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Here’s the real lede: > Ibanez’s YouTube channel, which chronicles his life as a vendor, boasts 362k subscribers and now earns more than his machines. The mar

Here’s the real lede: > Ibanez’s YouTube channel, which chronicles his life as a vendor, boasts 362k subscribers and now earns more than his machines. The margins on vending machines are tiny and the net revenue is not enough to sustain much beyond minimum revenue. If you had a few hundred or thousand machines this would be a great business, but it’s a long way up from 1-2 machines. Many of the people in this feature are boasting about only having to do 2-3 days of work every 2 weeks, they won’t get the scale they need.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
lmao, that's a good one. It's like those reality soaps on Discovery (e.g. the gold miners), always complaining that they didn't find nearly enough to make ends meet, but surprise surprise, next season they buy tons of new equipment. They're not in the gold mining industry, they're in the acting industry. The motorcycle / car customizers aren't as much into that business as they are in the acting & marketing one. Worked great for OCC, the show turned them into an internationally recognized brand. Wouldn't be surprised if they earn more off of merchandise than motorcycles.