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Gumball Machines a Good Side Hustle??

29 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this vlog, the creator tests the popular TikTok claim that gumball machines can generate passive income. He purchases a $90 gumball machine from Amazon, secures a free placement in a local taco shop, and stocks it with bulk‑bought gumballs costing $0.05 each. Over a 30‑day period he records sales, collecting 151 quarters (approximately $38). With a per‑gumball profit of $0.20 (selling each for $0.25), the machine averaged about five sales per day, equating to roughly $1 of profit daily. He extrapolates that refilling the machine every two months could yield over $350 in profit per year per machine, suggesting a modest but scalable side‑hustle opportunity.

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A ton of people on TikTok say you can make money with gumball machines, so I ordered this one off Amazon for $90. Let's see how much money it makes us. This taco shop near my house let me put the gumball machine in their restaurant for free, so I took it in and I filled it up. What about my taco? All right, so it's been 30 days now since I put the gumball machine in the taco shop, and I've sold almost half the gumballs. I'm about to open it up and we'll see how much quarters are inside. I added up all the quarters we made over the last 30 days and it's 151 quarters, so about $38. I ordered the gumballs in bulk for 5 cents apiece and I sold them at the gumball machine for a quarter apiece, so I profited about 20 cents per gumball. I sold about 5 gumballs a day on average, so we can make about a dollar a day per gumball machine. So you just have to refill the gumball machine like once every 2 months and you can make over $350 a year per gumball machine.