Friday, September 18, 2009

Why should you not let your machines go out of stock?

If you have a vending machine, you would already know that you just cannot afford to let it go empty. You will be losing money and may even end up losing your account as this is considered as a sin in the ending business. An empty vending machine can cost you more than your imagination. Here are few points on how will it cost your business.

• People who walk up to your machine feel embarrassed when they see an out of stock machine and take back a bad impression. Some of them may never return back.

• An empty vending machine will bring bad reputation to your vending business and customers will lose trust in you and your vending machine.

• You might be kicked out and may lose your account as businesses may feel that you not competent enough to manage this business.

• In a busy location, if you machine goes out of stock frequently, competitors will take it as an invitation and may eventually ruin your business.

• Customers who come across an empty vending machine may feel that the machine has not been serviced for long.

• Empty vending machines are very often considered as soft targets for vandalism and theft. Thieves may get the feeling that there might be cash in the vending machines and may target them.

To make sure this doesn’t happen to you, prepare a proper schedule of refilling your vending machines. Get a Planet Antares Windows vending software that automatically will calculate inventory levels and will notify when the stock needs to be added. This software also tracks the complete history of purchase of each product.

Also make sure that you keep your machines stocked with branded products and try to research and offer what customers in your area like. If you have a multi selection machine and one of your product selles faster than the other then try to increase the stock of the product that sells more. If you find yourself confused then do not forget to take help from the ever friendly Planet Antares staff. They will help you to increase your profits from this vending business.

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