Pre-call resources
We want to make sure you get the most out of your upcoming call with the Vendingpreneurs team! So, before you hop on, watch the following videos. You’ll get answers to common questions about running a vending business and the Vendingpreneurs program.
That way, your call can be all about you and your potential route.
Every member gets guided onboarding and full community access to the community from day one, including calls, tools, and vendor partnerships. Beyond that, your access to leads, coaching, and additional resources scales with the tier and level of support you choose.
Vendingpreneurs gives you a custom-built tool to find, organize, and reach out to potential locations, cutting down what would normally take weeks of legwork. As you build consistency in the program, additional nationally sourced opportunities may become available.
Earnings vary based on your locations, product mix, and how many machines you're running. The bigger numbers you've likely heard about come from routes (multiple machines in multiple locations) built over time, not a single machine, and there's a consistent formula behind every one of them.
Every number below is that member’s own topline revenue, in their own words on camera. What a route earns depends on its locations, its machines, and the work behind it.
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$20K a month and up. The top of what we publish, not what a first year looks like.
$43K/mo · 40 machines · 20 locations · About two years in
A Denver-based software sales manager started vending on paternity leave as an AI-layoff hedge, growing to about $43K a month across roughly 40 machines.
$41K/mo · 22 locations · 11 months in
Musa Sadi was a burned-out hospitality manager who tragically lost his mother and brother in 2025. He binged every video on our founder Mike Hoffman’s YouTube channel in one overnight sitting and less than a year after joining Vendingpreneurs, he hit $41,000 a month.
$36K/mo · 16 machines · About a year in
A 20-year medical device sales rep and his stay-at-home wife, both once burned flipping houses, built a vending route to $36K/month in about a year.
$22–25K/mo · 4 locations · 18 months in
Shannon relocated to Seattle for her husband’s job, started vending to help fund a home remodel, and turned one micro market into $22-25K a month.
3 stories
$10K to $20K a month. Routes built around a job, a family, or both.
$12K/mo · 7 locations · 4 months to his first install
“I’m not going to lie to you, I almost gave up… Before that I felt like I was just walking against the wind.”
Four months of pop-ins without landing a single location. He joined in August and his first install did not come until mid-December. His route is seven locations doing about $12,000 a month now.
$10–12K/mo · 6 locations · 10 months in
A stay-at-home mom of five years pushed her husband for three months to back a vending business, and ten months later runs six locations doing $10-12K a month.
$10.5K/mo · 10 locations · Around a full-time job
A 22-year law enforcement veteran and detective sergeant built a 10-location vending route around his full-time job, with one location on track for $8K.
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Under $10K a month, and most of them are still early. These took the longest, or nearly did not happen at all. We publish them for the same reason we publish the rest.
$7K/mo · 18 locations · 30 days in
A food-truck owner, facing a saturated, seasonal market, bought an 18-location drink route, doing $7,000/month within his first 30 days in vending.
$7K/mo · 6 months to his first placement
“Although it’s scary and there’s a lot of risk involved, you’re the one that’s in control of your own journey.”
A law-school graduate who left investment banking compliance work, then spent six months before he secured a single placement. His route was doing close to $7K a month inside the first year.
$5.5K/mo · 15 locations · Three years in
A 66-year-old retiring from auto sales built a 15-location vending route mostly on his own, drawn in by vending’s low capital threshold.
$4K/mo · 6 locations · Around a full-time job · Joined March 2025
“When everybody tells me ‘I don’t have time for this,’ I’m like, ‘Call me. Let me tell you about time.’”
A physician assistant with two kids and a full-time job. Her first two machines sat in storage before she turned them into a six-location route doing $4K a month.
Before we talk
A focused call is easier when the business basics are already clear.
Know the city or region where you want to place machines.
Bring any location, machine, or financing questions you already have.
Review your available budget and the timeline you want to work toward.
Know your goals and why you want to develop income that you truly own - this will be your north star throughout the program.
Grab a time that works for you and we'll walk through your situation together.