Ice and water vending machines can generate thousands, potentially tens of thousands of dollars in passive income per month. It is also a low time investment, as many machine owners spend as little as 2 hours per week visiting their machine. Unlike franchises, or other business ventures, there is no need to hire additional employees to run your business. The money earned is truly passive, and all yours! Vending machines with IHA is a great way to build a business of value and help you invest in your family’s future.
Partnering with Ice House America as your ice vending machine supplier offers additional unique advantages to entrepreneurs such as:
Remote Machine Management: We offer Remote Machine Management services with our cloud based platform, SmartIce. SmartIce allows you to access your machine(s) from the convenience of your smartphone, tablet, or computer anywhere that you have an internet connection. Our application enables owners to manage every aspect of their machine(s) such as:
The ability to view sales activity and trends, receive real time alerts messages, see real time sales data, evaluate machine performance, vend free bags of ice or perform giveaways, and understand how much cash you will deposit before going to the bank.
Understand the health of your machine with maintenance alerts, know when it’s time to replace a part or filter, view your machine remotely from our live video system, and reset, control, or correct most issues from your phone
Run Your Business On Your Own Schedule: Owning and operating an ice vending machine offers a higher level of flexibility than many other self-owned businesses. Oftentimes, machine owners work as little as 2 hours per week.
Machine Maintenance: Routine maintenance fixes are easy for owners that are even just moderately handy. One of the main advantages of owning an ice house vending machine is that you are your workforce. There is no need to bring on additional employees, and if you ever do need assistance Ice House America has local support teams ready if needed.
High Revenue Potential With An Already High Floor: An average Ice House America vending machine in Florida earns an average of $300/day in July, while a top performer may bring in $3,100 over a holiday weekend.
Unmatched Ice Production and Ice Holding Capacity for Maximized Sales Potential: The largest IHA vending machine, The Ice House, produces up to 13,000 lbs of ice a day and holds up to 6,600 lbs of ice at a time. Our machines offer the highest revenue potential of any ice vending machine on the market.
Earn Passive Income While You Sleep: Ice vending is a 24/7/365 business model, capable of making sales any time of day or night. This frees you up to make passive income regardless of where you are at or what you are doing. Whether you’re on a different job for one of your other businesses, on vacation, spending time with family, or asleep at home, ice vending is your 24/7 money maker.
IHA Machines Outpace the Retail Ice Industry: According to Nielsen Insights, the retail ice category has increased 4.4% in revenue Year over Year. During the same period, Ice House America vending machines’ revenue increased by 10%. Our machines are outpacing the already growing retail ice sales category in revenue growth.
The ICE2U App: On the consumer-facing side of our business, Twice The Ice, we connect with consumers through social media, advertising and marketing efforts, and most of all our ICE2U mobile app. With over 300,000 active users, the ICE2U app drives loyal customers to local vending machines owned by entrepreneurs such as yourself. On day one our new machine owners gain access to a vast and ever-growing audience of ICE2U users.
Capitalize On Promotional Events and Advertising Efforts: Each year at Twice The Ice we operate giveaway events and promotional campaigns that drive increased machine sales and app signups. Our network of machine owners directly benefit from our advertising efforts without having to spend a single dollar on advertising efforts themselves.
Helping You Choose a Winning Location: At Ice House America, we help potential machine owners select a location in advance to ensure they’re ready to start earning money right away. We also make sure that prospective locations are not overly saturated with other machines.
Resale Value and Aftermarket Sales: It is important to consider an exit strategy with any new business venture. If you go to sell your business in 10 to 30 years, what type of return value will you get? When Ice House America machine owners go to sell their business, it often goes for more than their initial investment. This is because they are selling an established business with a proven and successful location, along with consistent sales and revenue over an extended period of time.
Planning for Your Family’s Future: Building a business of value empowers you to comfortably prepare for retirement, while also investing in your family’s future.
Finding the right investment opportunity is key to success. We want to help you make the most informed decision. Contact us to learn more about our machines, average returns, maintenance, tech, and see how Ice House America stacks up to the competition.
One of our product and location experts will give you more details about our machines, talk about opportunities in your city/state and what product might be a good fit for you. We’ll also review the different model and price options.
Ice House America – we’re #1 in ice & water vending machines
Robert Board is a very happy and proud owner of a Twice the Ice Ice Machine located in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Board has been a residential general contractor for about 45+ years and was looking for an opportunity to slip into retirement but still make passive income. That’s when he came across Ice House America.
LEADING BY NUMBERS: IHA is the largest manufacturer and owner/operator of ice vending machines in the world. We’ve produced 4,100+ ice vending machines. These collectively produce more than 1 billion pounds of high-quality ice each year, and our machines represent 75% of all ice vending sales.
LEADING BY INNOVATION: Our success is built on new ice & water vending products and technology. These innovations not only open doors to entrepreneurs by making ownership easier, but also provide consumers with convenience and more affordable access to high-quality ice & water. IHA technologies ensure all consumers the freshest, safest, most hygienic, convenient and high value product on the market. IHA vending machines are also the only vending machines to automatically bag ice for consumers. This not only ensures the sanitation of our ice, but also eliminates loose bag theft.
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: IHA does not just make ice and water vending machines, we truly believe in the business model, owning and operating more than 250 units throughout the country. We are invested in the retail side of the business because we believe in our technology, the growth of the ice & water vending category, and the advantages we promise every owner-operator. Ice House America also will never sell you a machine without first establishing a location for your new vending machine. We help prospective machine owners select a successful location that is not overly saturated with other machines.
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278 US Highway 319 South, Moultrie, GA 31768
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