How to open a vending business. The necessary equipment for the vending business

Vending - from the English. «Vending», which means «retail sale of different goods and services through vending machines». An economic dictionary leads to this.

Vending machines

Sell, using equipment for the vending business, almost everything is possible. In Japan, this way they even acquire living beetles, which, according to local beliefs, are talismans. In China - the most common eggs. In Russia, for example, it is possible to install a special device for the sale of windscreen washer fluid. Thus, it is possible to sell different shoes or equipment, or newspapers or books. Similar equipment is already in Russia.

However, to date, the most popular ideas of the vending business are automatic machines offering everyone to enjoy coffee and other hot and cold drinks, various chips, crackers, chocolate bars, sandwiches.

Vending machines are also considered to provide the sale of services - payment terminals, in addition, cameras.

Directions of the vending business

Thus, the vending business today has three major directions:

- sale of food products;

- sale of various consumer goods;

- provision of services.

Vending Today

Vending business today is one of the few directions that will be especially relevant for individual entrepreneurs. He has several advantages. First, it is its insignificant initial price, secondly, the relative simplicity in the conduct of business, in the third, a quick payback.

Vending business: the beginning of the beginning

First of all, it is important to determine the area and place of activity. After that it will become clear what is needed for the vending business.

If you choose a coffee machine for your business, its installation will be very relevant in the office of the company, a large library, an educational institution, a shopping center, a train station. Pamper yourself with a cup of aromatic coffee will be agreed both by the staff themselves, and the possible visitors to these establishments.

Installation of a photocopier will be relevant for the library or educational institution; Apparatus for the sale of various presses - for the hospital, the station; For the sale of packed shoe covers - for the hospital and museum, etc. After choosing the location of the equipment installation, you can begin to develop a detailed business plan for the vending business.

Also pay attention to the installation of pointers to attract attention to the product of potential buyers, the availability of competing machines.

Equipment

To start your business in such a direction as a vending business, one machine is enough. However, according to the experience of many manufacturers and entrepreneurs, the minimum, as well as the economically advantageous number of devices is reduced to three. In such a case, transportation costs will be very optimal. And with respect to consumables at appropriate costs, it will be possible to count on the provision of wholesale discounts.

Required documents for equipment

The opening of the vending business requires the availability of the appropriate set of necessary documents for all purchased equipment:

• Firstly, it is the product passport, which, in turn, must contain key information about the machine provided;

• Secondly, this is the technical characteristics of the acquired equipment, as well as a description of its features;

• Thirdly, the complete set of delivery;

• Fourthly, a description of the guarantees that the manufacturer provides for this equipment;

• Fifthly, a description of the working conditions, under which the given type of equipment can serve a maximum amount of time, etc.

It is also obligatory to have a certificate of conformity on hand, which must be issued by the authorized body of the general system of certification of the State Standard of the Russian Federation.

Important is the instruction from the operator of this machine. It is desirable that there is also an appropriate manual for the operation of certain individual units necessary for the successful operation of the device, as well as programs and a variety of drivers.

Adaptation of automata in Russia

Adaptation of any of the imported devices in Russia is carried out by selling their structures (or sellers, or technical personnel, providing and further maintenance, service centers). Having installed vending machines, the business on which is becoming more popular, they must provide the buyer with all the technical, as well as service documentation, and in addition, issue the appropriate certificate. Any of the documents must be in Russian in a quality translation from the language of the manufacturer. Of course, this will all reflect on the total cost of the equipment purchased, due to which the vending business, whose owners' reviews can now be heard anywhere, will be profitable.

Daily maintenance of such machines (collection, loading of various consumables, etc.) will be fully handled by the owner of the equipment himself, but in the event of a breakdown, the seller's service department is usually invited to resolve the problems that have arisen.

Maintenance

However, it is important to think in advance how to build all the maintenance, so that suddenly the failed machine was checked and repaired as soon as possible, and it was not necessary to sell the vending business due to permanently idle equipment. A positive nuance is in the fact that in modern automatic machines there is such a program that will report a breakdown on its own, that is, through an SMS message it will transmit a "distress signal" to the claimed mobile phone number.

Do not forget that a broken machine will not cause positive emotions either to potential buyers (who were only going to use the service or to buy goods), nor even more so for those who did not receive the previously paid service or the item in whole or in part. Just imagine your emotions, when you wanted to quench your thirst, you paid for a bottle of soda water, and she was broken because of a breakdown! Or you hurried to print out the necessary document, and the paper issued by the machine was chewed in the middle of the order! At the same time, there is still no opportunity to turn to technical support, because today is a day off ...

However, the injured in this situation will be also the businessman, the owner of the machine. Since part of the daily revenue will be lost irrevocably for the reason that the device is currently full of products and could repeatedly provide the appropriate service and "get" a lot of revenue. Especially if your equipment is located in a particularly lucrative place on weekends. For example, in any of the hypermarkets, sports clubs, dance floors of the city, etc.

The regulatory framework, as well as the fiscal problem

Such an occupation, like vending, does not have its place in OKVED. Therefore, different codes are used in this case. For machines that sell food, as well as other types of goods, group 52.63 - "Other retail out-of-door shops" is usually used, for terminals it is more often recommended to use the full set of codes: 52.61.2 - "Retail trade through computer networks and Tele-shops (trade, including the Internet) "; 52.48 - "Other trade in various specialized stores"; 72.60 - "Activities related to the use of computer information technology and technology"; 74.84 - "Provision of other services"; 93.05 - "Provision of other personal services".

For automatic machines that perform auto-copying, you should use the code 74.83. Thus, "the provision of editorial, secretarial services and translation services is encrypted, among which are blueprinting, copying and other similar activities to create copies." Or the code ОКУН, which means "All-Russian classifier of services to the population". Or code 019726 is "Providing services for writing applications, filling out forms, making copies."

Car seats that provide "masseur services" to all comers are usually held through codes 71.40.3 (this is "Rental of furniture, non-electrical and electrical household appliances") and 71.40.9 (this is "Rental of household goods, as well as personal items Use for different households ").

In order not to face the problem of the correct definition of a code, it is worth to get advice on this issue in the relevant tax inspection, where you are on the tax account, since it is these inspectors who will subsequently evaluate the documents you provide.

Taxation of Vending Business

With taxation in this case will be much easier. In this situation, it is possible to use any of the presented tax regimes, both general and simplified or UTII (if it was previously introduced in a particular region for a certain type of activity). Although taking into account that activities that involve the sale of something using automatic machines are usually referred to retail trade or to the provision of personal services, the latter option will be mandatory for further use. The Ministry of Finance has nothing against such a treatment.

However, if you study the taxation of the vending business, the most controversial issue with respect to vending machines remains the problem of the need to use in such devices cash registers with fiscal memory.

Approximate payback calculation

An approximate calculation of the recoupment is done by the example of one of the automatic copying machines, which is installed in a large educational institution.

For 1 hour the copier, for example, uses 5 students, carrying out for themselves 3 pages of copies. At the same time, the copier is available from ten in the morning to eight in the evening, which is ten hours a day. The library is open every day, except Sunday, that is somewhere 26 days for 1 month. Thus, after making the appropriate calculations, we conclude that the machine produces 150 photocopies for the whole day, or 3900 copies within a month. If such data is multiplied by all 12 months of the year, then it is realistic to get 46,800 copies for this period.

If the price of one print page is equal to 5 rubles, then within a year the "executor" will receive 234,000 rubles.

Further we will make calculations on expenses for necessary service, and also rent.

The copier needs two different types of cartridges for successful operation. Toner, first, and a print cartridge, secondly. As a rule, the first element will be missing somewhere in the 4000-6000 copies. And if you take a minimum, then the replacement of the cartridge should be done once a month. At the same time the price for it will be somewhere around 3200 rubles. However, the possibility of refilling the toner cartridge is limited (up to two times). And the price for each of the stations is 900 rubles. Thus, counting on 5000 rubles, it is really only possible to use one toner cartridge three times. Replacement will be needed four times during the year. And already 20 000 rubles. Will go into the year only on the cartridges.

A photoconductor drum, as a rule, can be designed for 20,000 prints. Thus, for one year, two such elements will be needed. If one drum is valued at 3000 rubles, then for a year already it turns out an amount equal to 6000 rubles.

The cost of paper is somewhere around 120 rubles, if in a pack of 500 sheets. When a month leaves 3900 copies, then, respectively, will need 8 packs, which is 960 rubles per month or 11 520 rubles a year.

Thus, the total costs for the year are 20,000 + 6,000 + 11520 = 37,520 rubles.

Next, rent. One machine has 1 m ² . If it is estimated at 4000 per month, then per year it is already 48 000 rubles.

Now add up the two received amounts (for consumables and operating costs) and thus get 85,520 rubles.

Also it is worth remembering about taxes. From certain calculations, a sum equal to 14 040 rubles appears. in a year. And the total amount of expenses is 99,560 rubles.

Taking into account the total income for the year (234,000 rubles.), We get the value of the possible annual profit - 134,440 rubles. And already for this amount it is quite possible to purchase a half of a very functional copier. Thus, the autopilot will fully pay off within a year.

True, do not forget that this calculation is just a simplified example, in which it is initially assumed that the work is done solely by the entrepreneur, without the involvement of hired persons. Outside the calculations, there remains a fixed contribution for compulsory pension insurance.

Vending as one of the most promising areas of business

However, excluding a wide variety of law enforcement and legislative, in addition, practical problems, vending is one of the most promising directions for all who want to realize possible variants of various business strategies.

Business Strategies

1. Limiting oneself to one or three automatic machines, to receive from them not so considerable profit, or to work on a network of automatic machines, more and more accumulating incomes.

2. Development according to the franchising scheme with the involvement of other entrepreneurs.

3. As a second activity. You already own your store, and also enter machines as the second option of income.

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