Mother reveals how she makes thousands of pounds a week with just 10 minutes work - and anyone can do it
Chloe Concetta, from London, took to TikTok @chloeconcetta to reveal her vending machine business is raking in thousands per month, saying it's the perfect job if you have children because it doesn't take up too much of your time.
In the clip, which racked up nearly 150,000 views, the business savvy Brit revealed you could also do it alongside a full-time job as a side hustle.
She said: 'I spend ten minutes a week filling a vending machine that earns thousands.
'I always get questions on whether vending is really passive, can you do this with children, can you do it with a full-time job.
'The answer is yes,' the TikToker claimed in the video.
She added: 'I'm going to be someone who tells you how you can actually make this work for you, over you working for them.'
Chloe went onto say the business can be incredibly profitable if you're able to set up a vending machine in a busy, popular area.
She revealed one of her locations is just ten minutes away from her home, which makes it easier for her to restock when she is passing.
She explained: 'I can literally do it on the way to somewhere else. It's also an emergency response station, so it's somewhere that is open 24/7.
'Their opening hours don't affect me and I don't have to move my schedule around it.
'Not to mention that due to the nature of this location and what they do, they are reliant on this vending machine, this is more of a necessity to them over something that's just an addition to them.'
Chloe revealed that she buys stock once a month, so she is not restocking once a week.
While speaking to intrigued people in her comments, Chloe revealed you should be ready to invest around £2,000 to £3,000 to kick start your vending machine business.
Chloe, who had four vending machines near her home, revealed she also mentors' others on how to set up their own vending machine business.
She revealed that you need around £2000 - £3000 to 'comfortably' start a business and that you don't have to pay to put them in public places.
While speaking to intrigued people in her comments, Chloe revealed you should be ready to invest around £2,000 to £3,000 to kick start your vending machine business
It comes after a lash entrepreneur came up with a novel new business idea - vending machines that sell false eyelashes.
Beautician Ashleigh Stevenson, 32, from Newcastle, was experiencing such high demand at her salon that she decided to offer top quality lashes at two machines not far from her shop.
Now glamorous clubbers can complete their look while out on the town, by using machines at two shopping precincts in Newcastle's city centre, with another planned for Manchester.
The pastel pink machines offer a quick lash fix, with eighteen different sizes and shapes of lash to suit every glamourous girl's requirement.
Ashleigh's clients include Love Island winner and Geordie lass Amber Gill, 21, who nipped in for a set of falsies before heading into the villa.
Ashleigh first had the idea for the machines offering a quick lash fix at Christmas.
Her eyelash bar, The Lash Loft, is so popular that she couldn't take on any new clients, so she was inspired to stock vending machines full of lashes around the city centre to reach more people.
She says that the popularity of the machines has been overwhelming.
She said: 'It's been amazing, everyone's loving them.
'In America they have vending machines filled with cupcakes and all sorts - I was inspired and wanted to do something different.'
A new machine is now set to be installed in a shopping centre in Manchester.
After that, Ashleigh says that she would like to take her pink lash dispensers all over the country.
She said: 'They would do so well in Liverpool and Manchester as big party cities like Newcastle, and I think they would be popular in London too.'
The lashes cost £10.99 per set and the machine accepts contactless cards and Apple Pay as well as coins.
Locals in Newcastle are delighted and amused by the new addition to their shopping centre.
Josh wrote on Twitter: 'Is there anything more Geordie than an Eyelash vending machine?'
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