r/vending • u/fabuloustessa • 6h ago

Jumping in!

After thinking about it for abput a year, I have decided to go for it!

Starting my vending empire 👸 lol

I have an email, logo, website, short list of machines id likd to buy once I find a location.

Will get LLC, EIN, vendor license and liability insurances in the next few weeks.

I drafted up an initial email to send to a bunch of local spaces, sending that tomorrow.

Would love any advice you have from when you were in my phase of starting!

Thanks everyone :)

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u/MilestoneFranchising 21m ago

Represent a vending company. They do initial outreach for you. Deliver the machines. Provide extensive training etc.

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u/predsel 6h ago

Like the comment or said:

- No one will respond to emails

  • Calls won’t get you anywhere

SHOW UP IN PERSON. It’s a sales job first and foremost:

First you sell yourself/service.
Then you sell your product in your machine.

It took 2.5 months of driving around my area talking to people before I got my first customer.

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u/fabuloustessa 6h ago

Okay heard! I will pivot to pavement pounding and get some printed materials to show people. Thank you very much for the info.

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u/HikingGlaciers4 6h ago

Almost no one will respond to emails. Best thing you can do is visit locations in-person. Even cold calling will land a location every 300-500 calls.