Vending business

Episode #61

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Someone posts “selling my vending machines, need them gone” on Facebook Marketplace. To most people it looks like junk. To you it looks like discounted cashflow.

✅ You’re selling restock reliability to property managers, not snacks.

WHY THIS WORKS

Vending is boring, so deals exist. Many operators quit because they hate driving, inventory, and repairs. Locations get neglected and under-earned. Your edge is operations: pick good locations, keep stock simple, add cashless, and show up consistently. Your real asset becomes location rights plus trust, not the metal machine.

PROOF IT’S REAL

The vending machine hustle is boring on purpose, and VendSoft’s profit breakdown shows why people keep doing it: a typical machine can bring in ~$150–$400/month in gross revenue, and after the unsexy costs (inventory, location commission, fuel, maintenance), VendSoft estimates ~25%–35% net profit, or roughly $40–$120/month take-home per machine.

That’s also why “location finders” exist as their own paid lane. Vending Locator publishes an affiliate/commission model for helping operators secure locations, which is basically proof that route owners will pay for placement help because it unlocks the whole machine’s revenue. And you can find real operator discussions in forums and threads where people compare what worked, what didn’t, and why bad locations kill the math, which is the exact problem a niche specialist can fix.

If one machine nets $75–$150/week, 10 machines clustered can produce $750–$1,500/week. To hit $10k/month, you might need 25–40 machines depending on net per machine and route efficiency.

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Pressure washing is crowded, but the real problem is not competition. It’s sameness. Everyone says “we do driveways and siding.” Customers are actually searching specific fears: roof damage, algae stains, “soft wash,” and “how often should I clean this.” Jobber’s pressure washing marketing guide even points out that ads target “pressure washing near me” and similar terms because people are already hunting for a fix.

Here’s the opening: most pressure washing companies still do not answer the scary questions. They hide pricing. They skip education. They post one blurry photo. That is the broken market. The operator who wins is the one who removes doubt with proof and safety.

Build one page per “anxious service.” Roof soft wash. Mold removal. Paver cleaning. Each page gets 5 FAQs, 3 before and afters, and a simple “what it costs” range. You stop selling “pressure washing.” You sell “safe roof cleaning that won’t wreck shingles.”

Create 3 “fear pages” (roof, mold, pavers) with FAQs and price ranges, then run all ads to those pages.

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