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VendPlacer: $12K in 30 days for a 22,664-location directory
VendPlacer is a directory for finding vending machine locations and contacting property owners. Its $12K in the last 30 days is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.
What it actually sells
VendPlacer is a directory for finding vending machine locations and contacting property owners. Users can browse spaces by city and venue type, explore location details, contact property owners, and confirm placement terms with VendPlacer.
The directory serves vending machine operators seeking locations and property owners offering space. Its stated workflow is: “Search vending machine locations by city and venue type. Explore location details, contact property owners, and confirm placement terms with VendPlacer.”
How it charges
The pages we read do not state a price. They describe searching by city and venue type, exploring location details, contacting property owners, and agreeing on availability and placement terms before placing a machine.
Month by month
Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.
| Month | Revenue (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $59 |
| 2026-05 | $1,324 |
| 2026-06 | $2,290 |
| 2026-07 | $9,268 |
| 2026-08 | $11,615 |
| 2026-09 | $11,246 |
Where customers come from
No customer-acquisition channels are disclosed on the pages we read or in the founder information provided. The visible product surface is a location directory searchable by city and venue type, with property-owner contact and placement terms in the workflow.
What stands out
VendPlacer lists 22,664 locations across 413 cities. It recorded $12K in 30 days, verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of 2026-09-30. The directory also supports agreeing on availability and placement terms.
From the official site
Search vending machine locations by city and venue type. Explore location details, contact property owners, and confirm placement terms with VendPlacer.
Connect with property owners and confirm placement terms.
Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.
Where it sits in the data
VendPlacer's $12K in the last 30 days is higher than 94% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Marketplace” category (134 projects) it is higher than 87% (category median $308). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.
Currency
All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.
Could you build something like this?
My view is that the directory software is the straightforward part. The demand question is whether vending machine operators will use location searches and whether property owners will respond. Distribution would need to reach operators searching by city and venue type and property owners offering space.
Building the location inventory, keeping details current, handling property-owner responses, and supporting both sides would create substantial operational work. Regulation, support load, and competition would also depend on the market and the business model.
Verdict: Needs real work.
One thing to take from it
My view is that VendPlacer presents a defined buyer, vending machine operators, with location search, property-owner contact, and placement terms in one workflow. The useful lesson is to show the search criteria and contact process clearly.
Sources
- VendPlacer official website, fetched October 1, 2026
- TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026
Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure