How He Built $600K/Year in Revenue With Just 18 Machines

Background

Michael D worked every blue-collar job he could find, with no college and no official training: Air Force, construction, ironwork 300 feet in the air, and two and a half years as a mailman. By the time he found Vendingpreneurs he was running a volatile crypto-mining farm in Dallas, and his wife had worked at Exxon for 20 years while he tried to make enough for her to come home. He joined in February 2024.

I found this ad. I'm very weary about these ads and everything. But then something about this Michael Hoffman guy really resonated with me.

The Challenge

Michael had tried plenty of things on his own before, and this time he needed help getting started. The wait for his first signed contract also tested his confidence.

If I'm being honest, Anthony, I needed a little push. I've done plenty of things on my own in my life, but at that point in time I just needed that push.

The Turning Point

Over dinner with his wife, Michael decided to commit, drawn partly by the program's lead system and territory structure.

We went out to dinner one night and had a discussion. I said, I think it's time. I think I'm actually going to pull the trigger.

Where They Are Now

Michael's first location, an apartment complex found through a lead that had landed in spam, was installed in April 2024 after about six weeks between pop-in and signed contract. About two years in, he runs 18 deliberately high-value machines generating roughly $650,000 in gross revenue a year, with 15-20 unsigned contracts pending and an estimate of crossing $1 million by April. His best single location, a Stockwell machine, was doing $70,000 a year. He brought his stepson Austin on as an acquirer and is formalizing him as a partner; Michael took his first personal pay from the business after about 18 months.

I've got one, that one Stockwell was doing $70,000 a year. One Stockwell. It just blows your mind, right?