Ice House America location scouting and services

We’re known best for our awesome ice machines—a close second is the top-notch service we provide to our owners

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Work with experts to start your ice and water vending machine business

Our Twice the Ice vending machines are known across the US and around the world. But our owners know us for something else, too—our exceptional service. We want every entrepreneur that we work with to be successful, and that’s why we provide an array of services to help you do it! From choosing the right vending model to the right location, managing your machine, getting the word out, and more, we’re here to help. We won’t leave you in the dark about your machine. Instead, we’ll lend our 20 years of experience as manufacturers and vending owners to support you!

Model Consultations

It’s important that you select the right vending machine for your goals and intended location. You don’t want to buy the most expensive, highest capacity ice machine if you’re looking at a niche location. Likewise, having too small of a machine in a high-traffic spot could leave your customers aggravated if you can’t make and store ice as fast as you’re selling it.

One of our team members would be happy to discuss your location, budget, and what style of machine would be the best fit for your situation. If you have ideas, we can help refine them. If you don’t, we can point you in the right direction.

Location Analysis

The location of your ice and water vending machine may be the biggest factor determining how much money it will make. Ice House America has access to detailed demographics, roadway traffic trends, and many other data points to help you hone in on the best location for your vending machine. Many individuals also contact us about leasing their land to a vending machine owner, providing a ready-to-go location with built-in traffic.

Financial Assistance

Getting financing for your machine can be complicated. We want to simplify it. Ice House America can provide you with the appropriate information, paperwork, and details you’ll need to chat with your bank or credit union about financing opportunities.

Territory Protection

Many of our buyers have plans to start with a single machine, but then grow to 3, 5, 10 or more machines in a geographical area. This allows them to build up density in the area, and still be able to manage and support the machines locally. If you’re looking to carve out an area for your growing ice business, feel free to talk to us about territory protection. We might be able to lock-in your territory, so you don’t have to worry about someone else putting a Twice the Ice machine across the street from yours. We are here to help you grow as big as you want to grow. Simply talk with your sales manager and they can show you how to best build out your network.

Fleet Management

Ice House America manufacturers vending machines for others to purchase and operate as they wish—but we also own hundreds of machines ourselves, and we help manage hundreds for other businesses. If you’re looking to put a machine in an area where we already have a local fleet or group of managers, we may have some options available to you. For example, you can work with our team for day-to-day activities instead of handling the machine(s) completely yourself. This option is most often leveraged by our larger, commercial customers, who have multiple retail locations with machines. They’re able to fully outsource all the monitoring, maintenance, and machine activities to our team. However, this option is open to other owners as well.

Technology Support

Ice House America offers our SmartIce remote monitoring platform to give you real-time insights into your machines’ performance. We also offer technical troubleshooting and support if you ever have an issue with your machine. Our team can help you assess issues, ship you parts, and, in some areas, even replace older components or wear items on your behalf. Some companies may just manufacture vending machines. Ice House America also owns and manages many of our own machines. This means we have all the support, parts, knowledge, and experience required to help you throughout the lifetime of your machine, not just when it rolls off the assembly line.

Machine Marketing Programs

Ice House America offers marketing services for your new machine’s launch! We’ll work with you to target ideal users of your ice and water machine in your geographical area and show ads to them on services like Facebook and Instagram, notifying them of this awesome innovation in their area. Our new machine launch program advertises your location and the easy process of using the ICE2U app to find and vend from that location. When a new machine marketing launch is cross promoted with ICE2U, we’ll even share the cost of the entire promotion!

Revenue Sharing Programs

Not everyone wants to own and operate their own machine. Some owners have multiple retail locations or other businesses that they want to focus on, but they also want a machine at their location in exchange for a revenue share. Our revenue sharing program is designed for exactly this situation! The best fit for this program is a successful franchise, or a muli-location retailer that is interested in additional revenue, but they aren’t interested in the day-to-day details of collecting cash, adding more bags, and doing the routine management. When the locations and the business make sense, IHA may be interested in buying and placing a machine at your location or connecting you with one of our many new machine owners to design a plan that works for everyone.

Penguin University

We want you to succeed in your vending business and have access to all the tools and knowledge you need to run it. That’s why we made Penguin University. Penguin University gives you access to a variety of online videos and courses to show you everything you need to know about running and expanding your ice and water vending business. You’ll learn how to manage your machine, collect cash, change filters, conduct maintenance, troubleshoot any issues, use the SmartIce remote monitoring system, and more. You’ll also be the first to know about our in-person group training events.

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(904) 241-7535

278 US Highway 319 South, Moultrie, GA 31768