Real people. Real results.

John

Oct 31, 2026

Yesterday, we stocked our mountain resort route for the first time (5 Sandstar machines). Long drive, but can’t get enough of the views and looking forward to getting some runs in on future replenishment trips. Lifestyle play for the win! ⛷️

Tim

Oct 23, 2026

Happy to get a win this week! Signed location number 4 today. Putting a Stockwell in a student housing location I've been talking to since June. Persistence paid off :) Thanks to everyone in the community for the support. Order placed - can't wait to install!

Lewis

Oct 18, 2026

These MM coolers are in our Regional airport and have been up and running strong for (1) month now. Best sellers by far are all the water in the coolers; we placed a local aluminum can water and (2) bottle water options all at different price points. All of which sell out each week. Diet Coke, Mt. Dew, Miss Vickie’s Spicy Dill chips, Flipz pretzels, Carolina chips, Trolli’s, and M & M peanuts theater box all sell well. Restocking these 2x each week. These are located past the TSA check in area where passengers wait for their flights.

Manuel

Oct 16, 2026

🚀 BIG WEEK for DP Vending! We just installed another smart cooler at the clubhouse of a luxury apartment community with little to no nearby food and drink options! That makes 5 locations and counting! We’re growing, bringing convenience to more communities, and just getting started!

Braden

Sep 25, 2026

Installed another SRK today at a Manufacturing plant 230 employees. No hiccups fairly easy install today took about 3 hours to get everything up and running.

Adam

Sep 16, 2026

Hello, y’all. These are my children. They work hard for me while I’m busy clowning around or being lazy. They’ve both been doing well. Working on optimizing both. The sandstar typically makes $750 a month while the stockwell so far is on track to making $1200 this month. Best-sellers are diet coke bottles, coke zero, alani nu witche’s brew, twix, Reese’s, snickers, m&m’s peanut, luxurious ramen meals, and smart waters.

Michael

Sep 11, 2026

Exceed Expectations (Surprise & Delight) As one of our core values, we always try to go above and beyond with those that we serve. One of the things we do is offer everyone a refreshment or snack of their choice every time we refill. One of our community managers moved on to a different apartment and once he got settled, we were one of his first calls. This week we installed the Stockwell at his new place. This was his email. The little things go a long way. Take care of your people. They will take care of you!

Mike

Sep 4, 2026

Installed my 2nd freezer at an apartment complex today! I could only stock it about halfway because of the incoming storm, but my stocker will top off both units tonight for the holiday weekend. 12th machine overall. Everyone, have a safe and profitable weekend! 🇺🇸💰

Chase

Aug 31, 2026

First HAHA Freezer in Canada officially installed and operational!!🙌🏻💰🙏🏼 Thank you to everybody in the community that has helped me up to this point. I appreciate you guys.💙 Note: I really dislike that the mini is not the same size height as the other machines but I’m gonna be building a box for it to sit on, so they’re all the same height.

Mike

Aug 23, 2026

Finally! After the freezer arrived early and then waiting for the Opt Connect to show up, we are officially LIVE with my first freezer! 🎉❄ This is going to be so much fun! Already have more product on order for delivery next week. Now I need to add some entrée bowls and Asian cuisine options per the wife's request. 😂 Let the freezer adventure begin! 🚀

Vanessa

Aug 21, 2026

Finally got my 7th location! yeeiiiiiiii!!! This is a Warehouse that is not big right now because they just opened this location this year, but in their other locations they are as big as 100 to 500 employees. I'm taking the risk starting with them small, but in a way ill be there since the beginning. I'm also excited to learn about warehouses, this will be my first location of this type, and let's see how it goes ❤️

Gabe

Aug 15, 2026

First machine installed! Big shoutout to my wife helping me finish getting the machine setup and stocked until 12:45am! Also big thank you to Tim Barnes and Kyle Davey for answering lots of my questions!

Paul

Aug 12, 2026

Just finished installing another SandStar ARK at a 173 unit Loft Apartment complex!

Ted

Aug 8, 2026

Hey everyone! I stocked my first two Sandstar machines yesterday at a brand-new college campus. My other two locations have been open markets with standard glass-door coolers so this machine was a little different. The college asked if I could provide a price guide or display the prices for the products. I remember seeing a post a while back where someone had a small stand next to their cooler with pricing, and I think it also included a QR code for feedback and product suggestions. What have others done for this? Do you display a printed price list, use a QR code, or let customers see the prices after unlocking the cooler? I'd love to see what has worked well for everyone. Thanks in advance!

Frank

Jul 31, 2026

Two new locations set up in 2 weeks!! One is Ferguson plumbing which is a massive warehouse and the 2nd is a large gymnastics facility. They took months and many follow ups to finally get a yes, but God blessed us and we got both yes’s days after each other. Here they are finally set up! Finished the 2nd one today 🙏🏻❤️❤️😁

John

Jul 26, 2026

I moved into my first commercial unit over the weekend. 10 minutes from all of my locations. 500 sft of climate controlled space. I think it turned out great. No more meeting drivers at the local dollar tree. Bonus, my wife gets her house back 😁.

Brad

Jul 22, 2026

New Install! Set up a new location today and my very first Sandstar. The rollout process was super easy with that equipment and everyone I dealt with during the ordering/setup/shipping process at Sandstar was great.

Angelina

Jul 15, 2026

#Wins Huge week and it’s only Wednesday! Yesterday we received the agreement from our first Avenue 5 property!! Today… we received the agreement from a 3 property deal (average 350+ units each) we’ve been working with for 8 months! That makes 10 locations so far!!! Time to order machines and look to hire a stocker!!

Vincent

Jul 13, 2026

First college install this past week!! - TWO machines: one the Student Union, the other in the Gym. It was tough to roll both out in one week, but I did it! This makes machines numero two and three! Am really looking forward to the potential of this land. Can't wait until the Fall Semester launches! Over 80 SKUs in each machine! These babies are PACKED! This isn't just a vending machine - this is a micro-market. God is good, and ever faithful to provide! Have 4 more contracts out for signature…so, the pipeline is looking good. 😊

Tom

Jul 9, 2026

New install! 🎉 Another machine placed and another step forward. Every install is a win and a reminder that consistent action keeps the route growing. #wins

Adam

Jun 25, 2026

I signed 2 contracts with two different high-rise/mid-ride luxury apartments on the SAME day!! My very first 2! God is soooo good! 😎🔥🔥🔥 I will be installing a stockwell 2.0 from 365 retail and an EZGO ARK from Sandstar. My first two machines! Based on advice from this community I decided to finace both of the machines using business and personal credit card stacking techniques with Matt Shultz’s help from Pathfinder. (Awesome dude). I asked my roommate to help me find tools I will need for installation day based on their training videos and broski hooked with up with this setup and even put my name on the bag!! What a bro! Let’s go! 😎💪🏽🤟🏽🤝 So I live in central florida area. Based on AI advice, I had it create a planogram for me to initiate brainstorming. I wanted to jump on here and ask what you guys think about that set up? How do you recommend I tweak it? And how do you advise I stock up the stockwell? Thanks for your help, fellow vendors. 🤝 Excited to grow in prosperity and financial freedom with you all. 🔥

Chase

Jun 14, 2026

Excited to share that I’ve secured my second location! 🎉 This one is a high-end hotel in the downtown core with 190 guest rooms and roughly 300 hotel and office staff. One thing that makes this location especially interesting is that they don’t offer room service, so guests and staff looking for snacks, drinks, or travel essentials will have a convenient option available 24/7. Still have to put freezer in the next month but starter with these too because I want to capture the FIFA tourists! On paper, it looks like a great fit, but the real test will be seeing how the location performs once the machines are up and running. Im excited to get everything installed! Hopefully this one turns into a unicorn location! 🤞🏻📈 Thanks to everyone who has supported me so far—on to the next one! 🚀

Thyrone

Jun 9, 2026

WIN 🏆 Just wrapped up another installation. It’s rewarding seeing an empty space transform into something people can actually use. Fresh food. Better beverages. 24/7 convenience. We’re continuing to grow throughout the Bay Area and are actively looking for new locations. Appreciate this community, as always. Special shout out to Anthony Kolodziej & Kyle Davey. Still learning every day. Talk soon.

Braden

May 29, 2026

First contract signed at a car dealership 70 employees and 70-100 daily foot traffic from sales and car services. I was thinking of placing a VRK. But, If anyone has suggestions on what machine I should place would be greatly appreciated.

Johnnie

May 22, 2026

We had our 2nd machine installed a few weeks ago (HAHA Plus 440), but thanks to some inspiration from Adam Goldstein we threw a little community event today (nothing fancy) where I gave out some product, met 30-40 residents, and had 10 or so inquire about how the machine works. It’s easy to install a machine and quickly move onto the next, but I’m starting to see real value in talking to residents, building a relationship with management, and finding new ways to draw people to your machine. On top of that, we got our 3rd contract signed this week! IG: @kodiak.snacks LFG 🔥

Andrew

May 18, 2026

Placed our first machine at a 220 unit garden style apt complex last week and looking for ways to improve sales. We placed a 1200ct ultra which fits in the space perfect but not sure it’s getting the foot traffic we want to see. Doing pricing labels this week and seeing if we can place flyers on cars with the PM company to improve sales. We also have flyer in the mail room and sent had the PM company send out an email to all residents. Any suggestions would help. Thanks.

Thyrone

May 11, 2026

WIN 🏆 Been away from the group for a while, but honestly I miss this community daily. 🥺 A lot has happened since I last checked in. Since getting serious about scaling, we’ve gone live at UA Local 467 Plumbers & Steamfitters, secured multiple apartment and hospitality partnerships, expanded into smart coolers + beverage programs, and are now preparing for several new installs over the next few weeks. Biggest lesson so far? Relationships, consistency, and simply showing up continue to open more doors than anything else. Still learning every day and now that we’ve leveled up a bit… I probably have even MORE questions for you all than before 😂 Appreciate this community always. Excited to tap back in more consistently.

Joe

May 6, 2026

First machine in the books! Thanks to fellow members for all your tips and support. It wasn't perfect as we muscled through some issues, and what a relief to get it operational! Already looking forward to the next one! Here we grow! #wins

Michael

May 4, 2026

INSANE MoM Growth - $1 Million $ Club! The numbers for April are in. We jumped from an annual run rate in March of $864K to $1.324mil in April! That is a mind-blowing 53%+ increase month over month! From February 19th through April 22nd, we installed 10 new units which contributed to this amazing growth. This milestone has been two years and three months in the making. We now have 28 markets: 24 Stockwells and 4 PicoAmbient Jumbo units. For the longest time (basically most of 2025), our average revenue across our entire fleet was $3000/mo. per unit. Through strategic product optimization, so far this year we have increased that average to $3771/unit/month! We continue to strategize on how to vertically align even more offerings like freezers, cold brews, ice cream, etc. Its been a wild ride so far. My expectations of what this company can become has broadened tremendously over the last year. Being active in this community and learning from others here has been tremendously helpful along with the weekly VP meetings. Thank you to everyone who has helped along the way! For those of you still coming up, study this chart below. It was a slow grind in the beginning, until it wasn't! Giving superior service to your clients, being relentless on your pop-ins, and understanding you will go through long dry periods is the three best pieces of advice I can give. We still have a LOT to learn ourselves. I am very proud to be a member of this community and I am always happy to help where I can while also learning from all of you. Lets get it!#wins

1st Install complete! Felt longer than 4 months, but we're here. Dominguez Family Vending Services is officially in business. HAHA mini went into an internal medicine and cardiology clinic. Already a lot of lessons learned. Install really took 2 days to get everything figured out. Too much product, not enough space lol! Tomorrow we go live. Definitely appreciated all the recommendations with pushers. Added a pull out drawer and it's a life saver! I don't know how else i would've added enough product mix! #wins

Jon

Apr 23, 2026

First customer up and running! HaHa Mini 360. Thanks Moosa Saidy and Lea Vrabelova for the guidance! Let’s go! #wins

Marc

Apr 16, 2026

Day 2 of our municipal rollout is complete. Today we installed 3 machines at City Hall: - 1 in the main lobby - 2 outside the 3rd floor break room, near the mayor’s office and several administrative departments The install itself went incredibly smooth thanks to a new folding dolly with 4-wheel support that lets the load balance back on itself. It made moving the machines almost effortless—no strain, just smooth controlled pushes through the building. It also made moving all of our product bins much easier and saved a ton of time during setup. The best part of the day was the reaction from staff. Everyone who saw the machines was blown away by the look, the layout, and how modern the experience feels compared to what was there before. The comment I kept hearing over and over was: the old machines were terrible, never stocked right, and nobody cared. That feedback alone reinforced exactly why we built Daily Good Amenities the way we did. We also gave multiple live demos of the AI technology throughout the day, and every person who saw it was genuinely amazed by how intuitive the system was. For the 3rd floor setup, we intentionally gave the two machines different personalities: one leaning healthier and protein-forward, and the other offering more traditional snacks, chocolate, candy, and drinks—with combo opportunities built into both. What was really interesting was hearing pairs of employees immediately split by preference. One person would say, “I love the healthy machine,” and their friend would instantly respond, “I’m sticking with the chocolate machine.” That immediate reaction validated the strategy of merchandising each machine for different buying personalities instead of making them duplicates. Now comes the part I’m most excited for: watching the data, seeing what each floor gravitates toward, and optimizing from real buying behavior. Now the vendor just needs to remove there machine that was suppose to be out on April 1st.

Lewis

Apr 14, 2026

We got the gym logo and video uploaded on the new VRK. Looks great with their color scheme!! #wins

Lewis

Apr 11, 2026

Just installed the new Sandstar VRK and man is this thing sexy!! Delivery went well other than the driver didn’t call ahead; crating was great- no damage to the machine! Truly plug and play; the shelving and pushers were pre-installed based on our conversation with the customer service team at Sandstar. Plugged it in and stocked it. Total set up was about 2.5 hours. This is a gym/fitness center and the owner was blown away compared to their traditional machine that they previously used (see pic). We are waiting on the gym logo to add to the video screen. Everyone working out was very curious about the new addition and how it operated! Should be a great location; owner has already referred us to other gyms 😉

John

Apr 7, 2026

Newest location going live today! A distribution center with around 80 employees daily.

Tim

Apr 4, 2026

March numbers are in-Finally hit $1M run rate!

Ben Miller and I just had a growth spurt and hit $98,009.21 in sales in March. This was our first month at a $1 million run rate—and ALMOST hit $100k monthly (darn that $1,990.79 lol). Quite a few of our new locations only had a partial month in March, so I'm hoping we'll hit $100k next month. Goal for end of 2026: 60 locations and $232,000 monthly run rate. Oh wow, that made me nervous just typing it, but big goals motivate us. This group has been life-changing for us. I can't say enough that if you're willing to put in the work, all the tools and support you need for success are here. We joined in August 2024. Two months later we had our first machine (it was an awful location, but that's another story lol), 17 months later, we hit $98k in monthly sales. My (unsolicited) advice: First, read EVERYTHING in the modules. Like Anthony Kolodziej told us, I spent the first few weeks of membership like it was night school. I read everything I could, watched every video, I made cheat sheets on every machine type, the pros/cons and specs. Don't expect anyone else to do the work for you. Second, don't give up. This wasn't easy—There are plenty of frustrations, challenges, and moments you think you can't do it. Keep going! Third, deliver. Our biggest priority is to work hard to deliver the best experience to every one of our locations. We've done everything from 1am stock runs at University housing with screaming crowds of college students all around us asking for free stuff, to patiently talking a girl off the ledge because our machine stole her $5 but didn't unlock the door. It's not easy, but I love making people happy, providing an awesome service, and eventually seeing the rewards roll in. Thank you to Mike Hoffmann and Anthony Kolodziej for their leadership, and to every member in this group that has helped and encouraged us along the way. Cheers to our collective success in 2026!

Kenney

Mar 30, 2026

First machine stocked and ready to go! But man, it was way more difficult than I anticipated. It took me about 4-4.5 hours. I know now what to do tomorrow when I stock my second one so maybe it won’t take as long. But it feels so good to have it done! -Chrissie

Daniel

Mar 23, 2026

Well it finally happened. We got our refrigerated Van wrapped and we installed our 5th HaHa in our lates location, Spokane Community College. No turning back now! Appreciate this group! Our anchor product is weekly fresh pre-pared food items, Keeping the "Cold-Chain" intact!

Anthony

Mar 16, 2026

The numbers are in from the St. Patrick’s Day weekend 🍀Across my machines at apartment buildings, I was up 33% compared to a normal weekend.

Angelina

Mar 14, 2026

Sandstar #3 installed, online, and 1st purchase was made while we were cleaning up, they purchased a Brown sugar legendary pastry, then the PM came and got a sour skittles for his kids! Feels AMAZING knowing the residents are excited for this amenity!!!

Brandon

Mar 12, 2026

FIRST. YES. Yall. Been at it since November. Got my first YES! Health office with multiple practices. Machine in the waiting room. 40 staff. 200 clients per day. Thanks Matthew Morrison for all the help! #wins #popins #firsts

Mike

Mar 6, 2026

That Friday feeling… AGAIN! Just picked up my 2nd signed agreement and ordered another HAHA (Pro this time) on back-to-back FRIYAY'S!! 200+ daily foot traffic in a medical building, plus employees. Let’s go! 💪 Thanks to everyone in the community! I can’t stress enough how valuable the Zoom calls are. I pick up some little tidbit or phrase from almost every call. Always tweaking and continuing to evolve the pitch! #wins

Alexis

Mar 2, 2026

A new monthly Stockwell record?!? 😵‍💫It totally trips me out to share this, but I think I may have broken my Stockwell mentor Charles Wheeler's recent record… My best location did $7533.37… in a short month, no less! 🤯So grateful for his guidance, as well as everyone else who's helped along the way!#wins

Adam

Feb 28, 2026

177 days in and I secured my 1st signed contract on Wednesday 2/25/26. It took: 109 pop ins 58 calls (21 voicemails, 19 did not leave message, 18 talked to a human) 250+ emails 75 flyers and 4.5 dozen donuts Countless questions asked and answered by folks in the community as well as “bucket-filling” gallons of encouragement from this community - HUGE THANKS to this whole community! Special thanks to each of the Ambassadors - y’all are straight up my HEROES. #wins

Matthew

Feb 27, 2026

Reposting from November 2025 - 6 figures in revenue in 3 months! I just wanted to share a win. When we hoped into this venture I was in corporate American working 40 hour work weeks in sales in front of a computer all week. Income was great at $300k+ a year. However we wanted more. We have 3 kids and one has special needs similar to high functioning autism. My wife and I decided we needed to build something that was ours that my son (10yrs old now) could work in if at 18 he is not on his own. We needed to build a future for him to give him the best chance at a “normal” life as I refuse to have a child who just lives his life in a room watching TV. So we hoped into vending. I kept my consulting business but walked away from my W2 job which meant all the pressure was on me. No other people to fall back on. In August we placed our first machine after dropping a flyer on an empty desk of a student housing building the leasing office emailed me with interest and we worked out a deal relatively easily. Now, 3+ months later we have over $10k in revenue for November with 8 locations. Since I have not hired anyone yet the profit margins are great. Scaling this business is great if you do the work. POP-INS!!! Face to face encounters are the best contact. We are close to two more HUGE locations that I expect to close next week. Special thanks to Anthony Kolodziej for the constant communication when I have questions and strategy needs. #wins

Mike

Feb 26, 2026

1st Agreement Signed! Let’s gooooo!! 🔥Ordering the HAHA Mini tomorrow morning. I can’t wait to get it installed! Huge thank you to https://community.vendingpreneurs.com/posts/welcome-meet-your-ambassadors-mallorie-rauch for walking me through the important details and helping me think it through the right way. On to the next one 💪...Just sent out my 3rd proposal tonight as well. I received a call back from the owner of a medical facility. They have 2 old machines that we hope to replace! #wins

Michael

Feb 23, 2026

185,000+ Items Sold - Two YearsI joined VP back in Feb of 2024. What a journey its been since then. We've outgrown our home storage, then our storage shed, and are now on our second warehouse upgrade. We outgrew our personal vehicles and then traded in our first van for a new bigger one. We're up to 20 locations now with 16 current hot leads we're pursuing. We're grossing $650K+/yr and rising. My stepson partner and I are making nice profits and are heading down an exciting road of growth, possibility and challenge.How did we get here? First, we joined VP and participated in the weekly calls, watched the videos and got to work. Second, we have forged our path by being consistent with pop-ins week in and out. Lastly, we created and followed a set of Core Values by holding each other accountable, ensuring that our clients and customers are happy with our service at all times. We are still grinding, but referrals are coming to us now as well. Just the last two weeks have saw 4 new contracts go out the door with two of them being signed already. Its exciting, but make no mistake, its a grind. For those of you just starting, keep going and get your grind on. This business takes effort, but man, its worth it in the end. Keep your eyes on the prize. Its usually a long sales cycle from handshake to a signed contract. But the relationships you're building now will pay off in the future. We're 5 machines away from our year two goal with one month left to hit it. Time to get back to work! Best of luck to everyone out there! #wins

Jim

Oct 31, 2026

A small win this week. As our route has grown to 15 machines I started looking into a warehouse, but didnt think I was "big" enough to warrant the expense. I found a local catering company a we reached a commissary agreement to keep our frozen and prepackaged foods. We moved our commercial freezer and fridge yesterday which makes us legal in the state of Florida. Excited for this change at only a $400 expense

Lewis

Oct 27, 2026

Under $1,000 per month for us, but it does depend on the circumstance. We have a student apartment that we installed in March, so right around spring break and then only (2) months before school was out for the summer. On top of that their marketing manager quit one month after installing. We left it through the summer and ramped up marketing with the new manager in August; now it’s consistently over $1,000 per month.

Michael

Oct 23, 2026

Had my first location and install last week for a VRK Pro; sales were consistent for the first week. Ordered two more VRK Pros this week for another luxury tower property signed agreement.

Sarah

Oct 14, 2026

First contract is officially signed and secured for a 1 year term in a large local gym working on an expansion. There's still a lot to do with licensing in MN and sourcing products, but here we go!!

Will

Oct 8, 2026

Signed contract at an Animal Hospital. Tried to go with a Sandstar CVM 13 but they are discontinued even though Sandstar still has them on their website. My mistake was to check the measurements and show the customer before checking with Microbox. The new MINI will not be available until the end of December, so we are going with the HAHA 360 MINI. The HAHA should be arriving in about two weeks.

Mike

Oct 2, 2026

🚨Signed contract🚨 from a sister property at a senior living location. They actually reached out to me about adding a machine, and they’re extremely excited to have the amenity since they previously had no options. The numbers are a little lower than what I normally look for, which is why I didn’t pursue this location initially. However, I have an underperforming cooler that needs to be moved, so I’m going to take the chance and move it to this location. Sometimes the opportunity makes sense simply because you already have the equipment and need a better home for it. We’ll see how it performs!

Good morning, Well, for me I secured two locations for the vtm machines and made my first purchase for those machines through vendhub. One being a gas station that was just remodeled and has high foot traffic. The second being at one of the last standing malls here in a prime location within. Both machines I will be running Pokemon cards through them. The mall location is very interested in a second machine, so I might just put another one in there with another set of sought after cards. Very exciting time right now.

Christopher

Sep 26, 2026

Just today got this one fully loaded in a laundry room of Apt complex. We actually installed it last week but still had to work my 9-5. This is the 3rd machine we put in all last week all on Thursday. Got so busy I forgot to take pics of other 2. they're coming 💪🎉

Marc

Sep 18, 2026

On Thursday after 6 months of dealing the government run a round, I have finally closed the deal to run my town's hockey concessions stand along with vending machines. On Wednesday I was able to close a national lead for my first micro market. So October is going to be busy learning 2 new systems

Kyle

Sep 17, 2026

I have a car dealership that might even be smaller than yours. Unfortunately for me, it's spread between four buildings, so I had to install four machines. Overall it's doing roughly $4k per month—a great portfolio. I'm grateful, and I also recognize it would be sweet if it was just one big building where I could either do one machine and restock frequently or do two. Based on everything you said in your post….I'd move on this ASAP!

Michael

Sep 16, 2026

Today I officially got my first contract signed! I’m excited as I have another contract being finalized too. I appreciate the help thus far from this community, ambassador calls, and a shout out to Mike Weiden and Matthew Bacine for answering questions about vending. Just takes 1 to get started.

I just secured my first location of the VTM machines at an Arco gas station in a great part of town. I am going to get the contract over to the owner this week and get the ball rolling. I finally got on base lol ⏳

Michael

Sep 5, 2026

Huge Win Friday! 🎉 Momentum is officially snowballing! Just closed my 2nd signed contract on Friday, followed immediately by a verbal "yes" from the GM of a hotel near the airport! They’re just pulling the existing vendor's contract to handle the transition, then we’re good to go. Onward and upward! 💪

Kylie

Sep 4, 2026

A property manager signed the agreement on the spot this week, that's a first!

Brett

Sep 1, 2026

First > $1,000 day. Took me 16 months from 1st machine until now. Took me learning to end contracts with poor performing sales. Thanks to Lea Vrabelova and Manuelle Duvall and many others for being a sounding board. I still have much to learn, but am excited to hit this benchmark. Don’t give up!

Mike

Aug 29, 2026

WOW!!! Where to begin with the closing of an amazing month? Well, here goes… I walked into an existing location that already had a VRK doing $2K+ a month and told the PM she was going to sign my agreement for an add-on freezer. She looked at me and said, “I’m going to sign this, am I?” I said, “Yes, you are!” and handed her the pen. 🖋 She signed! My 2nd SandStar freezer arrives next Thursday. 🙌 On the way there, I stopped at another property I’ve been chasing since February, and finally got the nod to move forward. Agreement is sent for another VRK Pro, just waiting on the owner’s signature. And there are 2 more properties in their portfolio lined up and ready to go soon! I also did some new pop-ins Thursday and Friday. A few really good prospects now need to talk to corporate before we can move forward, so the game is afoot! 😎 And then there’s the WHALE I’ve been chasing since January… 4 buildings. 590 units. 🐳 We’ll be placing 4 VRK Pros, one in each building, replacing 4 Coke machines, aka 600 lb gorillas 🦍, along with 4 traditional snack machines. I’m also moving my HAHA Mini from an underperforming boutique gym into their clubhouse. The property has a fitness center, pool, and all the amenities, and that’s actually where she originally wanted the machines. After walking the entire massive property, I was able to convince her that the mail/package rooms in each building would be the best locations. She insisted on the clubhouse for one, so we’re making that move happen. We’ll explore SandStar freezers after we have a few solid months of sales. Hopefully, we’ll eventually have one in each building! 🤞 She absolutely loved the video screen toppers and is very excited about using them to post informational updates and things happening around the property. So, if my math is right, that puts me at 17 coolers/freezers since joining in January! 🎉 Only 3 more to hit my expanded goal of 20 machines for the year. And to put that in perspective, my original goal was 10. 😳 Thanks for all the amazing support in this fantastic community! Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined achieving this kind of success so quickly, and more importantly, having this much fun doing it. I’ve also met so many new friends along the way and have had countless conversations with people I’ve never even met in person. Ambassadors, newbies, veteran operators…everyone has been willing to share their time, experience, and knowledge. And somehow, I’m still sitting in my warehouse at 9 PM on a Friday working and not even annoyed about it. 😂 Thank you, everyone, and especially Mike H, Anthony, and all the ambassadors, for the incredible guidance, support, and willingness to share your knowledge. 🙏 What an incredible journey this has been so far. And I’m just getting started! 🚀

Kenneth

Aug 27, 2026

A day early for Fridays Wins but I received a signed agreement for an open market in a 330 unit luxury apartment building. This took months to get signed. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated but the plan right now is 365 Pico Market, All State shelving, Panoptyc camera and a Minus 40 6 shelf cooler.

Mike

Aug 25, 2026

Thanks A. and E. Glad, I spent the time to stock it on Saturday night. We did $51 in sales the 1st day! Excited to see the progress and continue to expand the menu.

Mike

Aug 21, 2026

1st freezer installed today! 🎉 ABF tried to throw one by me and deliver it today even though it was scheduled for Monday. Not so fast! 😂 Hustled over, met my dude Jeff, the same driver who delivered my VRK. He already had my freezer off the truck and waiting for me at the door. Couldn’t have been easier! Rolled it right in, A LOT easier than the VRK, though. This one is about 200 lbs lighter! 😂 Stocking it tomorrow morning before my son’s soccer game. Then we’ll be ready to rock! 💪🏼❄ #SandStar #Freezer #Wins

Ted

Aug 17, 2026

Happy Monday everyone! Today is definitely starting off better than last Friday! 😂 I just received a signed contract for my first apartment community and it's a Greystar property! My other two locations are an office building and a college campus, so I'm excited to add an apartment location to the mix. I'm hoping that if I can make this location successful, it will open the door to introductions to other Greystar properties I've been targeting. LFG!

Moosa

Aug 16, 2026

First 1k location was my first location. The only non-apartment I have, a pickleball gym. Very consistent location. I always have nostalgia for that location since it’s my first. I still look back and marvel at the days I used to check sales every five minutes looking for sales. Used to get so pumped seeing $50 days.

Jamie

Aug 15, 2026

Installed our 5th location last weekend, open market, high end, high rise apartment complex. They did $1,500 in sales the first week! Added a freezer yesterday. Excited to see where this one goes!

Vanessa

Aug 14, 2026

My win this week: I was let got from my job (not my job anymore lol) a month and half ago, and since then I decided to not go back and do Vending in full (well i do it part time because of a 2yr old at home with me). I havent got any new locations since December last year, and it has been frustrating, but im pushing through it. This week I got a yes from a location, I just visited them today and they will sign their contract next week (just polishing some last details). I also have 2 other contracts out waiting to be signed, which both of them were already reviewed and they wanted me to make changes and I did, which is a good sign because it means they are interested. Sooooo I was so happy yesterday when I got that email saying yes, even though contract is not signed yet, I know is happening, and im getting out of this 7 month drought 😌💁🏻‍♀️

Jacob

Aug 5, 2026

Seeking advice on financing options? I have a signed contract for a Stockwell but didn't know what my best options were for financing this machine? Please point me in the right direction.

I have a signed contract for a Stockwell.

Josh

Aug 1, 2026

We signed our first contract this afternoon! FBO at the airport wants the EXE2 in their lobby as soon as it available!

Zach

Jul 31, 2026

FIRST AGREEMENT SIGNED!! Master Services Agreement with a Luxury Property Management group has been fully signed as of Monday this week. I'll be starting in 2 of their properties in September, where I will be placing Stockwells in the lobby right by the mail and package areas. Building 1 - 273 units, 400 residentsBuilding 2 - 198 units, 300 residents In the MSA, I have the ability to stagger machine installs in 3 more buildings to allow me to use cashflow from the 2 machines to keep my debt lower. They all have the same lobby/mail/package room setup (130 units, 130 units, and 125 units) as the first 2 buildings. They are also starting a 300 unit project right next to building 1 that I will have first right of refusal (in agreement) - placement is anticipated to be Q3 2027. In total I estimate these 1st two locations to produce anywhere from $1500-$2000/month. Giving me an annual run rate of $36,000-$48,000. Worked with Pathfinder and already secured enough funding to get off the ground. Super stoked and now I'm in operator mode!

Jon

Jul 21, 2026

Win #2 Contract signed for 90 employee manufacturing plant with no other options near by. I’m replacing old , unserviced vending machines and will be installing a HaHa Ultra. The best part: the company is going to subsidize 30% of the total sales. Let’s Go!

Chase

Jul 19, 2026

First install this week at an auto repair shop and finding new connections to businesses through people I already know

Sherwin

Jul 18, 2026

Installed and fully stocked a new machine today!

Mason

Jul 16, 2026

Never stop following up! One of the first locations I ever visited about a year ago has finally said yes. I followed up with this location every month after the initial “no”. 2 weeks ago was my last follow up and they called today saying they are ready to move forward and have sent the 30 day notice to their current vendor. 400 unit, 98% capacity mid rise. No simply means “not right now”. If they keep saying no, build a relationship. One thing I did was offered to write a review on Google for the property. Little things can go a long way. Keeping grinding VPs!

Thad

Jul 12, 2026

We are new to the vending business but have gone through the course. We just secured a 159 unit 55 and older living complex. They are at 94% occupancy and have 212 people. Many of them are captive, meaning they don’t drive. This creates a very solid opportunity! With that said, I’m looking for a solid vending solution (machine). We want to keep it simple - looking at the HaHa Pro 542, but aren’t sure that it fits the complete need of the facility. We have plenty of space (11 feet) but also don’t want to be too big or put something in that won’t be profitable. 1. Open to budget conscious solutions. 2. They want convenient options, grab and go with tap pay. 3. They want beverages, snacks and easy microwaveable meals. Just looking for some input and guidance to the best solution(s). I am willing to expand to multiple machines if it produces like I expect. I look forward to learning and earning with y’all! Thank you in advance for the input. Thad and Katie Lensing

Braden

Jun 27, 2026

Just signed our second location today.🥳 It’s a cannabis company 230 employees two separate break rooms 130 employees on one side trimming and 100 on the other side packing and processing. They want a machine for both break rooms. I’m thinking of going with the SRK or EzEgo just haven’t decided yet any ideas or tips are greatly appreciated.

Ted

Jun 26, 2026

Hey Everyone! I'm excited to share that I just signed my first contract after purchasing a small vending route a few months ago! The location is a brand-new college campus with two buildings, each serving approximately 200 students and faculty/staff. I'm planning to install two AI smart coolers, one in each building, and have been looking at the Sandstar lineup. I'm considering the VRK, VRK Pro, and True Taste models. Initially, I leaned toward the True Taste, but since this is a veterinary medicine campus, I'm wondering if the VRK or VRK Pro might be a better fit. The ARK also appears to have a simpler aesthetic based on the website, so I'd love to hear from anyone with firsthand experience. Can anyone explain the key differences between the VRK, VRK Pro, and True Taste models? Also, is there a dedicated Sandstar contact who can help walk through the options? Any guidance or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and LFG!

Stephanie

Jun 24, 2026

Market question- looking for a POC Hi everyone, we just signed a contract for a 1200 unit apartment complex (3 apartments with one central market) and we are sourcing a double door refrigerator and freezer from True Refrigeration. We already know what we want, we are just trying to figure out who to order through. If you have a rep that you’ve worked with, can you share? Thanks!!!

Mallorie

Jun 11, 2026

Just got another contract signed: Can someone explain the difference between the Sandstar ARK and SRK? I’m not seeing much difference in description and need to place an order asap. EDIT: Thanks Andrew Kunselman SRK - Hyundai - entry level model with NO digital advertising screen ARK - Lexus - mid level with advertising screen VRK - Ferrari - high end with customization

Eddy

Jun 5, 2026

What do you all do to buy/finance machines and equipment? Business is starting to ramp up for us. We just landed 4 locations and we’re expecting at least 4 more any day now. That said, that can be a lot of money spent in a short period of time. Any recommendations for how to handle financing?

BOOM BABY!! 💥💥First agreement is signed!! I joined VendingPreneurs in March and wasn't sure how much momentum I'd be able to get while working an extremely demanding 9-5 job, kids in activities, and very little downtime during normal business hours, but it's happening!Here's a little tid-bit for those working during the day and having demanding schedules in the evenings - every little bit counts! I've had a hard time doing pop-ins due to not being able to pull away from work during the day, so I've been doing what I can to get a few conversations going here and there as well as joining a couple of weekly evening networking events. Well, showing up consistently every week to those events caught the attention of one of the other members and they took my information. 3 days later they reach out to ask for a meeting, and we got the agreement signed just a couple of days after that meeting! I can't stress enough how important it is to do what you can, even if it doesn't feel like much, and even if you're not getting bites. Everyone's amount of effort is going to be different, and I can say without a doubt that being able to take 5 mins here, 10 mins there, it's working!! Now to see if the other proposal for a couple of hotels gets closed! Onward and Upward! #wins

Mason

May 21, 2026

Win! Finally got a contract signed for a construction company that is building a new hospital near me. It’s 1,000 employees on site 6 days a week. Only downside is they anticipate completion in about 12-15 months. I didn’t necessarily like knowing it was a short term contract but felt like there was a lot of upside even for that time frame. Tons of red tape due to it being an active construction site. I had to do safety orientations, etc and will have to wear hard hat and other protective gear while on site. I didn’t believe it was 1,000 people until I visited. It’s nearly impossible for the employees to leave. They have a parking garage 5 blocks away and are shuttled to the site. They did not ask for a revenue share which will allow me to squeeze every penny out of this contract while it lasts. 6 machines going in on June 1. #wins

Elva-Maria

May 14, 2026

Contract #3 Signed!

Kirk

Apr 23, 2026

My wife and I started our bookkeeping firm 10 years ago. We make a decent living and my clients seem happy. <br><br>But I’m jumping for joy with every $2 sale. First machine-guess this is normal?

I'm jumping for joy with every $2 sale on my first machine.

jasmin

Apr 22, 2026

BIG NEWS! Landed our 1st Location!!

Hi everybody! Great news! Our meeting with the VP was a success and landed our first location!!🥳 Any help and any advice on what to do next are extremely appreciated! Thank you guys! Definitely gonna be a great way to start off NAMA weekend😊

Jones

Apr 16, 2026

I just got my second contract for a bougie 420 unit mid-rise. This has taken nearly five months of back and forth discussions and waiting on corporate approval. I am hopeful this contract allows me to expand into other properties managed by the same company.

Paul

Apr 12, 2026

Just got a signed contract back from a 170 unit apartment complex! The plan is to put a SandStar EZego in the main lobby area.

Jenny

Apr 3, 2026

Hi everyone!! After two months of pop-ins and consistently following up with patience, I’ve secured my first location with two vending machines!!!!🎉 😁 Thank you for all the guidance and experiences you’ve shared. They’ve been incredibly valuable throughout this process.

Nathan

Mar 20, 2026

Just installed #3! It’s a midrise apartment complex with 250 units in the lobby which is also next to the gym and mailroom. I placed a haha mini. It’s not gonna do $3k a month or anything but I bet it’ll do close to $1000 so that’s all I’m hoping for.Slow and steady for me. I’ll get there eventually! The PM has agreed to email out a video I made to all the tenants, so hoping for a big first week.#wins  I tried to upload the video but the app wasn’t letting me…

Javier

Mar 16, 2026

Small win 🏆 First location rockin 💪🏻 averaging about 6k monthly sales! Hotel near the airport and let me tell you…I def recommend targeting this audience. People will pay any price you set when traveling. It’s not all easy though, lots of work to implement employee discounts and work with vouchers since this hotel does a lot of deals with airlines and cruise lines. Also it’s an open market in not the nicest area so myself and front desk are actively on top of people taking stuff. Great location to learn though. Under contract to set up at 2-3 more hotels with this prop management company that are also hotels around the airport. Feel like I’m going to need to hire some help soon since these properties are a bit far from me and I’m all alone if anyone has any tips on hiring that first employee. Update: just had my first $700 + day yesterday! Anthony Kolodziej Here is the google link with the video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aLq6ioDWLjS98abOu8hpMzcLQxoKwnPe/view?usp=drivesdk #wins

Hank

Mar 9, 2026

Hey everyone! Our first contract is signed 🎉 and even though we have done a lot of research/skool posts, we are looking at Haha vs Micromart and wondering which you would choose &amp; why? TY!

Our first contract is signed.

Just got my first contract signed with a local EMS facility and dispatch. I went with Sandstar and WeVend. Talk about overwhelming with the paperwork and stuff. If anyone does Vending in Tennessee I would love to know how I'm supposed to setup my New Tax Jurisdiction.

Javier

Mar 4, 2026

Aesthetics improvements

Finalizing the set up of this open market at a Sonnesta near an airport. First location woohooo!!! Installed the new fridge and pico market+. GM is asking what my plans are for the shelving in terms of making it prettier. Any spontaneous ideas or suggestions from the community? Planning on repainting the wood and incorporating some nice product racks so if anyone has some they can recommend from Amazon or anywhere else I would highly appreciate it! video attached D3298929-BD66-4D60-9859-C04AF515E966.mp4

Mason

Feb 23, 2026

3 to 14 in 48 hours. This vending world is crazy sometimes. I had lost 7 locations at the end of 2025 leaving me at 3 active locations. Well I took a chance a few months ago and submitted a proposal for a smaller school district and I won it last week. It will start with 10 machines in 2 high schools (~1700 students each) with option to add more machines in their administrative building, district sports facility, and a few other district locations once the first 10 are active for 30-60 days. I know sales will drop during the summer but it should average out well across the year. I also just installed a machine in the lobby of a hotel and will likely be adding 1-2 more in the near future. Perfect example of one door closing so another can open.

Catherine

Feb 22, 2026

Hi Everine, we’re excited to be here. My family and I started our business the fall of 2025. As of today we have 3 locations.  A big win from this week was getting my first location from a pop in. We just installed the machine in Friday. I think it's going to do well but not sure yet. 🤞 My goal for being a part of the community is to learn faster, make less mistakes, get new ideas and meet some great people. 😁

Joe

Feb 19, 2026

Hey everyone! Right now I am working on scaling up and building to a point where I bring on an employee and introduce more systems. I have acquired my locations by a mix of acquisitions, pop-ins, and referrals. A win recently was installing my first freezer a couple weeks back. I am looking to gain insights on scaling and hiring from the group.

Vincent

Feb 19, 2026

Howdy All, 🤠 I joined the community in Sept ‘25 and in that short a period, had 4 contracts out for signature. No placements yet, but just received one of those contracts back, signed tonight!! My first one!! I don’t believe I would have been able to do this without the help of this community. I’m looking forward to even greater successes in the future as a result of my affiliation with VP, and I am eager to continue my learning journey with this group as we all grow stronger together.

Two machines running at a Jewish Community Center

Andrew got 2 machines up and running at a Jewish Community Center, with plans to put 2 more out by the pool for summer.

Action Relieves Anxiety

Motivational post about staying busy and taking action. Discusses overcoming competition worries through focused momentum.

First agreement to install in a 300-unit luxury apartment

Carney executed a first agreement to install a micromarket in a brand-new 300-unit luxury apartment, calling it the first of many.

Micro-Market Paid Off!

Micro-market from Cantaloupe went live in January. 6 months, 0% interest, $0 down financing. Just made last payment! financing term: 6 months · interest: 0% · down payment: $0

Follow-up call lands a 350-unit apartment complex lead

Cindy followed up with a property manager who'd told her in February they picked another vendor, only to learn that vendor never responded, so the manager emailed the regional manager to see if Cindy could become the approved local vendor. The property is a 350-unit apartment complex.

Weekly Wins Roundup

Weekly wins compilation featuring multiple community members

Weekly Wins Roundup

Weekly wins compilation featuring multiple community members

Wins of the week: verbals, installs, and first machines

A wins-of-the-week roundup: verbal agreements, installs at 4 buildings, first in-person meetings, a first contract signed with a machine purchase pending, a first Stockwell ordered, 2 contracts signed, 2 micro markets signed, an expanded route, a second machine set up, and a vendor credentialing approval enabling a first install.

The Importance of Qualifying

Met with senior living facility, 120 residents opening soon. Learned machine was for staff only (30-40 people). Lesson on qualifying leads. staff: 30-40

Second win: machine placed at 200-student martial arts school

Placed a second location at a martial arts training facility with about 200 students, sourced from a cold email campaign sent in Q4 2024 - the owner texted back in early February 2025. Commissions were discussed but would need higher sales numbers first.

Coffee Machine Update

Vitro X5 coffee machine at office building. Paid $7K, sold 4 drinks by 5pm for $3.25 each. $13 profit off $2.50 cost. Office said coffee was mandatory. machine cost: $7000 · drink price: $3.25 · first day profit: $13

Machine installed and stocked at a Chevy dealership

Got a machine installed and stocked at a local Chevy dealership, still adjusting prices and content. First QR-code feedback came in - lunchables were almost gone after just over 24 hours - and plans to swap in different drinks.

Community Win

Community member achievement

15 Days in w/ 1st Stockwell

First Stockwell at 161 unit DC property. $509.65 total revenue, $364.59 gross profit. Projecting $2,000-2,500/mo. Detailed product breakdown included. total revenue: $509.65 · gross profit: $364.59 · projected monthly: $2,000-2,500 · timeline: 15 days

Two Stockwells signed via rev-share, plus a pop-in win

After nearly 2 months in talks, signed a rev-share contract for 2 Stockwells in a roughly 200-unit complex - the location covers all costs, maintenance, and stocking, and will help market via resident emails. A separate pop-in visit to a complex left with info a month earlier also turned into a signed contract the same day. 3 Stockwells coming soon.

Two signed contracts in one day, dairy center and condo

Received signed contracts for a dairy processing center (open 24 hours, over 100 staff, replacing the incumbent vendor due to FDA regulations, starting with two combo machines) and a 310-unit condominium high rise with 10 commercial units, going with a double model by June 26th.

First location live, $52 revenue before 7am

First of five locations being set up over the next 5 weeks went live at 4pm the day before, and without any email alerting tenants, it did $52 in revenue before 7am the next day.

First Win - Need Suggestions!

First agreement with local gym. 150 people daily. Owner has no time to manage current PepsiCo cooler. Looking for machine suggestions for gym space.

First location signed, install next week in a residential building

Got a first location this week and will install a first machine in a residential building next week; asking for ideas on launch best practices to make the community aware of the new service.

Micro Win

Cold calling practice leading to SVP contact at global commercial real estate company. He heard full pitch and will share in his network.

6 new contracts signed in 45 days

Secured 6 new wins (contracts signed, machines on order) over the last 45 days through cold drop-ins: three high-end over-55 communities, a luxury apartment complex, a senior living property taking 2 combo machines, and a 400-unit apartment complex. A micromarket contract is out for another luxury complex.

First two locations secured, outdoor machine ordered

Secured 2 locations and will be placing a first vending machine and smart coolers. First location: an outdoor machine going by the pool at a 240-unit luxury apartment complex with 97% occupancy, purchased for approximately $8,500 plus tax.

Bay Area VPs Meetup?

Organizing Bay Area VendingPreneurs meetup. Community networking, troubleshooting together, sharing successes and failures.

Drew

Oct 31, 2026

Got my first install done today (feel free to critique my setup, I know it has several flaws lol..) - definitely learned a few lessons on timing and planning. Things dont always go according to plan, but practice makes perfect. I have a lot to learn on maximizing shelf space, getting more organized and prepared, thinking about pricing and psychology. 1% better everyday!

Nicolas

Oct 21, 2026

Got our first three machines delivered today!!! Install will be Friday. Let’s goooo!!!!!

John

Oct 17, 2026

Just got this ARK Pro installed on Friday. ➡️ Student apartment fitness center ➡️ Red Bull Iced

John

Oct 10, 2026

To celebrate our one year anniversary at one of our apartment locations, we brought in a food truck for the residents. This particular location has averaged an amazing $9500/month since the beginning of the year. We have another food truck lined up for next week at a different location. Me pictured with the property manager. I can’t stress enough how important it is to have the support of the property manager.

Brandon

Sep 19, 2026

HUGE milestone for me to close out the week. My only location (2 machines) hit $100 3 straight days. On my way! God is good!

Braden

Sep 15, 2026

SRK up and running at on of the biggest marijuana packaging plants in California.

Logan

Sep 10, 2026

Finally the day has made it here, just stocked my first machine. Can’t wait to start scaling this business next.

Will

Sep 4, 2026

First location went live on Monday, VRK Pro. A lot of pop ins and a lot of "no" or ghosting, but we will take the first as a win and keep going. We installed a smart switch and had to use a wifi to ethernet adaptor. We appreciate everyone's support on each step of this new journey.

Sherwin

Aug 29, 2026

Machine #8 Installed Just installed this little guy yesterday. This is in a franchise dance studio at a small mall. The owner has multiple locations and I will be placing one more machine in another location with a possibility for two more locations.

Brett

Aug 22, 2026

First 2 of a 7 machine City Contract. Signed a contract w a local mayor in a college town. Now up to 31 machines!

Todd

Aug 21, 2026

1st machine open for business as of 2:07pm on thursday, 8/20 . . . missing a few items that will be stocked later today . . . 307 unit apartment building (tower) . . . $112 in sales in first 20 hours . . . three more towers (305 units, 295 units & 197 units on property) so if this does well, not only will i add a freezer, but possibly exchange the cooler for a double-door cooler - and the other buildings will get machines in the lobbies as well

I don’t know what to say here, but thank you to all who have let me bend their ear in this journey. Thank you for the beginning lessons and videos Vendingpreneur’s, especially to Ambassadors Matt Morrison, Thomas Rohlader and fellow Vendingpreneur, Mike Weiden for their wisdom. To all “posters” for a look at their inventory ideas in their machines. Diana and Khalil at SandStar are awesome! Thank you for taking my calls. Last but definitely not least, my wife for her patience and support in starting this journey. She got really excited when inventory started to arrive to fill these monsters. Take that any way that you want. LOL. Our first four machines are up and ready for the college student apartments this Thursday. Now, let’s go see!

Pablo

Aug 12, 2026

A little win to share! 🎉 I’m excited to say I now have two vending machine locations live—one at a local barbershop and one at The Summit, a newly renovated student apartment community near the University of Utah. Both locations look great, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve them. I also have two more locations on the way, so the momentum is building! Sharing a few photos from the barbershop and The Summit below. Big thanks to this community for the knowledge and encouragement, it’s making a real difference.

Chase

Aug 7, 2026

Happy Friday everybody !! Started with Vendingpreneur 3 months ago. Two months in from first machine location placed. Machines number 4-5 installed last week and picked up 6-7 for installation hopefully week from now with locations 8-9 very close to landing. I’m growing extremely fast but excited for what the future holds. Thanks for everyone that’s answered my questions and help me out over the last two months. Still trying to crack that condo and apartment buildings sector very challenging to get in front of the right people but we’ll get there ! Here’s to having faith, trusting God, believing in yourself, and trusting the process.

Just installed our 3rd Stockwell yesterday! Thank you to Irving and the National team on getting this one across the line!

Angelina

Jul 25, 2026

Our first ever location is doing exceptionally well so we just installed a 2nd machine! 🎉🚀

George

Jul 21, 2026

1st freezer today! And boy were there some takeaways from this experience.Shout out to Moosa Saidy for sharing some helpful tips.

Chase

Jul 15, 2026

First machine installed! Here’s everything I wish I knew ahead of time for any future HAHA users. 1. Paying with VendEquipment credits was complicated. It took significantly longer to get the machine payment processed than I expected (about 1 week) 2. Keep calling shipping companies for updates. Even though I had a scheduled appointment, it wasn’t accurate and I had to call about 7 times to finally get them to tell me it was coming a day later. 3. Have them give the delivery driver your phone number. This was very helpful for knowing when he was on his way/how close he was. 4. Bring a sawzaw or chisel for the wood at the bottom of the crate. It was a lot more difficult to remove than expected. 5. After connecting to the wifi, the machine starts in demo mode and needs multiple hours (probably overnight) to update. 6. If you are installing the anti theft bar, bring drills for making pilot holes. 7. The pushers that come with the machine are strong. I opted out on using them with any chips or crushable items. 8. The dividers they give you need to be ziptied down. Once in the back and front. This took me much longer than expected. I would also have a pair of sharp scissors on hand so you aren’t trying to cut the zipties with a knife and accidentally damage your machine. 9. You need to apply for your bank account to be registered to your HAHA account and it can take 3 business days. 10. The whole process from truck arriving to putting the last row of items on the app took over 2 hours. The update can take another 8. I hope someone can learn from my experience with HAHA so they can be more prepared than I was 😂

Adam

Jul 12, 2026

My very first machine is up and live! 😎 Man this thing is cool! 1st day and the machine is already killing it with $74 in sales! Just like my business name, God is TRULY bringing down the manna from Heaven. Because I haven’t even told all the residents in the building that they now have a vending machine! (Will build a flyer to send out physically and through email this coming Monday.) The lawyers and engineers in the building are loving those red bulls! 😎 God is good! So good! This is only the beginning. My $160,000 pilot school debt is going to be LAUGHABLE to the eyes of God. it always was to him, and now he’s going to show me why. 💪🏽

Jones

Jul 3, 2026

I setup my first Stockwell yesterday afternoon at an upscale mid-rise inside the loop in Houston. - Disclaimer: As this is my first Stockwell install my lack of experience could be reason for a few pain points below. Overall experience was pretty great. - White glove install??? Way over priced however I do not have a pallet mover but can rent one. I was expecting them to sprinkle fairy dust and say magical incantations for the price. - The install took roughly 4 hours with 20 minutes figuring out the upper left corner sweet spot to unlock the machine. A quick set-up guide would be great. The manual is not helpful but the machine looks amazing and has awesome curb appeal. Adjusting the shelves the with fragile shelf clips were such a pain. The stock pushers for ambient and chilled are good IMO and way better then HAHA that will crush and misalign as soon as I am done stocking. - Having all the backend completed to include printing the planogram was great however the app has no setup procedures however accessing tech support from the app was good I guess. The mobile app functionality is very limited. HAHA wins. About the planogram. It is not very accurate as to what actually fits on each row. I had to readjust and remove items to fit them all however as a guide to stock the machine its great. - The machine is very pretty and lots of compliments. The machine was on-line immediately after stocking which was great. - I need to print a sign to the effect of after you scan your card, open the door and do not ponder. Ponder after the door is open. - I have a verbal approval for five more Stockwell's at Howard Huges managed properties in The Woodlands so this will be a great learning location. The apartment manager and staff have been very supportive. I could not be happier with their support. - The machine looks bigger in person and online images. I am heading down today to clean the glass as I forgot window cleaner and do not smudgy glass and to remove the coming soon sign as its been 24 hours and backend shows online. I do have a neon sign order to place on top for a personalized touch.

Frank

Jun 20, 2026

When it rains, it pours! God is good!We've just secured 3 locations!! 2 local to us here in NC and 1 up in New Jersey with one of our partners.1. Element Gymnastics - Huge gymnastics center, open 6 days/wk, hundreds of kids & parents with NO Vending previously. This one we had popped in last YEAR and they told us they were going to work with a charity instead, so we went back this year and found out that never happened and happily gave 10% of profits to go towards the kids & will note this on a sign near the machine.2. Ferguson Plumbing - the biggest Ferguson in the region, 70+ staff & regulars, they are redecorating their in store area to add tables & chairs for people to enjoy the food & drinks. They had vending, but were always broken. Literally the first time we went in, a staff member told me they had just had a meeting on the vending machines as they were so unhappy. Also barely any food-chips and candy bars only and their staff works until midnight, sometimes 3am in the warehouse, so we are very excited to be able to give them real food.*Took us 3 pop-ins (3 weeks) to get to the manager, don't give up! Your emails always go to spam.3. Remote Works - this one is in partnership with a close friend who has a remote works business, so hopefully this is the first of many. Huge building, several tenants including lawyers and others & our machine will go into a central area, available to all, renovations happening now. Entire building is brand new & beautiful!- All 3 are getting the HaHa 660 to start, will add more if needed for #s 1 & 2.We are supplying the neon signs for free & found a great company that worked with us on price: https://crazyneon.com/

Third location, first Sandstar

Brett

Jun 9, 2026

Launched new locations in a Camping store, 100 employee tech company, and a fencing company. Partnered with a social media team in PHL! It has made a big difference!

William

May 28, 2026

Kicking it old school with a paper contract! First deal.

Mike

May 22, 2026

Well, it wasn't easy, but VRK #2 is officially installed and live! 💪 Solo delivery through the hallways of an apartment complex, only to discover mid-hallway that it wouldn't fit through the fire door… and the ceiling was too low to stand the appliance dolly upright. Had to wheel the whole thing back outside and start over. 🤬 🥵 Ended up taking the door off its hinges and finally negotiated it into the package room. Where there's a will, there's a way. The best part? The package room turned into a full-on meeting room, and residents were hanging out, excited, checking it out. 2 more VRK's going to a senior living complex next week. Solo again. Bring it on. #Wins

Cristy

May 15, 2026

Less than a month in VP first Haha Pro542 installed yesterday. PM loved it. So far we've met her expectations and looking forward to getting the YES from the other 4 properties she handles. We are so thrilled! Of to scouting more locations! #wins

Tracy

May 8, 2026

Our first install! Two more this weekend! So excited!

Joel

May 6, 2026

First machine installed 👌 390 unit luxury apartment. Huge shout out to the community for the endless knowledge which has made getting started an absolute breeze. Got into this so I could build something with my family and put effort into something that could eventually win back my time. First one in the books, let’s goo 📈 #wins

Justin

May 1, 2026

Can I brag? Or proud! Slow and steady was my plan. Started this venture back in October of last year. Got my first contract in January and it has been a blessing!! So hard to figure out but found away!! … and Matt Morrison helped a bunch. Micro Market- Full month #2- $3250 for the month. Projected for $4k in May and $5k+. Built a great partnership and ready for more. Got my second machine in place last month. 2 going. 100 more needed! lol Feedback I will take on all displays if you have it. Recommendations on freezer food for Pickleball athletes? If I could get freezer going. Lights out. #wins

Mark

Apr 25, 2026

First Machine Placed!Hello all, I wanted to share my first placement and install with the community. Yesterday, I installed a Sandstar Taste Series at a luxury apartment complex in Valencia (230-unit site). The machine is located in an exterior alcove outside the leasing office, right next to several of the community’s amenities (gym, pool, BBQs, etc.). I had to miss NAMA to get the job done, but it was definitely worth it 😀 Overall, it was a great experience, and the Sandstar team made the process incredibly smooth. I was expecting to spend time setting up the credit card reader and assembling pushers, but everything arrived already put together. I mainly adjusted the shelf heights and re-secured the pushers. A couple lessons I learned along the way: don’t rush the install, and if possible, have a second set of hands—especially when getting the machine off the pallet. At 450 pounds, it’s definitely not a one-person job (lesson learned 😅). I’ll be heading back to the site to finish configuring a few technical items (getting the display fully working and confirming email receipts), but for now I’m taking a moment to enjoy this milestone. I’ll also be looking at adding a few more products—possibly some hanging items—and will likely invest in deeper pushers for future installs. I also want to say a sincere thank you to Raul Leckie for his mentorship throughout this process, and also to Lea Vrabelova. Lea’s installation guides—particularly her “Installation Day” post on Skool—were incredibly helpful. I referenced it multiple times and used nearly every tool she recommended. It made a real difference going into the install feeling prepared. And thank you to everyone in this community for sharing your experiences and insights—it’s been both helpful and motivating as I get started on this journey. I’ve really been enjoying this new side hustle so far 😀

Raul

Apr 23, 2026

Just installed my first Sandstar VRK. Still a bunch to figure out like the video display but I’ll get it all dialed in over the weekend. The pushers are terrible, going to replace those asap. I wasn’t to sure about the handle but the way it changes colors is pretty cool. I will definitely be ordering more of these.

Patrick

Apr 15, 2026

New MicroMart units from the roll out at noon.

Angus

Apr 14, 2026

1st location up, second one in 2 weeks. Started this idea in November, making it a reality 5 months later. Things happen quicker than you think you guys. Be prepared to scale up when the time comes.

Mike

Apr 10, 2026

FRIYAY AGAIN! Last day of spring break in South Carolina with my daughter’s lacrosse team bringing home 2 wins 🥍💪 On the business side, just got confirmation from a senior living director: • 400 beds / 200 employees • Replacing 3 existing machines • Planning to start with 2 smart coolers (with room to add a freezer based on sales) • Meeting Monday to finalize the agreement Earlier this trip, also had a PM call for a 300-unit mid-level property: • Installing an outlet in the mailroom for us • Replacing 4 older machines previously on the 3rd floor laundry area Momentum is building. Grateful for the opportunities and excited for what’s next.Thanks to everyone in the community for all the assistance. #wins

Bucky

Apr 7, 2026

First machine up and running!

Angelina

Apr 1, 2026

Just completed install of Sandstar #4 at a Historical property built in 1910 in the heart of Downtown Seattle!! We replaced their previous old school machine and the PM was visibly shocked at the capacity of the Sandstar in comparison. #wins

Brandon

Mar 30, 2026

It’s official: LuxeRefresh Amenities has signed its first contract! We’re in business baby!! #wins

Bruce

Mar 19, 2026

Very excited about #2 it’s in a massive apartment complex near The Sphere! Ordering a second Ultra for this property to separate food and beverage and have more options! One of the first sales was a $5 can of a $5 can of Safe Catch tuna!

Jeremie

Mar 16, 2026

First Sandstar is operational. Liking it so far.

Doc

Mar 14, 2026

It’s up. It’s stocked. It’s running. I am freaking out. What if no one buys anything? What if I picked the wrong products? What if I send my family into financial ruin because of this! Ahhhhh! I’m bugging. But I’m moving forward. I’m going to do my best to stay positive. Edit: this is my first machine. It’s a haha mini. Special thanks to Brad W and Lea Vrabelova for helping me get started. As you can tell I’m super nervous. Pretty much have been since the customer signed the contract a few weeks ago. But I’m trying to gain momentum, just like one of the first training videos says. It’s been tricky, but I want to be able to say “yes” to my family more often. That’s my goal with this business. Update: about five minutes ago I got my first sale. Holy cow. What a feeling.

George

Mar 12, 2026

Two years chasing this location down and finally got it. Had friends live there, and got a warm intro to the PM through them. PM wanted a KVM (remember those?) but said the current big&ugly coil machine was fine, and the vendor used to live there and used to work for the company, had a good relationship etc (see also the sheer power of good relationships). Machine was frequently out of stock and only stocked 1x/week for a size/capacity combination that is easily 2x/week location. We offered to the previous vendor to buy their location as a first acquisition of sorts, no response. Friend of a friend connection got me to the VP of ownership group. I suggested we pilot their crown jewel residential building and they agreed. Even then, the sales cycle was another 9 months. My most extreme example to-date of the merits to keep pressing the different angles with professional persistence. #wins

Adam

Mar 5, 2026

New MicroMart record For as much hate as they get signed contract to install was 3 weeks! Much improved over last year. Received an email they’re overstocked and looking at 1-2 weeks currently. Get em while you can! Another coming tomorrow. Cheers to 2026 growth 🍻

First win on the new app! I feel like a total boomer on this app because I was so comfortable with Skool but I will say I can tell how amazing the update is going to be once I’m used to it. ANYWAYS New cantaloupe market up and running - I personally didn’t think it was bad at all but I really like putting things together. My husband hated every second of it so if you don’t like putting things together this might be you. Just put me in a hotel for a night and buy me sushi and I’ll do it for you Half my inventory didn’t scan the first day but I realized eventually it was a pretty minor issue in my spreadsheet - my fault for not understanding spreadsheets tbh. Now all has been smooth sailing :) 170 employee office building #wins

Nathan

Feb 27, 2026

-Reposting from Skool originally posted in Aug 2025 #wins -Update this one machine is still doing over $6,000.00 a month Update 1 Stockwell averaging $6,406.86 in sales monthly I wanted to give an update on my best location with 1 Stockwell that I placed roughly a year ago. This machine have averaged over $6,000.00 in gross sales each month for the past 3 months. I have a stocker helping me refill this machine 3x a week. It is located in a high rise apartment in downtown Dallas. The number 1 item contributing to this locations success is the placement with lots of foot traffic. It is placed in a hallway on the bottom floor, next to the mailroom, amazon drop-off, food delivery drop-off, gym, and exit to the apartments private dog park. The 2nd item contributing to this machines success is inventory selection, rotating certain items, and not being afraid to double up on your winners. If you notice that your smart waters or coke zeros are selling out in 24 hours don't be afraid to double up on them. I believe it is also good to continually add new items and test them out. You don't need an entire new layout every month but moving in a few new SKUs every month keeps things fresh and encourages people to stop by and see what's new. Please excuse the picture below with the angle being slightly downwards its a hallway with light coming in from the windows normally creating a glare if you crouch down level with the machine.

Alexis

Feb 27, 2026

5 months to $10k+/mo? I think this is actually happening! (long-@ss post) I've been meaning to write this for some time, but, as with so much in vending, things moved a little slower than I expected. I recently installed my first 3 machines – all Stockwells – at a large multi-tower residential development, close to a college but with a mixed demographic. What was supposed to happen all at once ended up happening on 3 successive Fridays, but finally, as of last Friday they're all up and running. When I joined the community in May, it was a lifeline for me, coming out of a really challenging time. Like Anthony, I was laid off and had to reset around my priorities – in my case, like his, being around for my kids. Unlike him, I was on my own, having been recently and not particularly happily ejected from the bonds of matrimony. But I was resolved to show my kids – 7 and 9 – that I could and would organize my life around being present for them, so I cashed out some of my retirement savings to buy time to hopefully make a go of it in vending. Nerve-wracking to be sure! But I did my research, and dove DEEP into the weeds of Skool, reading and listening to as much as I possibly could. I resolved that no matter what, I'd follow the basic advice that Mike, Anthony, and our Ambassadors always share – location quality matters most, don't settle, don't give up, stay persistent, things take time, obstacles will appear, and use the collective wisdom of the community. And that's what I did! It hasn't even been that long, but I've experienced a lot of the "classic" obstacles: Have great conversations with all sorts of gatekeepers but have a helluva time actually moving things forward with property managers. Finally get a "yes" at a great property, only to have the contract get stuck for months in bureaucratic limbo Finally get an actual contract signed – my recent installs – only to have it thrown into jeopardy when the legacy vendors (who had recently purchased the busted-looking machines in the basement laundry from another legacy vendor in typical consolidation move, but wouldn't even respond to the property manager's emails) tried to extort payment to leave, brandishing a single-page faxed contract from 2007. Luckily, the property was able to shoo them away. Have the white glove delivery show up unannounced, and be only able to deliver one machine (since they couldn't do even a few stairs!). Get the other two delivered by a real crew, only to have number 3 blow the circuit and require new electrical work. (It's an older building.) But through all of that, I was able to stay disciplined and positive, mostly because of this here community. And here's where I need to call out and thank those leaders who have each helped me, whether or not they even knew it: @Michael Hoffmann , the OG who first piqued my interest @Anthony Kolodziej who (without knowing it) convinced me to take the plunge @Thomas Rohlader whose gentle demeanor in the foundation calls helped guide my thinking @Lea Vrabelova who hipped me to upping my pop-in game – classy folders for the win! @Antares Vargas whose friendly, positive, but realistic Stockwell advice gave me faith that obstacles could be overcome @Jonas - Madison Graves who helped refine my pitch and introduced me to my beloved Clax cart @Charles Wheeler who shared his refined systems for student optimization and general Stockwell know-how @Tim Barnes who shared his professional approach and reinforced/inspired mine @Lane Folkers who shared his financial wisdom with the needy (like me) And basically everyone else, from ambassadors to just active VPs, who have made this such a great community to be a part of! Special shout out to the idiot/savant partner I use daily, Mr.ChatGPT. 😂 Anyway, for anyone that's still reading, the payoff is by "following the program" like a good boy, I've found myself in a position where I'm looking at $10-15k monthly gross revenue from my one 3-machine location. (Which just so happens to be 9 minutes from my house.) I know that this is just the beginning – I haven't even really optimized my products yet! – and I look forward to growing (wisely) in the near future, but damn, it's a great feeling to get off to a solid start! Yesterday – granted it was a weekend – I made $568.73, much of it while asleep! I have a lot of other tips and lessons from my journey to share, but I'll probably hit the character limit on this post soon. 😅 So be on the lookout for those in the future. I'll cover pre-install surveys – mine got 206 responses! – placement bonuses (a way to make any gatekeeper your pal right away), using AI for product research, and much more. In the meantime, stay grinding and be active here in the community, and you'll get where you're meant to be. Oh yeah – questions? Ask me anything and I'll be happy to reply!#wins #oldskool

Tom

Feb 26, 2026

My latest news: I installed at a Marriott! This adventure’s been a year in the making—fingers crossed for all the good vibes and awesome things with this one! #winsUpdate: Currently averaging over $1K a day.

Lane

Feb 21, 2026

#classic Who Says Food & Snacks Only Can't Work!? First, and as always, all the CREDIT to my WIFE NIKKI, as she handled the shipping and stocking while i was at my day job (and maybe also just running up and down the steps with our son Henry). Placed these freezer and cooler machines at a college classroom building. Basically no night or weekend sales, but at 1 week in they are pulling their weight doing over $500 this week! Do keepnin mind lower (only 52% gross margins with food). Freezer is only 2 days in. They did allow us to put in Poppi & Pressed since their coke contract okayed it. Sometimes the risks can pay off! Also notice our super cool Henry's Market hoodies my wife designed. Gotta get that uniform write-off! I'm sure our son won't be embarrassed at all he has a family vending company named after him when he gets older 😆 But at 5 he still thinks it's pretty cool!

Sherwin

Oct 31, 2026

My top machine cracked $5k for the month today. Also cracked $12k for the month across Sandstar! All new highs! I'm pretty sure my one Stockwell cracked a new high as well for the month. Haven't run the report yet for it.

Mason

Oct 26, 2026

Just signed an engineering firm that has around 700 people in the home office and 14 project sites in my area. I don’t anticipate all of the project sites to need machines but several will. They have a large project starting in January with around 1,000 workers on site daily. Excited for how this will help our business grow.

Brett

Oct 23, 2026

Landed a 24 machine contract with another county government and a large senior citizen center!!! Combination of smart and Wittern machines! Taking my network from 32 to 56 machines!

George

Oct 9, 2026

After three months of follow up, I finally landed a 240 unit apartment building. I thought they went dark on me, but they popped up all of a sudden this week and we signed the contract yesterday. I am punching air! Like Tom said on the call Wednesday, keep grinding until you get a definite no. No response doesn’t mean no.

Jon

Oct 6, 2026

Hi VPs Just an update after 2 full months of being live. The first 2 months had $1,800 monthly revenue each of the first 2 months. Sales continue to increase as I adjust items from my survey link. I expect this will settle in at $2,000 monthly revenue. This is 90 employees M-T 6-5 and F 6-2.

Adam

Oct 2, 2026

Second location - machine placed! @ a corporate office building for CPAs and attorneys. Both my locations so far have been warm leads through the Chamber of commerce, if you find that you do better in a more fun and casual setting , I recommend attending a chamber mixer and shaking hands. It usually includes dinner and drinks as well!

Vanessa

Oct 1, 2026

Got a commercial Building contract signed on monday! Location #9 I'm pretty excited about this one, there are 200 employees in a high-rise. The other pretty exciting thing is that my best location is getting a change, im upgrading them to an Ultra, and moving the machine there to this new location... so this is all good 😎☺️

Michael

Sep 26, 2026

The second pop-in I did was about 2 months ago on a 6 story office building. My contact said the tenants had been asking for vending for about 5 years but he didn't know who to contact. We'll, after many more drop ins trying to catch the building manager, I finally caught him 3 days ago. 40 minutes later, he asked me to send him a contract. I got that contract back today, signed and ready to go! First location ever!

Elise

Sep 18, 2026

Just finished first month of sales at an apartment complex of about 240 units that I pursued for 7 months and it closed out at 4k! Another I placed at 2.5 months ago keeps growing in sales and occupancy (I placed at 50% leased up) and is surpassing viability now.

Angelina

Sep 17, 2026

Ted Skarvelis yes we live downtown and there are plenty of mid & high rises, we signed a multi-story high rise Tuesday and I’m meeting with a 42 story later today that was a referral from one of the properties we’ve been partnered with for 8 months. There is competition not only from other VP members but also non VP vendors like Tulu and Lone Star Markets, & Cantaloupe.

Michael

Sep 16, 2026

Update: since my last post on 8/17/26. Just got a signed contract today for a 339 unit apt complex

Kyle

Sep 12, 2026

About two years ago Mike Hoffmann himself handed me a contract with an amazing property downtown. Huge tower. One of my first locations. At that time though, the only place the PM was willing to put the machines was not a good location. We ordered two Micromarts and did about $700-800 per month. Big flop, unfortunately. They were unwilling to relocate the machines, so I ended up moving them offsite. Major bummer. Two weeks ago I decided to pop in. New PM—one who was previously at a property we serviced. She was willing to put a machine in prime time real estate, as good as it gets. Sent the contract. It was returned the next day. Tuesday we install. I think this will be huge. Don’t be afraid to return to properties—even ones you’ve previously serviced!

Sherwin

Sep 5, 2026

First $500+ day! Can't wait to optimize these new machines and get it over $600.

Johnnie

Sep 4, 2026

Contract #7 signed this week. Convinced one of my properties to move the Stockwell from the business center (doing around $30-$40/day) to the package room with much higher foot traffic 🤙🏼 so hoping this jumpstarts sales.

Marc

Aug 29, 2026

Big Win — Multi-Location Lead! It all started on May 28th when someone hit my car after a fun day at the beach. 🏖 While dropping my car off at the collision shop, I had a casual conversation with the receptionist — she complained about how bad their vending machines were. Always jammed, never stocked, terrible selection. I handed her a flyer and let the conversation do the rest. Fast forward to August 13th — we installed our machine in their lobby. The staff loved it, word spread to management, and today the collision director for the ENTIRE group reached out about placing machines across ALL their locations: 📍 Rhode Island (multiple locations)📍 Massachusetts (multiple locations)📍 Connecticut 6 collision locations across 3 states — and this group also operates 24 car dealerships. One of their dealership locations is currently remodeling and they reached out to the collision manager asking if our machines come in different colors and sizes. 👀 All because someone hit my car! 🙌 Sometimes your biggest business opportunity is hiding in your worst day. Stay ready, stay curious, and never underestimate a casual conversation. More updates to come as the collision and dealership conversations develop!

Todd

Aug 28, 2026

1st cooler has been open for a week - really wanted to see a minimum of $1,000 per week in sales & as of right now, it’s at $1,003.86 & 100 orders (love that average sale) - biggest order was $47+ if it keeps up this pace, i should be placing coolers & freezers or possibly larger (double door) coolers in the other three buildings on the property in a few weeks

Donnell

Aug 26, 2026

After a few months of outreach and pop ins, I got my first contract signed a couple days ago.

Mel

Aug 24, 2026

Our win today was smashing out our first 8 pop ins! 😁 Were 3 weeks into the program and today was the day to put our flyers, gift bags and ourselves to the test! We got some good contacts and 2 of the locations were even more excited about installing a machine than we were! Hopefully we can get some signed contracts and keep going 🔥🔥

Angelina

Aug 21, 2026

Woke up to a signed agreement this week giving us location #11! Randomly discovered this apartment building a couple months ago and did a pop-in only to find out they had just decided they wanted to seek out bids to add vending. We had everything they wanted and the PM decided they didn’t need more bids. 😎 -A

Patrick

Aug 17, 2026

First $1000/mo location: Sept 2025 First location first month, 250 unit mid rise complex. First $5000/mo location: Jun 2026 Major local and tourist destination (took 8 months from pitch to close). Mark was hit in 3rd month operating.

Angelina

Aug 15, 2026

Kind of a weird win, but we successfully dealt with our first theft issue this week! Keeping up a good relationship with the PM was foundational to navigating the situation with full support and engagement. Hoping we don't have to deal with this too often; however, we'll be a lot more confident and prepared should it ever come up again. -A

Michael

Aug 14, 2026

My win this week was prospecting and performing pop-ins, updating my flyer and printing them off at FedEx, also submitted a proposal and service agreement to a large luxury tower wanting to replace three traditional machines. Remember to always ask for referrals or other properties. There are three more properties that this company would like to have smart coolers that currently don’t have any type of vending on the property. Following up on Monday with a drop-off of a nice 3-ring folder with a handwritten note to the property manager, the proposal, and service agreement as a physical copy too for the decision makers. Chasing that first machine location!

Mike

Aug 14, 2026

Here are two solid wins! 🎉 My 1st VRK PRO is installed and about to be stocked! That makes #8 VRK’s in place. And I just ordered my 1st freezer! 🚀 Things are moving fast, and I couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead! A huge thank you to this community for all the advice, support, and encouragement along the way. I’ve learned a ton from all of you! #Wins #SandStar #VRKPRO

Adam

Aug 4, 2026

Hi everyone! This is Adam from vend/r and I'm located in North County San Diego. I recently placed my first 2 Haha machines at Vista City Hall & Civic Center. 150 employees + 50 public visitors per day. 1 month after placing machines at this location I was laid off and decided this is my time to build. Currently working on 2 more locations with the City of Vista + other leads through the Vista Chamber of Commerce.Most recent win is totaling over $2200 in 40 business days with a 19% increase MoM. This is raw foot traffic - no marketing or advertising so far. I'm hoping to connect with others along the same path. Looking for mentorship, guidance, and a community to help me stay focused on the mission.Feel free to dm or email me adam@vendrmachine.com. Open to meeting virtually or in person if you're in the SoCal / Arizona area.

Lewis

Aug 1, 2026

We have a signed contract with our regional airport! Purchased 2 MicroMart coolers and will move an existing machine from an underperforming location. They are adding another Airlines and expanding over the next several months with expectations of doubling staff and flights. Should be an interesting location where we will add additional machines with the growth 😉 Shout out to Michael Deese for the encouragement post earlier this week!

Michael

Jul 28, 2026

The WALL has been officially broken through—our first contract is signed and the first machine is ORDERED! 🎉💪 We started this journey back on May 1st, and 87 days later, we got it done! God is so good. This is truly just the beginning—upward and onward to the next one! 🚀 I want to give a huge thank you to everyone in this community for all the advice, guidance, and support along the way. I couldn't have done this without you all! Special shoutouts to the individuals who took the time to pour into me and answer my questions: Matthew Bacine, Mike Weiden, Jesse Roach, Joshua Baker, Sherwin Fernandez, Alexis Bourbeau, and Michael Deese. Huge thanks to the community leadership as well—Mike Hoffmann and Anthony Kolodziej! On to machine #2! 📈

Hello everyone, got my first 3 locations signed. Who do I call to order the ARK Ezego machines?

Got my first 3 locations signed.

Karen

Jul 18, 2026

Happy to report I installed my first cooler this past week. Sort of. Machine is in but I'm afraid to put product in it because I am very unclear as to whether or not the Florida DBPR has to approve my license application and inspect the cooler before I can stock it. I THINK that maybe I can go ahead and stock with shelf stable items that don't have to stay cold to be safe. However, I don't want to do that and find out I was wrong when they come to inspect it for fresh foods. I have no idea how long the application approval period and waiting for an inspection will take. The location and I are both anxious to get the cooler filled and operating! Is there anyone out there from Florida who knows how this works?

Angelina

Jul 17, 2026

We signed 4 properties this week so we are at 10 locations and growing!

Andrew

Jul 16, 2026

Today's WIN…just secured another strong location with meaningful foot traffic. This one came to us vs us popping in. For those of you just starting your journey, trust that this moment will come for you if you treat your clients in a way that makes them say "WOW!". KEEP GOING! 💪

Jamiar

Jul 8, 2026

Just secured my first signed contract & location! 3 months in the community, let’s goo🔥

Hey y’all! My business partner / dad and I are new to the community and excited to be here. We’ve secured 7 machines in 3 high-end student housing communities where each location has between 400-600 students. These machines are being delivered this Tuesday. We’re running Sandstar Ezegos (originally VRKs) w/ WeVend. Product ordered between Vistar, Costco, Sam’s and Amazon is stacked and ready. We’re about to go to school! Reading through these comments and conversations has been a helpful tool and appreciated. Happy Friday!

Justin

Jun 26, 2026

Closed a high rise after a 14 month sales cycle and negotiations. This one is going to be a conquer!! All glory to God!

Jeremy

Jun 23, 2026

First agreement signed! A very small place, but I've been doing pop-ins for a year and this was the first yes, we kicked out Canteen. Going to pick it up now. Appreciate all the encouragement so far, open for any advice. Now I will focus on all the other stuff! Planning on going with an EZE-GO unless you have other Sandstar recommendations for a small place.

Maxwell

Jun 10, 2026

HAHA Experts!! I need assistance/advice. I have a location, garden style apartments, and already have a mini there. They want another mini filled with meals/everyday items... toilet paper, detergent, etc. I'm still relatively new to this, I have 4 machines. The mini I have there made $392 in May. 1. Is it worth it? 2. What are items I could put in a machine to fill the space and items that are really selling?

I’m just got my first location;it’s a gym with around a 100 people checking in per day.What kind of machine would be appropriate for that location

Karen

May 29, 2026

I got my first contract signed this week! It’s for three machines split between some municipal facilities and I am planning on going with Sandstar VRKs. On the recent call with Sandstar they said they will have new pricing on June 10 but I wasn’t clear on if they were discussing new models or if they are implementing new pricing on the VRKs. Does anyone have any insight about this?

Chris

May 21, 2026

First contract signed this morning! For a vape and zyn machine going into a popular local dive bar.

Jacob

Apr 29, 2026

I serve as a real estate lender and active in our local community volunteering with local families to work on budgets and pursue home ownership. I placed our first two locations January 2026, one of which is high producing. By the end of summer 2026 I should have at least one more high producing location installed and move from home warehousing to commercial storage and an employee. I am using the vending platform to learn entrepreneurship, fiscal and tax strategy and teach my two young children about hard work and building business.

I just installed the VRK at a co-living property in LA, where you rent a room or a bed. I was not so sure about the handle but they love that feature. There are four hundred 20yr olds sharing space and it fits the lifestyle and energy of the space. It would probably work well in student housing as well. The way the color changes and interior lights change when you make a purchase it is kind of fun and satisfying. Also the machine talks to you and tells you to open the door.

mac

Apr 18, 2026

12 Months In — From First Machine to Scaling a Portfolio I joined VP in October 2024 and focused early on building the right partnerships. That led to securing two multi-property deals right out of the gate. April 10, 2025 — Installed my first machineFrom there, things moved quickly—adding 6 more locations over the next two quarters. Fast forward to April 10, 2026: 11 active locations 3 additional installs happening this month 1 more signed contract ready to go Year 1 Results: $122,886 in gross sales Current Run Rate: ~$18K/month Projected ~$22K/month with installs coming online Forward Outlook: ~$250K annual gross at scale ~39% margin = ~$97,500 profit (pre-tax) All while operating at roughly 5–7 hours per month.

Andrew

Apr 16, 2026

Just got a contract for our first machine in a 450 unit apartment complex, the machine we specified in the contract is TBD and we can pick the machine we want for this space. Interested in what everyone thinks the best machine is for this space. Would like to order and be able to get here quickly but also want to make sure the setup is going to go smoothly. Please let us know what you guys are using. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Jones

Apr 10, 2026

Good morning!!! I just got my first signed contract with a 242 unit income-restricted apartment homes. The placement is the second floor of the office/community center adjacent to the weight room with daily access until 10PM. There is not an elevator so weight of the machine is a concern. The manager does want ambient items as well as chilled. So is the HAHA US360C Mini a decent option?

Kevin

Mar 26, 2026

Kevin and Caitlin Willsie here. Today, 3/26/26 marks our one-year anniversary of plugging our first machine into the wall! That first day, 365 days ago, we made $50 and our first sale was a Red Bull.We now have 4 locations, totaling 7 machines. This month, we are on track to make about $8200 in revenue, our highest month yet! We have had many hiccups and learning opportunities this year:1. Horrible experience with Cantaloupe Cafe Coolers and that company will forever now lose my business. 2. We forgot to cancel the monthly subscription to webstraunt.com after the first-month-free-trial and therefore, wasted $400.3. We ordered the smallest HAHA machine to fit into a very small place at a location that really wanted us. When we unpackaged it and plugged it in, we realized we ordered a snack-only machine (not refridgerated). HAHA would not replace or return it so we had to find a new location. This new location has become quite profitable for us! 4. Contracts matter! We bought an open market set up ($12K) for a high rise apartment. When we went to install it, the room was under construction. No one told us about this. It sat unused/unstocked for 4 months. New property manager then just "changed her mind" and kicked us out. And she legally could because our template contract read "30 days", no 1 year or 3 year commitment. The sleepless nights I have endured from this!!! Its now sitting in my garage while I try to find a new place for it. All in all, we are glad we did it and are glad we are here. I can't imagine all the mistakes we would have made WITHOUT this community. We work together as a team and our kids help too (shopping and stocking bins in the garage). This is a side hustle for us so we hope in this next year, to pay ourselves back completely and start giving away 10% of our profits to a local start up school here in our city and to missionaries in the Dominican Republic our church partners with.

Yesenia

Mar 20, 2026

Installed my first machine last week and I feel like I'm on a mission to conquer my goals now more so than ever!! (I was so excited I forgot to take a pic) 🤪 I've learned so much from this community. I can't stress enough how important it is to have like minded individuals behind you to help, encourage, advise and cheer you on. This is only the beginning! I have 3 more locations scheduled for delivery all by end of this month. Shout outs to: Literally all who have helped me along the way! This post would be too long if I mentioned every name but THANK YOU!! Questions, advice and even my 1st lead....George Lui! 😃 Also a special thanks to that guy who said they used AVS to install and purchase their SandStar ARK....I can't recall exactly who it was bc it was in Skool that I learned about it and I rolled with that info. I reached out to my local rep and it's been amazing since. My best piece of advice to the newbies: Stay focused, active in this community and patience is key. 💯

Marc

Mar 12, 2026

First Contract signed! After spending the last couple months learning from everyone in this community, I’m excited to share that I’ve signed my first contract. It’s a 3-year municipal contract for 7 machines across 4 locations. Definitely not the traditional route into this business, but I identified a local niche that was underserved and poorly executed — and decided to go after it. Appreciate all the knowledge shared here. Time to execute. #wins

Maxwell

Mar 9, 2026

Where are you on your vending journey right now? Brand new as of January 2026! I have 1 machine placed and 2 in contract talks happening this week! What’s one vending win (big or small) you’ve had recently? Placed my first Machine 2 weeks ago! What’s one thing you’re hoping to get from this space? Help, I am nervous about the finances and a machines productivity.

Jim

Mar 6, 2026

Reently my wife and I purchased the vending at a manufacturing plant. The previous vendor had 6 traditional machines. After a 1 on 1 call with Graham and Katie, where they gave me great advice, as of this morning we purchased a HaHa Freezer and a CT Pro and will remove 3 traditional machines from the location. Thank you to Graham and Katie for the advice on our call! #wins

Michael

Mar 3, 2026

6 New Locations (Two Weeks)I've said it before, but its just wild to watch it happen. And the larger we grow, the larger these swings are becoming. We were going through another dry patch with a couple of months without a single new placement and then out of nowhere, we started receiving calls and emails with signed contracts. Inside of two weeks, we have SIX new placements going out. This makes 24 total for us. And we still have 15 steaming hot leads we're pursuing, along with expanding our pop-ins to new territories. On top of that, we had our biggest revenue month ever which is earlier than anticipated (summer is usually the highest volume). We averaged $2255/day in February. That annualizes to $823K. This business is a wild ride. Keep grinding folks.

Matt

Feb 23, 2026

I joined at the end of March 2025. I have 5 Sandstar machines and 1 Haha machine in the wild with more Sandstar machines on the way. My big win is locking down two office spaces that I provide pantry service for twice a week. This account will grow into more vending opportunities within the next several months. Overall, I’m here to learn from others and provide value where I can to the group. Happy to be here!

Vincent

Feb 20, 2026

How a $19 box of donuts got my contract signed…shout out to Anthony Kolodziej for his suggestion on Wednesday of taking a box of donuts to a reluctant PM that was hesitant to sign…after three months of wooing a PM to sign a contract, I took in a box of freshly made donuts to my PM (in a snowstorm) on Thursday AM, and voila! That very same evening I had a signed contract in my inbox! It was like freakin’ magic! Taking a bow to the master…We’re not worthy! 😜 Thank you Sensei. #wins

Stephanie

Feb 19, 2026

We joined in April ‘25. Had a slow start but we just installed our first machine a few weeks ago, with about 3 more on the horizon. We are looking forward to scaling, and ultimately automating a lot of our processes to make our business as passive as possible in the future. We love this community, and we’ve learned so much from everyone here. Very excited about this new platform!!

Win

First lead and close after 2-month campaign. Warehouse location replacing competitor with poor service.

First machine installed at a golf training facility

Andrew got his first machine installed at a golf store and training facility whose members have 24-hour access; expected up and running that weekend.

First location closed with a Stockwell 2.0

Benjamin closed his first location last week with a Stockwell 2.0, has a signed contract in hand, and is setting up his account with 365.

3 Stockwells installed across 3 properties in a week

Charles got 3 Stockwells installed and live within a week - a 62+ active adult community, a commercial distribution center, and a college student apartment. He also has 2 more signed agreements for college apartments and a Cantaloupe market coming to a luxury high-rise in January, aiming for 6 live properties by end of January, all sourced from in-person pop-in visits.

First signed contract secured

Christopher announced getting his first signed contract, saying he's "stoked to be officially in the game."

First 450-unit apartment complex green-lit

Cindy got the green light for her first apartment complex, a 450-unit property. It took over 40 emails and 40 days to get yeses from the management company, the regional manager, and the asset manager. She's planning an outdoor machine by the package lockers, with four other communities in the area she could also service.

Weekly Wins Roundup

Weekly wins compilation featuring multiple community members

Wins of the Week 6.14.24

Weekly wins roundup featuring multiple members: first locations, verbal agreements, Stockwell orders, machine placements.

How I Got My Recent Location

Strategy for finding luxury apartments/offices. Research property managers on LinkedIn, craft custom emails using competitor info as trigger.

New operator training at 300-employee assisted living center

Training a new operator while filling up an assisted living center on the east side of Columbus. The facility has 300+ employees and the machines make money 24/7.

First machine placed after prospect went quiet for months

Placed a first machine with a first account after initial contact 2.5 months earlier. The prospect wanted a machine "yesterday" but then went silent despite follow-ups, before re-emailing to restart the process.

First two Stockwell machines up and running

First two machines are placed and running - one shipped 3 weeks after ordering, the other 1 week after ordering. Setup was easier than expected despite a hectic week coordinating delivery and buying product.

Word-of-mouth lead on a 24/7 indoor golf range

While restocking a machine at a local auto dealership, a sales employee mentioned a 24/7 indoor golf range that could use vending; drove over, got the number, and is setting up a meeting with the owner.

First yes from a warehouse wanting vending ASAP

The warehouse gave a yes this morning and wants vending ASAP. Ordering 3 combo machines and 1 additional machine for a location with 450 employees, 3 shifts Monday to Friday, and 4 areas needing vending.

Hit a small financial milestone

Reached a small financial milestone today - whatever your goal is, big or small, keep running the race until you reach it.

First signed contract at a 700-bed student property

Got a first signed contract at a property with over 700 beds. It's a new build that won't fully open until August 2025, so setup waits until then, but it's exciting to have something inked in.

Public high school with 1,100 students reached out

A local public high school with over 1,100 students enrolled reached out via email requesting vending machines, and a meeting with the principal is scheduled for the second week of July.

First Two Apartment Installs

First two apartment installs same week with HAHA machines. Double-door units in student apartments (~500 beds each). On pace for $3,000+. AI recognition system. projected revenue: $3,000+ · beds per location: ~500

First pop-in location converts to a break room market

Got a first win from a pop-in, a second location overall, going with a market in one break room with double cooler, freezer and shelving; the location is reviewing the contract and giving notice to their current operator.

Atypical Win (Confidence)

Celebrating confidence growth after first week. 6 pop-ins, 2 cold calls. Started nervous but now comfortable. Joined just last week. timeline: 1 week

First contract countersigned in Pasadena

Got a countersignature on a contract in Pasadena for a Stockwell. Quite excited, though there's still a lot to learn, particularly about sales tax.

Community Win

Scaling success story

Weekly Wins 9/28 - 10/25

Comprehensive weekly wins compilation. Multiple first contracts, micro-markets, verbal agreements, machine placements. Shows community momentum.

Fixturelite for the Win!

Setting up Fixturelite Micromart at Greystar community. Leasing manager of new mega project asked about getting machines. Premium machine attracts high-end properties.

Lewis

Oct 30, 2026

We just exceeded our monthly sales goal of $10k per month and hit $12k in the month of October with another day left!! This is an all time high for us!!! Keep pushing forward everyone; 2027 is going to be a breakout year for a lot of us VP’s!!! 😉

Ryan

Oct 21, 2026

First location/vending machine. Excited to try and get more this month!

Karla

Oct 16, 2026

This week I set up my second location - a Stockwell from 365 - in an apartment complex in Knightdale, a suburb of Raleigh, NC. I used VP best practice advice and placed it next to the package delivery room and down the hall from the community gym.

Angelina

Sep 30, 2026

Installed a new location Thursday, restocked Monday and again today. Was wondering why Alani was showing almost out of stock every time, then we saw this purchase from 5:30am this morning. WOW! 🤯 - E

Christin

Sep 18, 2026

Finally placed my new apartment after 2 month of Stockwell delivery delays

Vanessa

Sep 14, 2026

Just got my 8th location wooohoooooo This a distribution center, I poped in the first time on June of last year, and in that time they just signed a contract with another vendor. Year passes and the other vendor gives then bad service, unresponsive, machine breaks down constantly, so they decided to go with me. Also, im going to be trying for the first time with them the Pin feature incentive of HAHA, let's see how it goes, im excited! ❤️🎉

John

Sep 7, 2026

Installed my second Pico Wide-Body. It is replacing an over performing Stockwell. #WIN

Kyle

Sep 3, 2026

My favorite Stockwell Plano yet

Just installed Stockwell number 19. Need to get two more bullet cans to fit on the sides and three pushers for the bottom snack row. Otherwise liking this Plano!

Tim

Aug 28, 2026

I'm super excited to report that it was a Vendingpreneur, not Lonestar Markets or anyone else, that won the contract for the TALLEST BUILDING IN TEXAS!! Meet our newest upcoming location, Bosque at Waterline. We're installing next week (Yes, I ordered the equipment before the contract was signed because a little pressure on yourself helps sometimes lol)! This is such an awesome project. I'm super thankful and proud to be a part of it. 1,025 ft tall, 74 stories and really exceptional amenities. Thank you for the encouragement, Hunter Hebestreet!

John

Aug 21, 2026

We have our first machine installed, live and active purchases going on already! The shopping bags on the side are being used on day 1…. Huge thanks to the Sandstar team for all their help - many more to come - Let's go!!

Mallorie

Aug 20, 2026

Anotha one!HAHA mini at a food industry warehouse with 80 employees. #WIN

Andrew

Aug 14, 2026

First machine installed!!!!!!

Andrew

Aug 11, 2026

Today marks what we believe is going to be the step change in our business since we joined the community less than a year ago, and launched our first location in December of 2025. This is one of the 15 machines we are launching today. A few things that have helped guide us along the way: 1. Being assertive with pop in's is the "formula". The constant pressing of this in the community may sound tired after a while, but above all else, it's the one thing that matters most. 2. Care about your client's location and their customers like they are yours. It pays dividends. 3. Be planful…about your investment, your product assortment, your pricing, your processes. 4. Don't be afraid to make a statement and be bold when someone might tell you that's crazy. At the end of the day, what we do is retail. And retail is about creating amazing theatre. 5. Enjoy the grind. If you don't, this industry isn't for you and it's OK if so. But life is too short not to enjoy it. #keepgoing!

Jon

Aug 6, 2026

Second customer is live! This is a manufacturing facility with 90 employees and the company is subsidizing 30% of the costs. I still have to stock more food items but I had 6 purchases within 45 minutes of opening!

Mike

Jul 30, 2026

Two new Sandstars installed in some college housing LFG

Dave

Jul 24, 2026

First machine in the books! Excited to see what’s next. Special shoutout to Andrew Kunselman for putting up with all my questions. Thanks to all the VPs who shared advice.

Sherwin

Jul 21, 2026

Machine install. Another one in the books! Installed the Sandstar "mini" (Taste CVM13). It's in a tint stereo shop. The machine was basically ready to go out of the box. But I ended up having to readjust the drink shelves in order to accommodate 20oz bottles and other similar size drinks. On to the next one. Got another machine coming in a few weeks!

Johnnie

Jul 15, 2026

Finished my 3rd install today at a 230 unit mid-rise in downtown Austin, but it was interesting to say the least… 1. Driver showed up 3 hours late (so I definitely didn’t pick up my kids today like I was supposed to 😂) 2. The main elevator to the machine location was broken, so we drug this bad boy up a flight of stairs & down 🥵 3. I had to leave mid-stock to tend to a personal matter 🤦🏻‍♂️ But we got it done, even if it was 11pm ✅ Any feedback on planogram or product selection is welcome! This HAHA 542 Pro is located in the gym on the 2nd floor.

Adam

Jul 11, 2026

Rate My Stockwell Planogram - Please! I just installed my second Stockwell today in a 208 unit mid-rise. Placement is in the 1st floor lounge, next to main lobby elevators and around the corner from the mailroom and leasing office. I wanted to share photo of my “live planogram” and see what everyone’s thoughts were on how to best stage a Stockwell for launch. I know folks have different approaches to how they organize their products when the launch for better merchandising optimization…. What if anything would you change when first rolling out a new Stockwell? Any top sellers you’d recommend that are missing? Any merchandising changes you’d suggest for better product placement? Would you leave everything as is, and let the residents buying behavior dictate what changes are needed? If so, why… Hopefully, this stirs up some good conversation for everyone start out like me… would love to hear from folks at all stages of the journey!

Angelina

Jul 3, 2026

First Stockwell! Installed at a 400 bed student housing high rise, 24th floor study space.

Mike

Jun 19, 2026

Lucky number 7! Cooler install #7 went in on Tuesday! And the momentum keeps building... 2 more VRKs are on deck, a verbal commitment is secured, and the agreement is out for signature. 🥅 Building the BuckeyeMart starting lineup one placement at a time. The original goal for 2026 was 10 installs. Last month I bumped it to 15. As of today, we're raising the bar again... 20 installed coolers by 12/31! 🚀 Big thanks to everyone in the VP community for the advice, support, and encouragement along the way. Happy Friyay, VP fam! LET'S GGGGOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL! ⚽🥅🔥💪

Claude

Jun 11, 2026

The first time I took a goodie basket as a follow up, 24hrs later the PM was ready to move forward with placing machines on their property. Don't think it's good to do for every follow up, but Im willing to test it out for the next three. Happy Thursday!

Maxwell

Jun 3, 2026

The month of May was our first $1000 in sales!!! The high from that is insane and makes me want to do more!

Michael

May 26, 2026

1st placement 1st filling Haha Awaiting avs ai freezer Pray for me Send blessings Give Good energy Giving God the praise

Mallorie

May 21, 2026

First week with all 400+ employees on site. Doing >$500 per day…. We just hired a part time stocker and are looking at a work van to accommodate this huge need. Can we fit a 4th cooler….. or just stock every 3 days.

Hector

May 14, 2026

Finally got my first machine going. I went with a mini haha and I’m so grateful to start this journey with just 3 months into the community! I just have a question for the finance part in the AI VENDING app. How did you guys start withdrawing money. I’m having issues with it.

Angelina

May 8, 2026

Took a little longer than we wanted, but just finished adding a mahogany wrap to our historical property location, now it matches the rest of the aesthetic. PM said it looked amazing and that was all we needed! - E

Elva-Maria

May 5, 2026

Machine #2 up and running! The third contract about to be sighed! The property is so excited. Machine #2 was a long journey with RFP written, board approval and legal review!

Matthew

May 1, 2026

Update on this business. Started pumping away in October 2025. Broke $10k in sales in November 2025 and saw the potential. Fast forward… April 2026 and the business is now over a 1/4 Million run rate with almost $22k in revenue. Moving a machine this weekend from a dud to a better new location. Hired a stocker as I was forced to since my family is going abroad for 3 weeks in May. So family needs forced my hand to step out of some day to day to scale. I did Anthony’s podcast as well so I encourage you to listen to it as it was very educational. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrZ-d378Ofo&t=521s

Marc

Apr 23, 2026

Wrapped up the final install in this round for the city today. We placed an old-school combo (coil) machine at the Senior Center, which is currently sharing space with the rec center while their new building is under construction. I’ll be honest—this machine almost killed me getting it in. We measured… but apparently not well enough. The doorway came in about 3 inches shorter than the machine. Even with my new dolly, I had to jackknife the machine between the door and the handicap ramp railing to make it work. Shoutout to a maintenance worker who stepped in and helped—we wouldn’t have gotten it in without him. Also officially announcing: my Director of Sales (aka my wife) has been fired from all future measuring responsibilities. This being my first coil machine, we also ran into a few things we didn’t anticipate. The chip rows were labeled for 7 or 11 count, and I assumed the 11s were just for larger items. Once we started loading standard 1.75oz bags, we quickly realized they don’t sit well in the 11 coils at all. We made it work for now and already reached out to get the correct coil sizes ordered. Despite the battle getting it in—and my back definitely feeling it—it turned out great. Best moment of the day: the same maintenance guy came back on his way out. I offered him a drink to say thanks, but he declined and instead said he was just happy we replaced the previous vendor. He mentioned the machines were never stocked properly before, and said the kids and seniors are going to be thrilled. That right there made the whole install worth it. Every install so far has come with a few lessons—but that just means the next one gets smoother.

Kenney

Apr 19, 2026

Product placement feedback

Hi all! We launched this machine on Friday. We’re struggling with the layout though. On Saturday it did $74 but we’re we’re unsure if we have things in the right place. I’m looking on VP to learn about planogram and things like that, but wanted to see if I could get the community feedback on what we have and where it is. We've ordered new pushers, and this was just our initial layout. Thanks! Gatorade, Powerade and Coke initially are our best sellers

Marc

Apr 15, 2026

Big milestone day for Daily Good Amenities. We completed our first 2-machine installation in the DPW breakroom, and today we also installed 3 more machines at City Hall. This is the first phase of our municipal rollout, and it feels great to officially have machines live and serving town employees. The best validation came immediately: we finished the DPW install around 2:30 PM, and by the 4:00 PM close, the machines had already generated $20.50 in sales. Even better, the early product mix gave us some great insight into demand: protein snacks, healthier options, hydration, and energy all moved right away. First items sold included: - Chomps Beef Stick - Smartfood White Cheddar - Hillshire Small Plates - Propel Kiwi Strawberry - Monster Mango Loco - Celsius Kiwi Guava - Celsius Peach Vibes That immediate traction tells me the location was overdue for a better refreshment solution. Now the real work begins—tracking velocity, refining the product mix by building, gathering employee feedback, and optimizing each location based on real demand patterns. This is only the beginning of a 7-machine rollout across 4 municipal locations, and I’m excited to see what the first full week looks like. #wins

Alexis

Apr 12, 2026

wtf?!? lol. ka-ching!

It's not even the first time, but the mind still boggles. $392.81 in a single transaction.No idea what their deal is, but I'm grateful!Sending positive energy and wishes that this madness spreads to all of your machines! 😃#bizarreconsumerbehavior #wins

Michael

Apr 9, 2026

New Location, New Vertical! DEALERSHIP. 3rd largest in MA. Hoping to "land and expand" across their store portfolio. They only wanted something small for drinks to start so went with HAHA mini, adjusted shelf locations, and used the bottom of cooler for a few small snacks.

Angelina

Apr 7, 2026

Location #5 installed today!!! Replaced the old school drink & snack machines. Property still wanted to keep the ice & water machine. The assistant PM lives on site and was very excited when he saw the selection. #wins - E

Noah

Apr 1, 2026

#wins Just had our first whole month with our cantaloupe starter market! Placed in a 100 unit apartment building. The property manager got us a perfect little room right off the main entrance. 100 percent of foot traffic goes past this room with perfect visibility. Right now the building is at 80 percent occupancy with 100 percent coming in June. Finished the month with $1523 dollars in sales! Attached is our best sellers and should be helpful insight into your product selection for younger college age apartments like this one!

Nathan

Mar 27, 2026

Newly installed Mini Market, placed at an upscale willow bridge apartment with 379 units. This is my third Willow Bridge apartment with two more willow bridge locations in the proposal stage. #win #wins #willowbridge #Texas #Dallas

Jesse

Mar 17, 2026

4th HaHa installed, machine number 22 overall. This a a fresh machine ( at the biggest Harley Dealer in the region, I’m hoping for huge sales this summer into the Sturgis Rally.) mostly for with products I made and packaged myself. I do have a Health License since I also have 2 food trucks as well. Loving this New Adventure with you all. It’s so much fun! 😄 My Daughter loves it too! 😍

Derek

Mar 15, 2026

SandStar pushers for skinny cans?

First machine installed woohoo! But I sure do hate how the skinny cans get bunched up in SandStar’s default drink pushers. I reached out to SandStar to see if they offer pushers that’d work. But do y’all recommend buying my own pushers? Any recs on what works best in an EZGo/Ark28? Thanks team!

David

Mar 13, 2026

OHCHA!!!! 🏴‍☠ The Quick Tings Boys are back. Got our second location signed today too!!!! 🤪

Michael

Mar 11, 2026

Vending Operator Community- Going to start writing up "case studies" to provide proof & real world results when prospecting. Heres my first write -up for the new VP PORTAL. Case Study: Luxury Vending Upgrade at a 250-Unit Residential Property Property: The Marek South – Lebanon, NHUnits: 250Management: Greystar Ownership: Saxon partners Original Setup When the building opened, the amenity room contained: • Two traditional snack/soda vending machines• Complimentary coffee for residents The machines were frequently understocked and provided limited value to residents. During early lease-up, the property did not yet have the population density required to support a premium vending concept. Upgrade Trigger Once the property reached ~90% occupancy, the demographics supported a stronger convenience offering. The resident base includes: • Ivy League university community members• Hospital professionals• Young professionals At this stage, ownership approved an upgrade. Equipment Installed Modern Market replaced the old machines with: 1⃣ Smart refrigerated cooler - Sandstar ARK2⃣ Smart snack ambient machine - Sandstar ARK3⃣ Dedicated freezer unit - HAHA Key Product Categories Top performing items include: • Breakfast sandwiches - Jimmy Dean• Full-size frozen pizzas• PF Chang’s frozen meals• Bertolli pasta meals• Ice cream pints The freezer unit quickly became the top driver of engagement. Key Takeaways for Operators 1⃣ Timing matters — premium vending works best once a property stabilizes at 85–90% occupancy. 2⃣ Freezers are a major differentiator in residential environments. 3⃣ Residents increasingly expect real meal options, not just snacks. Outcome The success of this installation has led to additional locations being committed within the ownership group’s portfolio in NH and MA. @Mike Hoffmann Alexis Bourbeau

Matthew

Mar 4, 2026

Another milestone - Well scaling continues! We hit almost $18k in sales in Feb 2026. Our highest revenue month yet which makes this almost a quarter of a million dollar route in 6 months! We’re going to see how fast we can push this thing to get it over $1M in the next 6 months! We have a lot of deals in the hopper right now so when they come through it will feel like we’re on a rocket ship!!!! LFG!!! #wins

Noah

Mar 1, 2026

#wins Our brand new location just did over 50 dollars on its first full day! I know it's a weekend, but very hopeful for this location to be our first super profitable location! The cantaloupe starter market took a lot to get set up, but she is a beauty! Big thanks to the property manager who got us a sweet room right off of the main entrance! Incredible visibilty and accessible 24/7.

Kyle

Feb 27, 2026

First freezers are in the warehouse!! Now we get to tinker with the schema and prepare to deploy…excited to get these guys out in the wild! Win! #wins

Alexis

Feb 27, 2026

First month update 🚀🚀🚀 Well, a month in with all 3 of my Stockwells running. Prognosis: EXCELLENT tl;dr: learn from the community and stay focused! Questions? AMA!#wins #archive

Mike

Feb 26, 2026

🔥 Fired up about our new Vendor agreement with Hyatt… Been a long road breaking into the Hospitality vertical but it’s finally coming to fruition! #wins

Lea

Feb 18, 2026

Happy 1 year anniversary to me! 🥳 #oldskool #fromthevault I was just on a 1:1 with someone in here earlier and randomly realized I joined one year ago today! It's been an eye-opening year of ups and downs for sure. Lots of mistakes and lessons, but also tons of wins. I joined with nothing but anxiety and a dream, jumping off the cliff head first with no backup plan, no family or friends to support me on this continent, and one newly opened credit card with a 6k limit - hoping for one successful location by the end of the year... One year later I now have a whole ass route bringing in nearly 30k a month in sales, no debt, a big blue warehouse, and hopefully a stocker very very soon (I have my first interview / meeting with someone who volunteered as tribute scheduled for Friday! ...pray for both of us.) + I have helped probably a hundred people get going being an ambassador. I have always kept it nothing but real with you guys so I will be honest again and say that I feel too burnt out and overwhelmed at the moment to write something overly motivational. But what I can say is - if you really really want it, don't stop grinding for it every single day, all that blood sweat and tears will eventually be worth it. (I am still hoping for this to be true myself on a daily basis hahahaha 😂) And lastly, thank you to the people in here who somehow became my entire remote support system. As I posted before: sometimes strangers you meet online end up rooting for you harder than people you've known your entire life!! I couldn't have built this monster all alone, with just one set of long blue claws, if I didn't have you guys cheering me on the whole way 🩵 I appreciate you! PS- yes, all of this inventory was in my apartment, as the ones who booked calls with me before my big move saw in the background 🤓 It was one giant maze of stockpiled product in every single room! Also, you can follow along my warehouse journey (aka struggle) on my ig @bpmvending

Had a record week and record sales day! Today we hit over $200! We’ve been at it about 2 months with 4 machines!!!!

Ted

Oct 26, 2026

I am handling the labor since it is my favorite stop on the river. I just signed this location about 6 weeks ago.

Will

Oct 21, 2026

Got a signed contract with apartments in their main 24/7 access lobby that has many things in there including gym, mail room, package room, right off the pool, study areas, hang out, TV's and games, 310 units. Going with VRK Pro.

Sherwin

Oct 9, 2026

I have an ARK at around 180 employee manufacturing plant. It just did $4k last month.

Sherwin

Oct 4, 2026

How I got paid $12k on a single invoice

I just got paid almost $12,000 on a single invoice from a client. How you're wondering? By offering a pantry service to the client. I have a single machine at a manufacturing plant with currently about 180 employees that runs 24/7. The machine just had its best month and pulled $4k this month. If you include all of my other machines that put me at $13k for the month for vending. But at the same time, I actually sent them an invoice at the beginning of September for almost $12k for the pantry service. The pantry service where the employer provides snacks and drinks to their employees for free. At this location, they are currently providing 12oz can sodas, Gatorades, bulk loose snacks like pub mix, nuts, cereal, and m&m's, milk, creamers, fruit, and ice cream. This covers two breakrooms. This started when I was negotiating the machine for placement a year ago, and they asked for soda service. We finally agreed on 12oz cans of soda. After a few months, they asked if I would be interested in managing and stocking the whole breakroom with all the supplies. I had to write a proposal and come up with pricing. I also had to source some of these bulk snacks from somewhere. Vistar does not carry this stuff. It's been fun and is now paying off. I also just sent them another almost $12k invoice for the month of September. This combined with all the vending machines, and I'm at $25k in revenue for the month. My first machine went live just about a year ago. If anyone has questions, please feel free to comment here or DM me. This is a great add on service you can provide to your workplace customers.

Daniel

Oct 2, 2026

We put in a machine two weeks ago. Signed a contract for their sister property and will be putting in there machine next week. We have been talking with a health clinic for a couple of years and they are removing their machine this week. They have 100 employees who don’t have time to go and get something to eat. They also asked if we could put a machine in the lobby for patients waiting on appointments. September and the beginning of October are treating us well.

Jones

Sep 26, 2026

These are Friday's wins for the week but on a Saturday: 1. Stockwell PC replacedand sales volume steadily increased throughout the week 2. Signed contract returned for another location. HAHA mini for this small fitness studio.

Marc

Sep 25, 2026

Another win for the week. I placed 1 machine in a collision center in Aug after i took my car to get fixed with them in July. They have loved the machine and showed it off to the mangers of different locations. I just received the approval to put machines into 3 of those collision centers today. The director is following up with me next week about the remaining 2 locations after he ensures they have space. When I put my machine in I new i could leverage this into getting into the other locations after seeing the competition. Now after this get up and running I am going to push to take over the 25 car dealerships they are a part of also. You never know when a bad day can actually lead to the best thing ever.

Joe

Sep 18, 2026

Added 2 HaHa units as a manufacturer is opening up and we’re doing the break room, and got a signed contract for 2 more at a marina. Let’s Go!

Jamie

Sep 17, 2026

Word of mouth… Just landed contract 6&7, and got a call from number 8, locked a meeting for next week. Make friends with your PM's. Excel at service, solve problems before they become problems and get their buy in! I always make them feel like part of the team, free product when I'm stocking, asking for help is huge IMO - "Hey, just noticed our inventory is off way more than normal, have y'all noticed anything, or could you check the cameras for (insert timeframe)". At least in my area, top quality service is paying off exponentially.

Angelina

Sep 15, 2026

Could not find the original post we made about a month ago, but a property we lost to another vendor back in February just signed with us to replace them! That’s location number 13 now, yes 2 new signatures today! - E

Kyle

Sep 11, 2026

Just locked in my first machine at a Kids Bounce House business and Parkour business. The two business share the same lobby where the machine will go! Honestly, I had pretty much given up. Did 40 pop-ins and didn't feel like I was making progress. Then boom! Getting contract signed tonight!

Nicolas

Sep 5, 2026

Thanks!!! Hannah’s killing it. We got them with our gift baskets. Just tried that for the first time this week and we landed it days later. It’s a large mechanic shop and the food samples spoke to the guys hearts!!!

Jamiar

Sep 3, 2026

I just did my first 30 days in a car dealership and we did about $850 in revenue. Also my first location, no regrets thus far. They are big on energy drinks I will say

Michael

Aug 29, 2026

Happy Saturday, everyone! 🙌We installed our very first machine (VRK Pro) this past Tuesday, and the results have been awesome so far!First Week Sales Breakdown:- Tuesday: $16.59 (Launch day!)- Wednesday: $153.00- Thursday: $169.45- Friday: $93.93- Saturday: $5.34 (Someone needed a fix at 2:34 AM! 😂)💰 Total Revenue (in under 5 days): $438.31 🎉Super excited with this initial momentum. Looking forward to scaling up!Huge thank you to everyone who has supported and guided me along the way—this community is simply amazing. On to machine #2! 🙌

John

Aug 28, 2026

We just signed two additional contracts for three machines and we have one national contract for two machines hopefully signing soon!

Connie

Aug 26, 2026

Peace, I am a highly motivated small business owner in Maryland. I’ve been an entrepreneur for years and look forward to expanding my funding stream with vending. In the short-term, now as a VP member, I see my vending business reaching over 6-figures. I secured my 1st location this summer and look forward to the growth/mentorship that comes with this community!

Angelina

Aug 21, 2026

Second win for the week - just signed the contract for a warehouse space! Can't wait to reclaim our place from all these boxes. 😅 -A

Anderson

Aug 21, 2026

Got my second location this last week and on Wednesday this week I had my biggest sales day yet it has been a great location for me so far! There is 195 units

Michael

Aug 17, 2026

This week, I’m continuing my pop-ins while also delivering physical proposals and following up in person. A lesson from last week: Shortly after my conversation with the luxury tower’s decision-maker on August 11, 2026, I prepared a proposal and service agreement. I emailed the documents to the addresses I was given, including the decision-maker and the property manager, who was copied. I even called the next day to confirm that they had received the documents, but I only reached an AI agent. Today, August 17, 2026, I visited the office to deliver physical copies of my proposal, service agreement, flyer, and business card, all presented in a nice three-ring folder. The decision-maker was in the office and told me that he had never received my email from the previous week. I suggested checking his spam folder, as the attachments, or the company’s firewall may have caused the email to be blocked. Moving forward, I may send potential clients a brief introductory email before sending any attachments. If I hadn’t followed up in person today, I wouldn’t have secured another meeting this Wednesday regarding a different property within the same management group that needs a smart cooler.

Angelina

Aug 15, 2026

We started our journey July 2025. Signed our first location (170 unit residential) end of November. Installed mid-January 2026. By the end of the month we did $1,100. It’s now doing between $3,500 - $4,000 a month, and we just installed a 2nd machine because we had to restock every 2 days. Advice: 1. Stay persistent, the sales cycle is almost always longer than you want or expect. Just keep going. 2. Be selective and don’t be afraid to say no. Our first location took a few months not just because of the sales cycle, but also because we had high standards to make sure our first location was also the first to make over $1k. -E

Jeremy

Aug 14, 2026

First machine launched this week, first sales.

Marc

Aug 14, 2026

Installed a new machine at a collision place with 30ish employees. Already doing +$50 a day in sales. Now to wait and try to get into the 10+ car dealerships that the collision place is a part of.

Christopher

Aug 4, 2026

Another win would be us keeping in touch with an apartment property that has already said yes to 1 and probably 2 smart coolers to replace old traditional machines has decided they need to fix up their laundry room area with paint that we would put them in as it looks bad compared to our machines. Early September is time to put in their machine. So I will order on a bit earlier also. Whoo🔥

Mike

Jul 31, 2026

Friyay! 🎉 I just ran the July numbers, and we surpassed the total sales from our entire first six months of business in a single month! It's been a lot of long days, learning, adjusting, and constantly improving, but it's rewarding to see the hard work paying off. The momentum keeps building. On Monday, I have a meeting to sign a contract with a local company for another VRK. If the first location performs well, it could lead to up to four additional VRKs. A huge thank you to everyone who has shared advice, answered questions, and supported me along the way. The vending community has been incredible, and I'm excited to see what the rest of the year brings! #Wins #VP #SandStar

Moosa

Jul 24, 2026

Before adding a freezer, consider the space required at your garage or warehouse needed to store products. I just installed freezer number 3 and I've had to purchase 3 freezers at my warehouse just to store additional items. I now have a 10 cubic ft chest freezer and 2 10 cubic ft. upright freezers. Just some food for thought for everyone looking to dive into it.

Denise

Jul 19, 2026

I received my first contract. It is at an active senior community. I will order the machine this week.

Manuelle

Jul 18, 2026

New install at a prominent doctor’s office in the Washington, DC area, who has numerous contacts in the Biotech space!!!

Elise

Jul 17, 2026

Contract #2 signed and a third coming anytime now!

Tom

Jul 16, 2026

🏆 Quick win from my own route: I had 400 sq. ft for my warehouse space and busting at the seems. Just negotiated it up to 800 in a new space — double the space — for ZERO price increase. The moral of the story? Have a great relationship with your landlord. When they know you, trust you, and see you taking care of the space, these conversations get a whole lot easier. Go build those relationships. They pay. 💪

Tim

Jun 27, 2026

Contract signed for a micro market install!

Jeremy

Jun 26, 2026

Mentioned earlier in the week, 1st contract signed after doing pop-ins for a year.

Johnnie

Jun 26, 2026

Big win: contract signed for location #5 this week 🔥 pretty fired up for this location Small win: Placing a large product order today for my 3rd location install (Stockwell 2.0) next week, and about to place a machine order for my 4th location as well. Messy win: My 2nd location HAHA went 2.5 straight days without sales, and I realized it was a connectivity issue but was able to get it resolved quickly.

Chase

Jun 23, 2026

I got my first contract signed today and ordered the HAHA 360c mini. Is there anything I should do in preparation before it gets shipped? Is there a software I need to download?

I got my first contract signed today and ordered the HAHA 360c mini!

Geoff

Jun 10, 2026

First Signed Contract! Happy to share that we got our first signed agreement. So happy to be part of this community. I have met so many great people and learned so much. Excited for next steps! #wins

The micromarts in the car dealerships are doing well so far. We’ve got 2 micromarts accumulating roughly $3,000 in the first month. Once we get the clientele honed in and figured out what they want to buy I know that number will increase. We’ve been in contact with management about what the workers prefer while on shift and that has been immensely helpful with increasing sales. I know this is just the beginning and the room for improvement is there which is exciting.

Nate

May 27, 2026

The power of the Smartcooler…In the past year I landed two sister hi-rise condo towers. Placed a single smartcooler in each location. One was indoors right around the corner from the elevators. The second was in a covered, outdoor location in what I would expect to be a lower foot traffic area. I used Sandstar's True cooler for the outdoor spot and Sandstar's ARK EZeGo for the indoor spot. Despite the ARK having a slightly larger capacity and a spot I assumed would be better for foot traffic the outdoor True cooler slightly outperformed the indoor ARK over the first six months or so.I've posted in here about my experiment with the True cooler in an outdoor, covered location. The cooler sweat too much on the door window that it gave a poor display and I opted to move that cooler to a new location and purchased an eVending Outdoor Combo machine to replace it.Since I have made that switch my slightly under-performing smartcooler is now doing 3x-4x's the sales as my outdoor combo machine. Tourist season has picked up here where I live, but it is wild to me just how much better sales are with a smartcooler than a traditional machine. It's one thing to see it in one of Mike's videos, but to see it with your own eyes makes it really hit home.I'm sure there are some locations where a traditional machine makes sense, but it's going to have to really blow my socks off to interest me in purchasing another traditional machine.

Kyle

May 20, 2026

First car dealership—big risk taken

I landed my first car dealership. It’s multi site. I ordered four Sandstar VRKs. This is a huge risk, I’m not really sure how it is going to work out. Pray the best for me!

Angelina

Apr 29, 2026

In addition to yesterday’s post… We just received the signed agreement back from a 400 bed student housing!! Have been following up with them since October! - E

Hector

Apr 23, 2026

Hey guysss I got my first yes with contract with being with the community for only 2 months! I have a question do you guys give sign the contract electronically or through paper with the owner.

David

Apr 18, 2026

Update post: So we’ve been having a lot of shrinkage issues at our very first location. But the new PM that’s in there, dare I say I’m in love. She is getting it done! And it’s finally starting to feel like we are gelling. 2nd location plannogram ready to go. Can’t wait to get our first Stockwell. Finally, our third location signed on. We went with a Pico wide body. That’s 3 for 3 with 365 💀. To those looking to get their first placement. We didn’t start seeing results until month 6-8. Mike did say this business model will take some doing. Focus on building relationships and gathering PM data. Next thing you know they’re in a new location and you’re in with them. At least thats how things are on our side of the tracks. Keep pushing, and if you’re feeling discouraged, go do a pop in. It’s a numbers and patience game at the end of the day. Siempre adelante T

DJ

Apr 13, 2026

1st Quarter Results are in…. Nowhere near the growth in machines that I was hoping for, but I have quite a few new locations close to the finish line. God has a way of not necessarily giving you what you ask for but what you need, and the lack of machine growth helped me focus more on operations during the first quarter. I've utilized AI to build what I'm thinking could be a very cost effective (free 😀) and efficient inventory management system. I've set up Google Forms and Sheets that allow me to track warehouse inventory counts in real time, and this has allowed me to offload most of the ordering to my warehouse associate. The second system utilizes Excel and standardized formulas where I can upload monthly and quarterly sales data from the platforms I use. Then there are tabs that allow me to see the product velocity by location, sales statistics for each location, sales statistics for each location type, and a very detailed breakdown of product mix at each of my locations. The advantage to using this, or at least the hope once I get a chance to see it in action in the 2nd quarter, is to identify slow/average/fast moving and profitable products at each of my locations and location types, and hopefully utilize the space in my machines for higher volume/higher priced products, less spoilage, and higher overall profitability per machine. With 35 machines, the eyeball test wasn't cutting it, and I was finding myself overwhelmed with trying to figure out which products to replace/expand/move each time we were getting ready to stock for those runs. I also created a Google form doc that forces my drivers to perform their own inventory audit of expired products for each run, so that we can better identify the products as they are nearing expiration. Then we can hopefully move them to a location that is buying those products at a higher velocity. I'm feeling way more confident in the overall operations, and now it's back to the grind of hunting for more locations. FYI, here are my top 20 sellers for the quarter from all locations, and I've also included my top 20 sellers for Manufacturing/Warehouse/Student Housing, as I feel I have meaningful data for each of those location types. Hopefully by the end of next quarter I'll be adding Apartments and Apartments/Short Term Rentals to the mix with more locations in those segments. As you're reviewing this, please keep in mind I do still buy some drinks (Celsius, Alani, Monster, and other variety flavors from Sam's…moving away from that more and more as time goes on but some of those items are combined in these sales statistics).

Chris

Apr 5, 2026

First, I want to share that after being members for less than 2 weeks, we have our first location!! It's a bought, traditional machine location but I'll take it! Second, I heard back from a local community college who are actually accepting proposals now to bring in combined micromarket and vending machine services to replace their current contractors. Their Snack vendor is Canteen and their drinks are through CocaCola. At first, I thought diving in and doing all I could to secure this would let me immediately quit my job to focus on this. All told it's a 56 machine, 14 separate location contract. However they provide the last 20 months revenue numbers. Snacks and Drinks combined, and then averaged out over 20 months only comes to $16,500 monthly revenue….for the entire contract! Not to mention Coke is paying the college a 45% commission and Canteen is doing 18% of Net after COGs and Expenses. Definitely looking like a case of don't bother, but does anyone think with Smart coolers and Micromarkets in the couple truly high traffic areas that these numbers would be much higher? Should I put in a proposal for only the high traffic areas and hope they want to support a small business? Also am I insane for even considering trying to go for it this early 🤣

Lewis

Mar 21, 2026

<p dir="auto">Just signed a contract with our first gym/fitness center location. Wanted to add a couple of the Gatorlyte flavors. What flavors are the best sellers / most popular?</p>

Just signed a contract with our first gym/fitness center location.

Kenneth

Mar 19, 2026

Contract 3 signed today. Keep grinding people. It takes a while to get the first one but then things start falling into place.

WIN 🏆 Just got a “yes” from a new location called Camping World here in SoCal. My dad and I currently have 3 machines in schools which aren’t the best because of the limited hours and days open for not only sales but restocking. Since we both work we wanted a new location that’s open on weekends too. Camping world has 85 staff members and about 200 customers per week up to 600 for when they do large events! It took me about 6 pop ins to finally meet the manager and by the time we met he already knew who I was “the vending girl” lol and said yes immediately. They already have traditional vending there but wanted to upgrade to cold/ hot lunches since the staff can’t leave the location and usually order door dash. I think his staff sold it for me before I even met him. This is our second year in vending and after securing the schools last year we kind of stopped pop ins because “life” happened but recommitted this year by keeping two words in mind PERSISTENCE & CONSISTENCY 🙌🏽 We will keep yall updated on this new location and how it does. Thanks for the support!

Kevin

Mar 7, 2026

Hey guys, just got the new app up and running. I have been a VP since Jan 2024. Due to my W-2 schedule, I haven't been able to take part in the weekly Wednesday calls, but have been an active member throughout. I am a NJ-based operator and focused on continuing to grow my business. I just landed my first warehouse location (mostly have apartment complexes), so excited to see how this location compares to my apartment communities.

Braden

Mar 5, 2026

We did our first round of pop ins today! We visited 5 locations. 3 Gyms, 1 medical practice school, 1 government building. We came away with 2 leads. One gym manager is interested because they’re tired of stocking their own coolers, and we connected with the person who handles amenities at a government building that has a lot of foot traffic and an unused cafeteria space. Follow-up emails sent and conversations started 👍🏼

Justin

Mar 2, 2026

Hello All! Started this journey last year in October. Got my first location in last month (Micro Market) and its doing well. Got my second contract signed last week and look forward to a new location. Looking to continue to learn and grow my business. I have enjoyed the process. Hard with my first location and full time job but pushed through and smiled the entire way. Good luck to all.

Spencer

Feb 23, 2026

First contract sign and my first machine (Sandstar) ordered last week. It’s a youth sports facility that just opened and will be seeing when it get’s fully scheduled around 250 foot traffic daily. Now I just need to get my product ordered! Any suggestions for people who service similar locations?

Jim

Feb 19, 2026

Hello All. My wife and I joined in November of last year and purchased our first 2 locations, totaling 7 traditional machines, this month. We need to upgrade a couple of these machines over the next month or so. We are excited to be here and love the new app. We are based in the Jacksonville FL area.

Neal

Feb 19, 2026

Where are you on your vending journey right now? Joined in December of last year, Have 1 location (as of this week yay!) and 1 signed contract, with 3 more hot leads / potential locations. What’s one vending win (big or small) you’ve had recently? We placed our fist HAHA machine this week! Had a few hiccups (the machine decided to randomly update for 5 hours during peak time at the gym were at haha!) but it’s going and we’ve got the sales coming in! What’s one thing you’re hoping to get from this space? Honestly I LOVED Skool and especially the knowledge base of questions and answers from previous members. Excited to check out the new content.

Verbal yes from a 200-resident senior living facility

Admand got a verbal yes today at a senior living facility with 200 residents, agreeing on a location between the garage, mailroom, and main elevator that had the highest foot traffic. He's sending a service agreement for the manager to sign next.

6 locations, $3,484 net profit in May

Anthony tracked each location in a spreadsheet for a May summary: 6 locations produced $3,484 net profit. His first 3 locations were his worst, teaching him that being busy doesn't equate to more money and to not rush finding the right location.

First location at a 156-unit apartment complex

Brennen has his first location at a 156-unit garden-style apartment complex running at 90% occupancy. He's planning signs at the tennis court, pool, and gym, a newspaper notice, and an email once it's available.

Best day ever at $435, $1,072 over 3 days

Charles shared a record day and week: $435 in one day and $1,072 across the last 3 days, across 3 Stockwells and 1 Cantaloupe Market.

Possible yes at an ice rink for four machines

After two weeks of hearing "no" at 30 different businesses, Cindy got a possible yes at an ice rink for four machines and a coffee unit.

First Machine!!

First machine installed yesterday, another one coming in two weeks. Super excited about the American dream. upcoming: 1 in 2 weeks

Weekly Wins Roundup

Weekly wins compilation featuring multiple community members

1st Location Lessons Learned

First micro-market launch at office building. $42 first day despite scanning issues. Works full-time as teacher. Grand opening promotion 50% off. first day revenue: $42

First Machine is Live!

First machine live after joining in January. Healthpeak medical property, replacing competitor. Bought machine for $900 from nurse. $27 in first couple days. machine cost: $900 · early revenue: $27

36-month vending contract signed after 8 months

After 8 months of back and forth with a commercial office building in Columbus, got a signed 36-month contract by email. Also just ordered a cooler cafe and a smart cooler machine.

First Stockwell ordered using a paid vending leads list

Ordered a first Stockwell machine for a first win. Paid a $149 one-time fee for a leads list advertised as "200+ leads" and received 1,050 leads (300 with emails), then set up a cold email sequence to work through them.

First Win!

Lead from Vending Exchange for elementary school. 80 faculty and 20 visitors daily. Signed after first meeting, making $40/day. Created QR code feedback system. daily revenue: $40

First location: two clubhouses, about 600 residents

Two weeks into the group and just secured a first location: a residential area with two clubhouses open 24/7 to residents via key fob, roughly 600 active residents. Considering food, drinks, and utility items in a tech area measuring about 15x9.5 feet, plus a possible outdoor machine by the pool.

First yes from a warehouse wanting vending ASAP

The warehouse gave a yes this morning and wants vending ASAP. Ordering 3 combo machines and 1 additional machine for a location with 450 employees, 3 shifts Monday to Friday, and 4 areas needing vending.

2 Signed Locations - Finally!

Two signed locations after months of waiting. Luxury apartment in Anaheim (260 units) and mid-rise in Santa Ana (213 units). Replacing competitor machines.

First machine officially live in Las Vegas apartments

First machine is officially open for business in a 225-unit luxury mid-rise apartment building with a primarily 25-35 year old demographic near the center of Las Vegas. A second machine should be up and running by Friday.

Two property manager meetings, one sold on a combo machine

Scheduled two meetings with property managers for early next week, with one already sold on wanting a combo machine for their 209-unit apartment high rise.

Three signed contracts across student housing and apartments

Received three signed contracts in the last week: one student housing location and two apartments, with installs scheduled for 7/29 and the week of 8/11.

First Verbal Yes!

First verbal yes at company with 20 employees. They already have drink machine and want snack machine. Asking community for product recommendations.

First Win!

Couple got first commitment from 603 unit luxury apartment. Property manager wanted smart machines after seeing flier.

Website Lead - $680 for Free

Website generated $680 lead from Vending Exchange. Winery in service area scheduled for walkthrough. Built site with SquareSpace and ChatGPT. lead value: $680

Two Denver locations signed to a 12-month contract

Two Denver locations signed a 12-month contract; working on financing today and most likely open within a month. There's a small setup fee compared to the $275/month minimum the locations will pay.

Community Win

Scaling success story

Tim

Oct 26, 2026

First $5k+ Day!! I love celebrating every win and yesterday we had a daily sales record! With F1 in Austin and our Sandstars working, we hit $5,030.62 in pre-tax sales yesterday! That's a $1.8M run rate if we could keep that average (which we won't without growing locations, but it's fun to see it regardless!). $2M here we come!!

Matthew

Oct 19, 2026

New location locked and loaded as of Friday In Stamford, CT. First MicroMart, while the price is still the price, the experience was one of the best I’ve had so far. Location where we kicked out Berkshire Foods, so residents were already coming in during the install!

Jones

Oct 16, 2026

A new install at a local fitness studio. Thanks team for the suggestions on how to monkey the unit off the pallet solo with only a hammer. The unit will be getting wrapped to match the company’s logo.

Alexis

Sep 29, 2026

Hey, that's fun – a $10k Stockwell!

Forgot to post here in #Wins , but August was a good month, one of my babies broke $10k. Still have another day in September, but I'm hoping it'll be a trend. 🤑 No secret, other than daily restocking and a relentless drive to keep optimizing. (And before you ask, yes I'm thinking about upgrading… but want a home for this one first)

Dominic

Sep 18, 2026

My first install day ever! What a day. Time to learn the next thing! Thank you Lea Vrabelova for your HAHA installation day guide and Matthew Bacine for your guidance! Means a lot.

Lewis

Sep 12, 2026

Got three more machines up and going at our Regional airport this week and they are a big hit! So far they are producing well! #WIN

Nicolas

Sep 4, 2026

We just got our first location with the contract signed! Our first machine is on the way!!! What's amazing is our second one just called too and now I get to order two machines at once. Praise God!!! Shout out to our coaches who helped us get here!!! Matt Morrison Wendy Gans Tim Barnes Lea Vrabelova Mallorie Lotycz Rauch Lane Folkers

Sherwin

Sep 2, 2026

Machine #9 in the books and ready to go! 9th machine is installed and running. This is the 2nd machine at this location. Machine #7 was the first machine installed here. This is their 2nd building. Big shout out to Manuelle Duvall for coming out to help get this machine and the other put into place. This has been a crazy ride. Installed 6 machines inside of 2 months.

Sherwin

Aug 27, 2026

Machine #7 Installed and Stocked Yesterday, I was able to get machine #7 Installed. I got it stocked today. It's a VRK Pro with the new slide out shelves. Shout out to Manuelle Duvall for the help getting this big boy placed. It was supposed to be #7 & #8 Installed, but the second machine was damaged at some point before arriving. Reached out to Sandstar and had a machine shipped out the next day for me and scheduled a pick up for the other machine. I was trying to figure out how to adjust the dividers and pushers in the shelves. I found a previous post about it. I will have to go back and give it a try. First sale happened 20 minutes later while I was on my way home Also with that machine added to the mix, I've hit $400 for the day in revenue!

John

Aug 21, 2026

Got our first machine up and running - here is the image file I created from Tom's template (thanks so much Tom!!) that I am going to get reproduced as a magnet to put on side of machine ;)

Ted

Aug 16, 2026

Hey everyone! Here are my product sales rankings after about a week and a half at my new college location. These sales are coming from veterinary medicine students. One thing that stood out to me is that I've only sold one Coke and one Diet Coke so far. Do you think a week and a half is too early to start swapping out slower-moving products or is that enough data to start making some minor adjustments? Curious how long you typically give a product at a new location before replacing it with something else. Thanks!

Ted

Aug 13, 2026

Hey guys! I put up the price lists today as requested and we just broke $100 in combined revenue for the day from the two smart coolers! Pretty exciting considering we're only in the second week at the location. Hopefully this is a good sign of what's to come as more students become familiar with the coolers. I also have a 270-unit mid-rise Greystar community currently reviewing my proposal at the regional level. If approved, it would be my second signed location, so I'm hoping to keep the momentum going! Appreciate all the advice from everyone in the group!

Jamie

Aug 9, 2026

Still in my garage, but just signed location #7…. so quickly outgrowing this space. Streamlining and organizing the shelves somewhat according to how our pick lists are generated saved us at least 30-60 minutes of pick time.Side convo - when did you move out of your garage/house and get an actual warehouse space? How many units, or how much revenue? We are quickly approaching 5 figures a month in sales.Not pictured is a fridge and chest freezer that we store chocolate and frozen items in.

Mike

Aug 4, 2026

Placed another cooler last night, and the deciding factor wasn't snacks or drinks at all. It was the video screen. The company loved the idea of using it to advertise in-house: company announcements, employee recognition, safety reminders, upcoming events, and other internal communications, right where people are already stopping throughout the day anyway. It's a great reminder that these coolers aren't just a vending solution. They're a communication tool too. Really exciting to see companies catching on to that added value beyond the snacks and drinks.

Nathan

Jul 28, 2026

I posted the other day about setting up a text notification system for my machines and got my first one today after having my stocker put them out last night!Should be fun to see where this goes.

Geoff

Jul 23, 2026

First machines up and running. We couldn’t be more excited.

Sherwin

Jul 18, 2026

New Machine Install! Setup a new SRK at a prototyping facility. They run 24/5, sometimes 7. Had some issues with the freight company. They passed it off to another shipping company and then the schedule was thrown out the window at that point. They weren't supposed to pass it off. I was supposed to get it on Tuesday, I got it today instead. That was after thinking I would be getting it Wednesday, then Thursday, and then assured it would be Friday. And it was Friday at 3pm. All that frustration aside, install went pretty smooth. Hardest part was moving it through the facility doorways which are standard height doorways, which is 2 inches shorter than the machine. Credit card reader was preinstalled and ready to go. Plugged it in and made sure it booted up. Called support to find out how long it would take to sync up with WeVend. They said about a half hour. I adjusted the shelves the way I needed them in order to get 7 shelves. Once I finished with the shelves, I tested the card reader again and it worked. At that point did the full stock and it was ready to go. Machine had its first sale already. Onto the next one! Another install next week!

Chris

Jul 13, 2026

Big win of the week is a new vape vending contract signed with a busy sports bar right out the gate of the military base near me. Super excited for this one! Putting the slim tower 2.0 from VTM in there. Also the first month of sales on the Vape Vending machine I already have placed ended up being $752. After 15% rev share, COGs and machine payment, profit came out to $245. Only had to restock 2 SKUs in that month. Our tradition snack and drink machine in an assisted living facility continued to improve with the product selections we've honed in on. It almost broke $1800 last month, on track to definitely get this this month. Looking to upgrade them to cantaloupes cashless+ this month to streamline picking and get better data on COGs.

Jacob

Jul 9, 2026

First location in a gym! Took some time to get set up and figure out the app. We are up and running. Any recommendations?

Lea

Jun 27, 2026

Installed 4 new machines 🤗 all from pop ins I did over 14 months ago. Good things take time guys!

Reese

Jun 18, 2026

Got my first HAHA machine in yesterday and got it all set up !! Woohoo!! Excited to learn what sells and doesn’t what to add or subtract and excited to keep learning and growing in this new business! Stoked to be apart of this community and going to start doing more pop ins next week to get the next location secured!

Chase

Jun 11, 2026

Officially placed first machine today on one of the construction sites I’m working on with my construction company , double dipping on that income.🙌🏻 Added some extra protection for overnight security! All around pretty smooth process, workers were trying to purchase before was even ready 😅 Installing two more machines this Saturday on a hotel contract I signed last week. Thanks to everyone in the community that has helped with all my questions from last couple weeks appreciate you all !

Claude

May 30, 2026

I was gonna wait to post my machines stocked and open for business, but Braden Cap has convinced me to post my FIRST signed contract as well. I did my first pop in with this property May 8th and on May 28th they signed. This luxury apartment complex has two building with 200 units in each building. They're wanting a vending machine in each buildings. I want to give a quick shoutout to Antares Vargas, Lea Vrabelova and Kyle Davey. You all took the time out of your busy schedules to meet with me 1:1 and share your experiences. I also want to thank the people who didn't meet with me but post and share their accomplishments. We're reading and learning from you all so thank you. A little cheesy but I'm stoked! Thx Vending Fam! Cheers to many more signed contracts and successful machines to us all. #wins

Mike

May 22, 2026

FRIYAAAAYYYYYYY! 🎉 Celebrating the holiday weekend with a BOOM! Just wrapped up the day with a brand new 150+ unit apartment contract signed and VRK #5 ordered! 💥 Yesterday's install is already up and running had 3 sales before I even woke up this morning. That's the beauty of 24/7 unattended retail. 🙌 The PM told me she chose BuckeyeMart over other operators because of my persistence, my attitude, and yes… the snacks I brought her. 😄 Never underestimate a good snack bag! 2 VRKs installed this week. 2 more arriving Tuesday. We are MOVING. Oh — and I just informed my son he's about to start a new job as my stocker. 🤣 Dad-son bonding at the warehouse tomorrow, prepping for Tuesday's delivery. He doesn't know what he signed up for! Happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone. 🇺🇸 #Wins

Brandon

May 20, 2026

FIRST MACHINE!!!!!

My son and I stocked our first machine this morning! LuxeRefresh Amenities is ON 👏 THE 👏 MAP 👏

Maxwell

May 13, 2026

Machine #4 in the books!! It never gets old closing a deal and getting a machine placed! Keep going guys!! 💪🏾

Vincent

May 7, 2026

After 8 LONG months of pounding the pavement and consistency, finally landed Install Numero Uno at a luxury apartment!! Yeah!!🎉🎉 To all the newbies out there, don’t lose hope. It’ll happen. ENJOY the ramp up time - because once it hits, you’re gonna work for it! No doubt. Be prepared, there’s quite a technological learning curve - and I’m not technologically challenged. But, I have no doubt in my mind that there will be no feeling in the world like this new-found freedom from “the man”. 😎 #wins

Leslea

May 4, 2026

First two machines stocked and running!! Thanks Vendingpreneurs and Sandstar for all the support!! Can't believe this little dream has become a reality!! Onto the next location!

Bruce

Apr 30, 2026

1st full month

Wow! April has far exceeded our expectations! We place our first machine at a 120 unit apt complex March 6, and that machine has not been a great performer, however….. we placed a HAHA Ultra on March 17 at a larger and more upscale complex near UNLV and it’s going so well, we added a HAHA Max unit a couple weeks ago! April being our first complete month of sales, we will break $2k in sales! I have to admit, we are a bit obsessed watching the sales roll in, watching the videos, just taking it all in! So excited to scale this thing!

Nathan

Apr 23, 2026

Just placed my 10th machine on the 24th floor of an apartment in Dallas. 😁

Paul

Apr 17, 2026

First Vendmarket order! Will call pick up with Vistar was very straightforward! I was in and out in 15 minutes #wins

Emily

Apr 14, 2026

Got my first contract! Advice on machine and placement

Hi All, today my first contract was signed! About the business: Previous Gold's Gym, operating under it's own name now. 1200 members, average of 120 swipes a day, large facility, afterschool daycare with about 30 children. Entry is all through the main lobby. We will be replacing their current set up. They have a smoothie bar and a cooler that has waters primarily. Note: She showed me a their current cooler that had primarily water in it… they filled this morning and its already almost empty. (Picture shows what they have) Potential placement ideas: In their smoothie bar area (I don't like this as I feel there is a barrier and would be confusing to the members since it's behind the bar area). We could place in front of the smoothie bar or to the left of the check-in desk in a room that is empty. Most people will turn toward the smoothie bar and flow of foot traffic is that way. I am leaning toward right infront of the bar, but would love your advice! Machine choices: I was thinking I'd put a HAHA 440 or 620? This is a bit of a drive for me so I don't want to have to go out more than 1x a week. I could then expand and add onto it if they are emptying to quick. Do you recommend one of these or something else? Machine Delivery: Do you recommend/ is it possible to have the machine delivered directly to the business and I meet the delivery people there? Product advice: They are selling smoothies today but primarily waters! While I was there someone asked about protein bars. For anyone that works with gyms, do you have a pretty successful product mix you could share? I want to keep it simple as I work it out. I appreciate any and all advice! I am SO excited!

Keith

Apr 11, 2026

Finally got my first machine deployed this week 🙌🏻 Huge credit to the Sand Star team for making the entire process seamless. From coordinating delivery to getting everything set up, they made it incredibly easy, especially for a first machine. The onsite tech support was a big help and made getting up and running stress free. The system itself is very intuitive. Managing inventory, tracking sales, and updating pricing and planograms remotely has been simple and smooth. Also want to give a big thank you to UltraVend here in Chicago. They handled the delivery and placement quickly and professionally and made the whole process smooth and affordable. Really grateful for both teams and for everyone in this community for the guidance along the way 🙏🏻

Spencer

Apr 9, 2026

First machine installed last Thursday. It’s in a brand new youth sports field house.Not stellar results so far. The management group is still learning how to schedule it.We’ll see what happens!#wins

Stephanie

Apr 4, 2026

🎉🏆🍾 WIN!!!!! 🎉🍾🏆 We officially received our 1st signed contract! This apartment location in San Diego (built in 2022, 277 units) was the 1st pop-in Jamie did on Jan. 22 after his leaving his job on 1/16. His persistence definitely paid off and we couldn’t be more excited to finally have our 1st location!! Thank you to this entire group for your tips, tricks and guidance. Now we move into the next phase of delivery, install and stocking the unit! Here’s to more contract signings for all of us! Cheers! 🥂🍻🍾

Hank

Mar 31, 2026

We placed our first Haha Sunday night 🎉 We are in a coworking office space. Stocking def took longer than we thought and we forgot to take a family picture but we had all 4 kids helping and learning ❤️ Here we go!!! Thank you for all of the amazing info and advice from everyone so far! -Brittany #wins

Jesse

Mar 23, 2026

Hey Vendheads! My name is Jesse and I've been in the group since August. I would like to share that I have placed my first machine, and it's up & running. The location is a Nursing Home where I was told that the residents get meals 24/7, and I was advised to just focus on the staff, which is anywhere from 100-200 employees, who all use the central break room. They are staffed 24/7. They chose the location, they selected the products, the assistant manager sold the idea to the manager, and all I had to do is have them sign a contract. The machine was placed on Friday, and I got Vistar to meet me this morning with the goods. Here's the finished product.

Dave

Mar 16, 2026

First placement!!!!🎉After 14 months of being in the community, learning the basics, declining my would-be-first placement location (for various reasons), losing my full-time job, getting a new full-time job (and learning more basics) having this brand new pickleball complex say no to me after 2 months of negotiations, to then get a call back from them 3 months later saying they want back in, I'm finally here! I had my Pico Vision + Ambient Cabinet delivered last week to a large pickleball complex 7 minutes away and spent the weekend stocking and learning how my new baby operates. It's set up in the lobby right next to card tables, a big screen tv with lounge chairs and a beer/wine on top machine. I've already gotten positive feedback on the variety of products being offered. Excited to see all this work payoff into $$. Onto my next placement! 🚀

David

Mar 14, 2026

Hi everyone, Dave and I are excited to have made the transition to the new Vendingpreneurs format. I wanted to share a quick update now that we’re about three months into our first location, which we launched on 12/12/2025. During these first few months, we’ve been figuring things out as we go while focusing on building the operational systems behind the location so we can scale without things breaking later. Progress so far- Our location has sold over $10K in merchandise (a little over $3K/month on average).- We’ve starte d narrowing down our high-performing products.- We’re optimizing our inventory tracking system between our two homes.- We’ve developed a method to actively track shrink (more on that once we have more data).- We’re already on our third property manager 🙃 — which has been a good lesson in the importance of communication and adaptability at the property level. Objectives for the next phase- Continue refining our shrink tracking worksheet.- Begin building SOPs so we’re ready to scale and eventually bring on operators.- Start video documentation for marketing and storytelling.- Increase revenue at this location to $4K/month.- Order our Stockwell for our second location 💪🏽- Secure location number three. Huge thanks to Mike, Anthony, JB, and Thomas for the leadership, and to the entire community for the constant insight and encouragement. It’s made a big difference as we’ve navigated these early stages. One thing we’re currently focused on improving is our shrink tracking system as we prepare to scale. For those running micro-markets or smart coolers, how are you currently tracking shrink and product discrepancies? Looking forward to learning from everyone here as we continue building.Cheers 🏴‍☠#wins #insights

Angelina

Mar 13, 2026

One install done one more tomorrow!!! 2 Sandstar at sister properties. Install took just over 2 hours, machine is located right next to the mailroom, round the corner from main entrance, and leasing office. While setting up, leasing team had 2 showings and pointed out we were installing the amenity. We’ll share tomorrow’s install as well!! #wins #sandstar

Bruce

Mar 7, 2026

# 001 is up and running! We are so excited to begin this journey! Wondering if a sixth shelf would fit?! Definitely learned a lot, but I have to say, HAHA makes it very user friendly and fairly simple! #wins

Nate

Mar 3, 2026

New Location Approval! First of many referrals I receive, I hope! Two towers with 245 units, but also over 100 additional studio lock-outs. Keep the wins coming! In the meantime…back to pop-ins. 👊 #wins

Angelina

Feb 28, 2026

First full month (although a short one) in our original location and we’re really close to $1900 in sales (did $1100 from Jan 16-31). 170 unit mid-rise property. Month is not over yet, and I just restocked! Have 4 more installs in the next 6 weeks (all Sandstar EZEgo). Getting really excited about where we’re going from when we started back in July 2025. - E Update… it happened!!! #wins

Anthony

Feb 27, 2026

From $1K to $7.5K: The Power of Location, Swap Strategy & Delegation Earlier this year, I installed two MicroMarts in the workspace amenity area of a 450-unit property. Revenue averaged $32.93/day ($987.90/month), which put the location on my list for review as part of my Q4 goal to “trim the fat” and optimize underperforming stops. Instead of removing the machines, I met with the property manager to explore a better placement. I proposed installing a Stockwell unit to the lobby since the 24" depth would fit the space cleanly. After measuring and confirming placement, the PM approved. To avoid purchasing a new Stockwell, I improvised: I moved an existing Stockwell from a different building (one I service 3x/week) and pitched that PM on upgrading to dual MicroMarts. They agreed. A 3rd-party service handled the swap for $500—far more cost-effective than buying a new unit. Results: Stockwell in lobby did $191.93 from 5pm - 11:30pm last night. By 7:00 AM this morning, it had already done $91. This location now has the potential to grow from ~$1,000/month to $7,500/month+ based on foot traffic and visibility. Lesson: When a PM pushes back, show them this example. Location and foot traffic are everything. Treat this like a business. If the placement isn’t right, reposition or renegotiate—don’t just accept low performance. I turned a $1,000/month spot into a potential $7,500/month location by relocating, not replacing. Stay safe, and Happy New Year!P.S. - It took everything in me not to go down there and oversee the swap myself. But I knew that wouldn’t have been the best use of my time—I had already prepared my operations manager to handle it. I trained, I delegated, and I trusted the process. And you know what? It worked. Everything was handled exactly how it needed to be. As you scale, you’ll feel the urge to micromanage. That’s normal. But when you invest in training your team and delegate with clarity, that’s when the real growth happens. That’s where the magic is. Seeing your team execute without you having to step in is one of the most rewarding parts of scaling.#wins *REPOST FROM SKOOL DECEMBER 2025*

Alexis

Feb 27, 2026

It took 68 days...* Sharing a win to hopefully spark some inspiration as we head into the new year: The last of my 3 new Stockwells went live 68 days ago. Today, I paid for all 3 machines – in CASH 💰– using only what I've earned from those same machines. Work hard, problem-solve creatively, and listen to this amazing community, and watch the potential become real. 😊 *disclaimer: it took ~months~ of effort to get those first three installed... so don't expect otherwise. But for me, it was time very well spent, and I'm so excited for what the new year will bring. 🚀#wins #oldskool @Mike Hoffman Anthony Kolodziej

Mallorie

Feb 24, 2026

We did it. Between Erik my delivery driver, Joe, my new best friend on location and my mom and probably my proudest moment yet, we installed our first Sandstar. Even at the ripe age of 37 I still like to impress my mom and let me tell you this Machine impressed her and she enjoyed the hands-on installation process. Can’t wait to employ her full-time.😉 #wins

Lea

Nov 1, 2026

Was able to talk a property manager at a huge building I've been trying to get into for over a year and a half to let me install a machine in the busy lobby package room instead of the clubhouse upstairs that noone uses.... my biggest win to date! 🔥 Still pinching myself that I got him to change his mind 😎

Will

Oct 29, 2026

Another Contract signed at a 296 unit apartments. I know luxury is tossed around a lot. A one bedroom starts at $1,700 and a three bedroom caps at $2,700, before Admin fee $65, or the cost of a garage $500, or the utility bundle fee $140, storage room fee $150, or pet fee $450. This will be a VRK Pro taken from our first (sucky) location where sales have been dismal. Anthony Kolodziej you were RIGHT!

Brandon

Oct 25, 2026

I opened a new cooler on Thursday, placed 4 cheesecakes, one gal took all 4 right away!!!! @tom Interested in your actual food items on the top shelf there???

Kirk

Oct 16, 2026

New location!!!

Mel

Oct 8, 2026

Its happening all at once! 🔥Yesterday, got our first contract signed, super excited to get going, first machine has been ordered and were expecting it in the next few weeks. And on the same day got another YES, so contract pending for the second location! 😁 Any tips for new players ? Particularly around install day. Any advice is appreciated.

David

Oct 3, 2026

First Ai snack and drink location also my first two Pokemon locations.

Michael

Oct 2, 2026

Double win this week! 🎉 Just completed installs for machines #2 and #3. They're officially live!

Jeremy

Sep 26, 2026

Hello-- I placed my first machine (a small place, but I wanted to get started actually learning the machine, so I took it) 13 months after beginning pop-ins. I have only done pop-ins, no calls, I don't have a website up. If you want to work on your pitch a little bit, go to much smaller places that you would not necessary want to place at. Getting some maybes or interest from them definitely helps boost your confidence, and there is something special about having the power to say "no" if it is not for you. I had a place with some interest but there would be hardly any sales and they wanted me to pay for the electric. Setting my boundary and walking away was empowering. Another place was interested and they were not going to place it in a good place. I had the power to be honest with them and walk away but left the door open in case they wanted to change the machine placement location.

Nicholas

Sep 25, 2026

Just got my first contract signed yesterday. 😁 Time to purchase a machine and everything to stock it. 😬

Jamiar

Sep 18, 2026

2 contracts signed this week for 3 machines, great week for us🔥

Carlos

Sep 17, 2026

Hello all, I did my first 2 pop ins today after months in this space. I got into my head about selling which has never turned out well for me. It wasn't as scary as anticipated. Months ago I setup my LLC with Northwest Registered Agents. I have also received my Resale License. My company name is SmartVend Systems LLC. I need to to get some contracts signed and units placed.

Angelina

Sep 15, 2026

Been a long time coming on this one, really excited to share… Just received the signed agreement from one of the first properties we did a pop-in back in September 2025. This will be location number 12 for us!! 🥂🎉

Michael

Sep 11, 2026

Another Big Win: Contract #3 in the books 🎉The momentum isn't slowing down! 🚀 Officially got ink to paper on Contract #3 this past Thursday! Grateful for the support from this community—stacking these wins one by one! Onward and upward! 💪📈

Christopher

Sep 5, 2026

I got 2nd contract in 2 weeks signed and 1 apartment setup to come back for pictures to do mock-up then agreed to get 1 machine right after pic mock-up was done

Kyle

Sep 1, 2026

Installing two new Stockwells today—big win! Also, note to self…when the guy at the Penske rental place says to leave the engine running when using the liftgate because it can kill the battery…he means it

Mallorie

Aug 29, 2026

The other day, we started assessing our business from an income perspective. We realized with COGS (35-45%), sales and use taxes (7%), credit card reader fees (5.7%), software / WiFi connectivity fees (1%) and rev share (3-11%) we really needed to optimize where we could. So we opted to increase prices a bit. Not a lot, just .25 or .10 (maybe .50 for really underpriced items) here and there where it made sense. Well, 2 days after we had our first highest grossing day in the business. We eclipsed $1000 in revenue in 1 day from all locations. Big milestone for us! No complaints about pricing so far!

Marc

Aug 28, 2026

Jumped on the Antares Vargas call last night. I love these new calls grouped by machine count — this one was the 10+ group. It allows for a much more natural conversation with similar operators. Great discussion with Eric, Karla and others about getting the right product mix dialed in before adding another machine. Wanted to bring one piece of it here. I'm in a lower-volume area. My breakroom machines run around $800/month. My newest one is tracking closer to $1,100 this month and that account is asking for fresh food. Everything in the machine sells — just not at the same velocity or margin. I know what I need to do: pull a few of the slowest movers to make room for wraps and subs that have higher margin dollars. Here's my hangup. I don't normally sell through a full roll of anything in a week, and my mindset has always been to keep the machine looking full with maybe one hole. Every machine I've taken over has been half empty and looked bad, so I think I've overcorrected. I was trying to provide more options with a larger cooler than I needed, instead of focusing on what sells and driving the margin. I'm a financial manager by trade — I've told operations to make this exact call plenty of times. Taking my own advice is harder, and sometimes you need to hear it from peers. So for those of you doing higher volume: 1. What does your machine actually look like right before you stock it? How many selections are sold out and you're fine with it? 2. Are you loading 100+ items, 200+ items? 3. How did you decide it was time to move to twice-a-week stocking — sell-through percentage, the account asking, something else? Separately on pricing: the group told me mine is too low and I should be pushing $0.10–$0.25 increases. I'd started a few weeks ago and got nervous about it. After the call I went back and pulled every item I raised this month — volume is basically flat against the pre-increase numbers. So this weekend I'm reviewing all of my pricing and moving it up. This is why I joined and why I value a professional organization like this one. A lot of us are experienced business professionals, but no one is a master of everything. Being able to leverage the knowledge and accountability of others is what makes all of us better.

Mike

Aug 25, 2026

Vaughn, I closed two deals today, and both originally came from pop ins. One was a location where I already had a cooler for three months, and I knew it was a great spot. The other was a place I’d been stopping at since mid February. The last two times I tried to pop in, the intercom to get into the building was broken, so I couldn’t even get inside. I had some spare time today on my way to my freezer meeting and figured I’d give it one more shot. Funny enough, the intercom was actually fixed, but somebody let me in anyway. I had already developed a great relationship with the new PM. His daughter is a senior in high school, so we talked about her just starting the school year and how I had just dropped my daughter off at college for her freshman year. We talked for about 15 minutes before I even mentioned getting the agreement authorized. He told me he had actually spoken with the owner that morning, and he was ready to move forward. Just another reminder that these relationships and staying persistent with the pop ins really do pay off.

ryland

Aug 21, 2026

Got my first signature today 💯🎊. God is good and so is our community!!!!!

Donnell

Aug 19, 2026

Got my first contract signed yesterday. Things are starting to move forward after remaining persistent and consistent since joining the community. Lots more work to do, let’s go!!

First $1k location was in August of 2025. 120 person, single tenant office building. This was about 4 months after I started my vending business and 3 months after I joined the community.

Justin

Aug 15, 2026

My first $1k location is my first install at a Automotive Dealership. It took around 5 months to land this location. My advice would be to remember what you offer and do not stop offering your amenity to the community you are in.

We did our first 12 Pop-ins this week, mostly apartments, a vocational school, and a couple local gyms. The first one was by far the hardest then they became easier after that. Working on follow up emails now. Looking for that 1st Win!

Marc

Aug 13, 2026

New install, quick win. 🔧 Replaced an old coil machine and Pepsi unit (already cleared out) with a new SandStar ARK — unboxed, placed, and got it running in 15 minutes flat, solo. Had another appointment to get to, so I left it to finish its update and headed out. Came back after to confirm everything was running correctly and stocked it up — and it didn't take long to prove itself: 6 transactions in the first 45 minutes after I walked away. Not bad for a 20-30 employee shop. Speaking of that next stop — brought samples over to a prospect we've been courting, and Vistar's sandwiches sealed the deal. They're ready to move forward with a full micro market buildout. Their current vendor had the right product mix, but couldn't keep the machines stocked. That's the difference: it's not just about knowing what people want, it's about showing up and keeping it full. Two moves today. Same mission: better service, no empty machines. #win

Christopher

Aug 4, 2026

(My wife and I's) Our most recent Win was we did a follow up to a property She went to about two weeks ago and was told the manager was out for two weeks and she talked to regional manager who said to check back later. well I reminded my wife maybe we should go ahead and re-follow up as we tried before this today and got nowhere but today was the day as my wife called and talked to Assistant manager and she said they would like for her to come give them more info with a little meeting and before it was done the Assistant manager said yes and she wanted our help to find a spot. wife took a few pics and we sent mock-up. Machine will be ordered shortly and installed ASAP 🤑😃

Daniel

Jul 31, 2026

We got a new contract this Week! Units : 305 luxury apartments in the heart of the metroplex. It’s going to be a great site!!

Will

Jul 23, 2026

We broke through the wall! This morning we received our very first signed Smart Cooler contract! While we don't necessarily feel this particular location requires a VRK Pro based solely on its current traffic, we've made the strategic decision to install one there anyway. One of the key decision-makers for a local college lives in the same town, and we plan to use this location as a showcase for prospective customers. We believe it will be much easier to invite potential clients to visit and experience the Smart Cooler in a retail environment than in locations such as apartments, urgent care facilities, or manufacturing plants where public access is limited. A retail location not only provides a convenient demonstration site, but the additional visitors we bring to see the Smart Cooler could also benefit the business itself through increased foot traffic. We view this installation as an investment in future growth and a valuable tool for demonstrating the capabilities of the VRK Pro to prospective customers.

David

Jul 19, 2026

Location 4 up and running!

Manuelle

Jul 18, 2026

🎉 Big Update: I Just Hired My First Two Part-Time Employees! Hey everyone! I wanted to share some exciting news with this community — I officially brought on two part-time team members to help stock and service my vending locations. This has been a long time coming, and honestly, it’s a bittersweet milestone. Why This Was Necessary: My route has grown to the point where I physically couldn’t keep up with restocking on time. Missed stock = missed sales, and I was leaving money on the table. Some locations were starting to notice gaps in service, which isn’t the reputation I want to build. Scaling further meant I had to get comfortable with delegating. Shoutout to Anthony Kolodziej! The Hard Part Nobody Talks About: Letting go of control is genuinely tough when you’ve built something from scratch. There’s a fear of “what if they don’t do it the way I would”. Training takes time and patience, even when you’re eager to see results immediately. You have to trust people with the keys (literally) to something you’ve poured your energy into. Why It’s Worth It: More locations can be serviced consistently, which means happier location owners. I can shift my time toward finding new locations and negotiating deals instead of just restocking. It’s the first real step toward treating this like a scalable business, not just a side hustle. Growth requires discomfort, and this is exactly that. If you’re on the fence about hiring help for your route, my biggest takeaway so far: document your systems before you hire. Having clear checklists and processes made onboarding so much smoother than I expected. Would love to hear from others in this group — have you made the leap to hiring help yet? What was your experience like?

Marc

Jul 17, 2026

Wins to celebrate this week 🎉 Had a great couple of days here at Daily Good Amenities. Got a verbal commitment on a new location, and also just received a signed contract back on another — and that second one came through a referral from Tom Canterino who sent it my way since it was outside his service area. That's what this community is about. When we look out for each other and pass along the opportunities that aren't the right fit for us, everybody wins. Rising tide raises all ships. Thanks again, Tom — appreciate you

Mark

Jul 15, 2026

New location signed today a flight school Centennial regenal airport (APA) south of Denver. Very excited because there are several other locations there that we may be able to place a machine

Chase

Jun 27, 2026

1st contract signed and machine ordered!

Chris

Jun 26, 2026

Big win for this week is contract signed and Sandstar ARK ordered for location #3. Its only a 75 unit mid-rise with a total of 125 residents, it's in a higher end area though and only has 1 entrance and the machine is going next to the mailboxes. So I believe it will work just wont be a huge earner. Win #2 is realizing that our Vape and Zyn machine has profited $300 dollars in the first 3 weeks with only 1 restock. This one might not be a huge earner but very passive. restocks are quick and easy.

Just over a week ago I moved an under performing machine to a new location. In the first 7 days I’ve had more sales than I had in a month at the prior location. Excited about the possibilities!

Geoff

Jun 17, 2026

First time looking for financing. Just signed first contract. First machines. Looking for best options. TIA?

Just signed first contract.

Michelle

Jun 10, 2026

Wish I could have been in, but I was actually DOING my first SandStar install today!

Manuelle

Jun 2, 2026

How Adding Red Bull to My Vending Route Changed Everything Hey VendHub fam! I wanted to share something that has genuinely been a game-changer for my vending business over the past few months. I started incorporating multiple flavors and editions of Red Bull throughout my route and the results have been hard to ignore. The Setup I’m charging $5.75 per can (12 oz) across my machines. Simple, clean price point. Customers don’t flinch — especially when they’re grabbing a Red Bull. The Math — Before vs. After My Red Bull Deal Before the Deal Cost per case (24 cans): ~$61.00 Cost per can: ~$2.54 Revenue per case (24 x $5.75): $138.00 Profit per case: ~$77.00 Profit margin per can: ~$3.21 After Securing the Direct Deal Cost per case (24 cans): $51.00 Cost per can: $2.125 Revenue per case (24 x $5.75): $138.00 Profit per case: $87.00 Profit margin per can: ~$3.625 That’s an Extra $10 Profit Per Case That might sound small until you scale it. If I’m moving 20 cases a month across my route, that’s an extra $200/month in pure profit doing absolutely nothing differently except sourcing smarter. At 40 cases a month? That’s $400 extra — just from locking in a better deal. Why the Flavors & Editions Matter? Stocking just Original Red Bull is leaving money on the table. Here’s what I’ve noticed: -Variety drives repeat purchases — customers come back specifically looking for their favorite flavor -Seasonal/limited editions create urgency— people buy immediately instead of walking past -Different flavors attract different buyers — the Watermelon hits different than the Classic for certain crowds -More SKUs = more shelf presence — your machine looks stocked, premium, and worth stopping at If you’re not already running Red Bull in your machines, start. The margin improvement is real and it compounds fast.

Moosa

May 21, 2026

Today's lesson: Always be nice and professional regardless of how you get treated. Take today's example: I visited a site since September with little to no headway but every time I visited the location I had great conversations with the leasing consultant. She wanted the machine but kept saying ownership just didn't want it. Fast forward to today, I go to a new prospect location and that leasing consultant is now the PM there. Now she's so excited because she'll get that machine she wanted so bad.Every visit has a purpose and benefit. The key is to find it.

Vidal

May 15, 2026

I just landed my first location!Can anyone speak to a high-quality machine that accepts cash/card/tap? Is there a smart/AI machine that accepts cash too?The demographic will mostly pay cash.

I just landed my first location!

Angelina

Apr 27, 2026

Haven’t posted much the last few weeks, been really focused on more pop-ins and follow-ups. Today was a big day for PM meetings — had 5 back to back! Here’s the breakdown: PM 1 – Ownership isn’t on board yet, but she’s pushing back til they agree. PM 2 – Meeting with ownership next week; placement at their property and a sister property is on the agenda. Hopeful he will be confirming next Friday when he returns. PM 3 – Appointment set for Friday for a placement assessment — she’s looking to replace their current machine, and accepting bids/proposals. PM 4 – Property sold and now under new ownership. She asked me to resend the email with the proposal since she no longer has access to her old email, resent the proposal on the spot, she forwarded it to her regional for approval. Helped that we installed at a sister property last month, and it’s the same regional. PM 5 – Best news of the day: after talks since October, they’re moving forward with us on a 3-property deal (315+ units each). Signing with the regional manager Monday! Q2 is shaping up to be a big one! 🚀 - Erik

Brett

Apr 23, 2026

2 new machines today, 29 in total Started April 2025 with 1. Still learning 1st car dealership Check us out on IG at Sparkles_Vending

Dustin

Apr 16, 2026

Just got a signed contract on our first location! My wife and I joined VP in January. Excited now to learn first hand the machine ordering and set up process. The location will turn into 4 total, as they have locations around our metro area, and want to expand to all of them. Shoutout to whoever posted in the old Skool forum about Facebook Marketplace listings as a way to advertise. I made a listing the week we joined VP, and this lead came from that post. It took us about 2 months after our initial meeting to close, but now the fun begins! 🚀

Moosa

Apr 13, 2026

First Student Housing Install

I don’t really get excited about installs anymore but this one has me pumped. Brand new student housing right on campus 800 beds single tower!!!! I’m at the install site and I’ve already probably seen over 200 people in an hour. This might be my unicorn……

First Contract Signed!HaHa Pro moving into a 150-employee senior care facility. I will be replacing two machines from a business with poor service. The director doesn't think one machine will be enough, but I convinced him smart markets hold more product than a traditional machine, and if it doesn't keep up, I'll double up his machine count.

Bruce

Mar 21, 2026

So excited for the small wins! We just broke our first $100 mark in sales and it’s already trending at a faster pace!

Kenneth

Mar 16, 2026

Just received the signed contract for my second location!!! #wins

Kevin

Mar 9, 2026

We joined VP in November 2024. We placed our first machine in March 2025.

Machine #2 and the goods were delivered yesterday. Today it was stocked and programmed and it’s officially good to go at my second location! Stoked to finally have the opportunity to expand. I have a good feeling this location will see even more success than my first! #wins

Johnnie

Mar 5, 2026

Pretty fired up to share that I got my 1st contract signed this week 🙌🏼 … a 250 unit apartment building downtown Austin. Sort of having that “oh crap now what?” moment, but I sent the property manager a survey to send to her tenants on product yesterday and ordered the machine today. Any advice on next steps would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏼 #wins

Marcus

Feb 25, 2026

About Me

I joined the VP community in April 2025. Currently operating two micro-markets -- one with a Cantaloupe kiosk, one Moneta. I've slowed down trying to find more locations since I started a new full-time job in December, but hope to pick it back up again soon. Goal is to open 2-4 new locations this year.

Ivan

Feb 23, 2026

Hi everyone, I started this business about eight months ago in search of financial freedoom. So far its been challenging to find locations. However I did mange to get my first location this month. After installallation was compelted and I started to see the sales come in I got my motivation back, and I m ready for the next location.If you are new and struggling to find locations. Keep fighting

David

Feb 19, 2026

Hello all, I am David Hall, based on Denver, Colorado and the Front Range. I joined VP a few months ago and am excited for the new site here! I have worked in the software industry for 30 years, and when the last round of layoffs hit I decided it was time to go out on my own. I placed my first machine in December, 2025 and just installed my 10th last week! That location will be getting a second machine, which I just ordered from Sandstar through VendHub. All of my current machines are Sandstar EZGo's right now, but I may branch out into their other machines. I may be going back to work full time., so I also just hired my first two stockers, and am moving into a co-warehouse space tomorrow because my house is overrun with product. Its exciting and scary, and I have learned a lot from this site and from my first few months in the industry. Like Mike has said, sometimes you just have to start.

John

Feb 19, 2026

About Me

I currently work a W-2 job in IT with experience in support and project management. We formed our LLC and launched our first vending machine in November 2025. Our goal is to grow this business enough to replace our day jobs and get back more time. We’re doing this so we can travel more, give back through volunteer work, and spend more time with our college-age kids. I joined VP to learn from others building vending businesses, share what I’m learning along the way, and connect with people on a similar path.

First verbal yes on a 384-unit Greystar property

Andrew got a verbal "yes" today on a Greystar property with 384 units, garden style, and needs to send over a contract.

Two vending machines going live next week

Matthew has two machines, a Cantaloupe MicroMart and a Stockwell, going live next week around Stamford, CT and Westchester County after a mortgage-broker friend connected him into a local business networking group where he's now known as "the Vending Guy."

First Product Shipment Arrived

3 months in, first product order received. Motivational post about trusting the process and building something real. timeline: 3 months

Best month ever, already at $5k with a day left

Charles shared that one of his machines just had its best month ever, already at $5k in revenue with 1 day left in the month.

Signed contract with police department and city hall

Cindy announced an official signed contract covering her local police department, city hall, sanitation, and the senior center. She's thinking 6 machines and is replacing the incumbent vendor.

Wins of the week: contracts, machines, and micro markets

A wins-of-the-week roundup: a first verbal agreement, a green light for a micro market, a live first machine, a new micro market order, a 4th Stockwell installed, a first contract for a 500+ unit apartment complex, and a first smart cooler plus second location up and running.

Weekly Wins Roundup

Weekly wins compilation featuring multiple community members

First contract officially secured

Daniel shared that he officially secured his first contract, thanking the community for their support.

First combo contract locked at two libraries

Locked down 2 libraries that want combo machines placed, and asked the group which machine model and card reader to go with.

First Machine Installed On Site

First Futura combo machine at tower apartment complex. $50 worth of sales in first day and a half. Lessons on installation and placement. first day revenue: $50

Big Wins for GKP!

3 unit Pico CV and Ambient combo at car dealership doing $275-325/day. Closed 2 apartments and office building with MicroMarket. 5 Stockwells and 2 Pico CV Ambient combos. daily revenue: $275-325

Word-of-mouth lead on a 24/7 indoor golf range

While restocking a machine at a local auto dealership, a sales employee mentioned a 24/7 indoor golf range that could use vending; drove over, got the number, and is setting up a meeting with the owner.

Two signed contracts with tower apartment complexes

Received two signed contracts with two tower apartment complexes - a first win as a Vendingpreneur.

Signed DC contract, more DMV properties in pipeline

In the DMV market: one signed contract awaiting Stockwell delivery in DC, plus two Virginia properties going through final approvals to add machines at 12 more Virginia properties and 5 more in DC. All agreed to donate 2% of quarterly net profits to charity.

First vending machine installed and running

Finally did the thing I've been talking about nonstop for the last 4 years - my first machine is up and running. Still waiting on custom wrap stickers with building logos.

Second machine placed and vinyl-wrapped

Got another machine uncrated, placed on location and wrapped, waiting on payment binding before first stock. Wrapped it with wood grain textured vinyl, which needs one extra person to hold the sheet level while placing the corner and scraping out bubbles.

Great Meeting with Greystar

Outstanding meeting with Greystar PM. 7 floors, 430 units, 1200 residents at full capacity near major university. PM wants micro market.

Bought first cargo van to boost route efficiency

Bought a first cargo van for the business, an intermediate vehicle meant to reach about 20 locations, expected to pay for itself by reducing labor costs and letting the team handle more stops without reloading.

First 3 Locations!

3 locations secured after 2 months, 50 pop-ins, 350 cold calls. Fuel company (75 employees), school district (200+ employees), and national mid-rise (345 units, 25-30 properties). timeline: 2 months

First verbal yes on an outreach lead

One of my first yeses came across my inbox this afternoon after reaching out. Site walk, proposal, and contract will happen at my first onsite visit next week.

PM Pushback on Machine Choice

Close to deal at 244 unit luxury apartment (Greystar). PM says HAHA looks cheap. Considering options to make PM happy and get foot in door.

Hiring a Restocker

Craigslist ad for restocker got 25 responses in 24 hours. $20/hr, 3hrs/week, 5% profit sharing after 3 months, equity potential after 6-12 months. pay rate: $20/hr

First 4 contracts signed for 7 micro markets

First big win: 4 contracts signed with a property management company for 7 total micro markets. 4 more contracts pending for 2 other locations need a site visit first, and 4 additional locations want to sign but are on hold for bandwidth. 18 machines could have contracts in the next few weeks after 3 months of pop-ins.