To sell a vending machine business online, post it here and the operators already buying in your metro can talk to you in a private chat on VendBuddy. No listing fee, no commission on the sale, and your email, phone and address stay off the listing and out of the chat until you decide to share them. Getting out, downsizing, or holding a location you cannot service? It takes about two minutes.
A person reads your submission within 24 hours and confirms the details with you before anything goes public. Then it goes live anonymised, and buyers in your area get it — priority members the same day, everyone else 7 days later. When a buyer raises their hand, a private encrypted chat opens between the two of you here and we email you both the link. Neither side sees the other side’s email address, so you decide how much to share and when. The deal itself is yours: we take no cut, we never hold the money, and for anything over a few hundred dollars both of you should use a licensed escrow company. When you mark it sold we ask once whether you want to tip, and no is a complete answer.
A real person reads every submission. If it is a fit we confirm the details with you and put it in front of buyers in your area. When one raises their hand, a private encrypted chat opens between the two of you here on VendBuddy and we email you the link.
Need to change or pull it? Just reply to the confirmation email we just sent.
Nothing. No listing fee, no success fee, no commission on the sale price. Once you mark a listing sold we ask, one time, whether you want to leave a tip — most sellers who do land on 10%, and skipping it costs you nothing and changes nothing. Beyond that we are paid by the $49 buyer Priority Pass and by VendBuddy subscriptions, so the sell side stays free.
Nobody, until you say so. The public listing shows the type, a city or ZIP prefix, a price band and your description — never your email, phone or street address. When a buyer raises their hand we open a private encrypted chat between the two of you and email you the link. The buyer cannot see your email address there, and you cannot see theirs. If you want to swap phone numbers, that is a decision you make in the conversation rather than one we make for you.
We confirm every listing with the seller within 24 hours. Once it goes live, priority buyers in your area are emailed immediately and everyone else sees it 7 days later.
An existing route (any size), individual machines you want to move, or leads — locations that agreed to a machine but that you cannot service. All three trade constantly and all three are welcome here.
Most routes trade at roughly 12 to 24 months of net profit, weighted heavily by whether the location agreements are in writing and how long they run. Run your numbers through the route valuation tool before you set an asking price — and it is fine to list without one.
Any time, for any reason. Reply to the confirmation email and it comes down the same day.