About VendingStartup: Free Vending Route Guides and Math

VendingStartup is an independent site. VendingStartup publishes free vending machine business guides and route economics calculators, built on real equipment and commission numbers.

What this site is

Vending route economics come down to arithmetic most guides skip: machine cost, restock frequency, location commission percentage, and per-slot margin. We publish that math with actual dollar figures pulled from equipment listings and operator-reported commission ranges, so someone weighing a first machine can run the numbers before buying anything.

How we work

Figures come from current equipment marketplace listings, distributor price sheets, and commission structures reported by operators in public vending forums and trade materials. Guides are drafted with AI assistance and checked against those sources before publishing, covered in our editorial policy. We re-check equipment pricing periodically since machine costs shift with the used market.

How we make money

All of it is free to read, with no paywall. We earn affiliate commissions when readers buy vending equipment or route-building courses through links here, disclosed in full in our disclosure.

Corrections

Equipment prices and commission ranges move. If a number's stale, tell us through contact and we'll update it with a date.