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Day 3 and Day 4 are building and scoring a location list by hand. VendBuddy does both in about ten minutes.

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What is inside

It opens with the 7-Day Launch Pad, which tells you which part to read on which day, and the one thing to do that day.

Day 3 and Day 4 are the slow parts — building and scoring a location list by hand. Want to expedite it? VendBuddy does the slow parts in about ten minutes.

If you want to move faster

Optional, and most readers should buy none of these yet — so each one says who it is wrong for.

The paperwork and reference set: a signable placement agreement, the pitch checklist, the 50-state distributor list, and the getting-started checklist.
Right for you if: You are about to pitch or place your first machine and you do not want to draft an agreement from scratch.
Do not buy it if: Skip it if you have not spoken to a single location yet - the free guide you just downloaded is the right next step, not this.
Everything in the pack plus 50 ranked leads pulled for your ZIP and a 14-day plan that tells you who to contact in what order.
Right for you if: You have the capital for a machine and you would rather buy back the 20-30 hours of list-building.
Do not buy it if: Skip it if you are still deciding whether to do this at all, or if $297 is a meaningful share of your machine budget. Put that money toward the machine.
Hand-built around your first placement: we do the research, shortlist real venues near you, and build the outreach with you.
Right for you if: You are funded, time-poor, and want a person involved rather than a document.
Do not buy it if: Skip it unless you have at least $3,000-$5,000 set aside for the machine itself on top of this. It is the wrong first purchase for a tight budget, and we would rather say so.

Questions

Is The Ultimate Vending Guide really free?

Yes. The whole thing, no card, no call, no trial. You confirm your email address so we know it is real, and the download link arrives immediately after. We sell other things and we mention them, but this guide is not a preview of any of them.

What is actually inside the guide?

The launch plan with honest capital numbers, the location scouting checklist with a scoring rubric for 15 venue types, the B2B pitch toolkit with scripts and objection handling, the pricing and margin guide, and the vending tax deduction guide. It opens with the 7-Day Launch Pad, which tells you which part to read on which day.

How much money do I need to start a vending machine business?

A realistic all-in budget for one placed machine is $2,900 to $5,300 once you count a used machine, a card reader, initial stock, insurance, and business formation. A stripped minimum with everything bought cheap runs $1,900 to $2,400. The guide breaks down every line.

Do I need experience or a license to start?

No experience. Licensing is usually a city or county business license plus a state sales tax permit, and a food permit only if you vend perishables. Most operators complete the paperwork in two to three weeks while they are still scouting locations.

What is the 7-Day Launch Pad?

A day-by-day sequence at the front of the guide. Each day names one section to read and one action to take, and you finish the week with a scored shortlist of real locations near you and a pitch you have said out loud. It exists because a guide that gets saved for later never gets opened.

What is VendBuddy?

The software the guide is written by. It finds and scores real vending locations in your ZIP code and gives you the decision-maker contact for each one, which is the slowest part of the week the guide describes. You can start free at vendbuddy.io/app - the guide does not require it.

The guide tells you what to do. VendBuddy does the slow part.

Real businesses in your ZIP, scored for vending potential, with the decision-maker’s contact attached. Free to start, no card.

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