groups and diverse cultures, some places might prove unprofitable, and the cannabis vending machine might not be welcome by the local people. We at Harvin always conduct an area inspection to assess the reality around the business where you want to place the cannabis vending machine, so as to prevent our customers from making wrong evaluations and protect their investments.

Other important considerations to make before choosing the placement of a vending machine concern the physical logistics of the installation. When installing a vending machine in a shop or bar, the technical installation costs are practically zero. However, if you want to install a cannabis vending machine in a shop window or on a wall, some important assessments are necessary.

A pre-installation site survey must always be carried out, and some fundamental logistical aspects must be checked, such as: what material is the shop window or shutter made of? Is it possible to make a cut for the vending machine installation? Do I need to install side profiles? At what height should the cannabis vending machine be installed? If the vending machine is to be wall-mounted, what type and material is the installation wall made of? Can it support the weight of the cannabis vending machine? And so on…

Don’t panic about all these technical details. Our expert Harvin sales team can advise you not only on the best position and the interventions you need to make to install your cannabis vending machine, but also help you evaluate which cannabis vending machine may be the most suitable for your business.

Harvin, besides manufacturing cannabis vending machines, has installed more than 5,000 vending machines serving other sectors such as tobacco, pharmaceuticals, snacks and beverages, and can therefore offer valuable advice to its customers, drawn from our many years of experience in the vending machine industry. We are certainly able to provide our customers with the best advice to optimize their investment, and we are always happy to offer our customers new ideas that can become important business opportunities.

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