New to vending? Get every document you need to place your first machine.
All three kits in one bundle: the LLC and permit checklist, a 50-state distributor list, word-for-word walk-in scripts, a placement agreement and a day-by-day 30-day plan. 83 pages. $69, once.
You don’t need to know everything to start. You need the steps in the right order, and the words for when the door opens.
Two bonus documents come with the bundle, free:
- The First 30 Days Operator CalendarFREE · 8 pages · bundle only
A dated day-by-day plan from the day you buy to the day a machine is installed and taking money. It does not repeat the kits — it tells you which one to open on which day, when to file, when to walk into buildings, and the one condition that has to be true before you buy a machine. - The Restock and Route Log PackFREE · 8 pages · bundle only
Five printable templates for after the machine is in: the per-visit restock log, the route sheet, a per-machine monthly P&L one-pager, a par-level and product performance sheet, and a service log. Each with a field list, how to fill it in, and a worked example.
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Three real pages from the bundle, as they come out of the download.
Or pick one kit
Each kit is sold on its own too. The cart starts with all three ticked (that is the bundle); remove the ones you do not want and the checkout bar at the bottom updates.
You have decided to do this, and you do not know what to file, in what order, or where the machine actually comes from.
- Getting-Started Checklist — 10 pages. LLC, EIN, permits, sales tax, insurance and record-keeping in the order that makes each step unblock the next, with cost bands and a week-by-week timeline.
- Vending Machine Distributor List (all 50 states) — 8 pages. The three buying lanes with named sellers, the 15-point used-machine inspection, and the freight and delivery-receipt trap.
- Vending Terms Glossary — 8 pages. 96 terms, each with what it does to your money rather than just a definition.
The list is built and you still have not contacted anyone, because writing twelve first emails is twelve small unpleasant tasks.
- Five copy-paste prompts — venue research, the 45-second and 15-second walk-in pitch, the cold email, the 4/10/21-day follow-up, and an objection rehearsal that role-plays the venue back at you.
- For every prompt you get three things. What to put in each bracketed slot. What a good output looks like. And the seven or eight ways the model gets it wrong, with the exact sentence that fixes each one.
- A guardrail on all five that stops the model writing an income claim into your pitch. Runs on the free tier of ChatGPT or Claude.
You already know which building. You do not know what to say when the door opens.
- Cold Walk-In Pitch Script, word for word and then annotated line by line, with variants for offices, gyms, apartments, warehouses and salons, plus phone, voicemail and 15-second versions.
- Twelve objections answered, each with what the objection actually means underneath it, plus the seven-item carry list and a post-pitch log.
- A plain-English Placement Agreement in seven annotated sections, with a commission ladder and a filled-in worked example.
Two kits: 10% off, rounded in your favour.
What is a vending machine starter kit?
A vending machine starter kit is a set of documents. It takes a new operator from decision to first placed machine. It has the business setup checklist (LLC, EIN, permits, sales tax, insurance). It has a distributor list for buying the machine. And it has the pitch scripts and placement agreement used to land the location.
VendBuddy sells these as three one-time kits. The Starter Kit is $27. The AI Location Pitch Pack is $27. The Location Playbook is $47. Or get all three together for $69. The bundle also adds two bonus documents that are not sold separately. None of them is a subscription, nothing renews, and every file downloads the moment you pay.
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Done for you
These are not downloads. They are built after you buy, so they have their own pages and their own checkout — and each ships the document library above as an instant bonus while your work is built.
One ZIP code. The fifty best locations for a machine, each scored, with the best contact on file where we find one. Delivered automatically, in minutes.
- 50 scored locations, verified street addresses only
- A title to ask for on every row, name/email/phone where one resolves
- CSV plus a one-page report, emailed automatically
- No subscription, no renewal
You know what to say and have nobody to say it to. Fifty researched, ranked locations in your city, built by hand.
- 50 ranked locations in your city
- The product pack and a 14-day action plan
- 90 days of VendBuddy Starter
- Plus the welcome PDF and bonus document library, instantly
Funded, time-poor, and you want a person involved rather than a document. Built by hand, only a few open at a time.
- 300 scored leads across your metro
- A 1:1 strategy session and your state agreement filled in
- 6 months of VendBuddy Starter
- Plus the complete operator document library, instantly
Or read the whole thing first
The kits above are the fill-in-the-blank version. This is the argument underneath them, written out end to end — and it is on Amazon rather than here, so it is not part of the cart. Prefer a guided one-time bundle instead? See the Locations Playbook offer.
Most vending content is income porn. This is the other book. It tells you why a machine in a bad location earns nothing, no matter what you stock in it. It covers the Location-First Rule, the Parking-Lot Test, the walk-in word for word, the 100-Door Math, and what a route is worth if you ever sell it. Paperback, hardcover and Kindle.
See it on Amazon →More kits
Vending Location Proposal Kit · $29Proposal template: nine sections, every [BRACKET] explained, sample language for each, and a send checklist.See what is inside →Route Buyer's Due-Diligence Kit · $49Due-diligence checklist: six stages from paperwork to closing, plus the red flags that should pause a deal.See what is inside →Vending Profit Spreadsheet · $19Machines tab: per-machine sales, product cost, card fees, commission, restock time, other costs, monthly profit, margin and payback in months.See what is inside →Placement Agreement + Proposal Kit · $39Placement agreement: term and renewal, commission on net sales, service levels, location duties, insurance, equipment ownership, removal and signatures, with notes on the choices that matter.See what is inside →Pokemon Vending Machine Business Kit · $29Product mix and pricing sheet: what goes in each slot, how to set a price from landed cost and local prices, bundles and labels.See what is inside →Looking for the tiered document sets instead? They are on the shop page.
Need the physical gear too? The Route Starter Checklist puts the hand truck, totes, coin counter and locks in one Amazon cart.
The kits cover the walk-in. The other half is inbound: a small site with your own machine photos and a request-a-machine form, built with AI in an evening. Start with how to build a vending website with AI, then the vending website SEO guide and how to get inbound leads. The builders we recommend are on our partners page.
Want the ongoing tool rather than documents? That is the VendBuddy app, which has a free tier.