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🍫 4 Locations That Are Perfect for Vape Vending Machines
Insane foot traffic here! 🤫
Hey there, Vendpreneur!
Welcome to Becoming a Vendpreneur—where every week I help you navigate the challenges of running a vending machine business, whether you’re just starting out or looking to expand your operation.
This week, we’re covering the top places where vape machines explode with sales. Spoiler: it’s way more than just bars.
Here are 4 nightlife locations that will crush it:
🍸 Bars (still solid!)
🪩 Nightclubs
💸 Strip Clubs
🎉 Festivals
But before we jump into more details, I want to share a few quick updates on my nightlife vending business, Pod Plug:
🚀 Business Updates
🇰🇷 Stretched a layover in Seoul into a full weekend. Even customized a Nike hoodie with Seoul patches! and already planning my return.
🇧🇷 Spent two deep work days in LA with Rafael, our Brazilian head of biz dev. Guy drives up weekly from San Diego and crashes on an air mattress in the office. 😅
 Sickest Nike store ever - Seoul, Korea! 🇰🇷 |  Rafael the legend passed out at 2am in the office on his air mattress with a hole 🤣 |
📧 Cold email campaign is live. In just 3 days, got 10+ replies and 3 franchise calls locked in for next week.
📬 Reddit DMs are poppin’ and I’m getting 10 a day. I’m also building a DM qualification flow before hopping on calls.
 Bless up 🙏 |  📬📬📬 |
📦 Officially scrapped the LA launch (no time), so I shipped all inventory to DFW. Post office trip took 3 hours. Never again. FedEx from now on.
📹 Filmed a YouTube video in the office with creators Johnny & Sergio.
✈️ Flying to Dallas Monday to Friday to onboard and train our new COO, Brian. Fired up to get him in the mix.
💰Resuming investor calls and raising $400K over the next 3 months.
→ If you’re interested in investing, reply to this email and I’ll send you the pitch deck.
Now, let’s dive into this week’s newsletter. 👇
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If you place your machine in the wrong spot, it might just sit there doing nothing.
But if you get it right, it can turn into a reliable source of income.
In this list, I’ll go over five locations that are actually great for vape vending machines.
They’re practical, proven, and worth looking into.
Let’s take a look. 👀
Location #1: Bars 🍸
Bars are a goldmine for vape vending machines.
Back in 2019, I landed seven bar locations for my machines in one month — they brought in $14,000 monthly.
Just like that.
A couple months later, I got introduced to a bar owner in Dallas who ran 4 more locations.
There are over 68,000 bars and nightclubs in the US (and most of them don’t have a vape vending machine).
Put your machine near the bar or patio, and you’re in business.
The demand is there.
PS. I talked about how I solved a $1 million problem bars face using my vending machines on a podcast. It's a wild story (and 100% true).
Have you ever seen a vending machine inside a bar? |
Location #2: Nightclubs 🪩
Nightclubs are 🔥 for vape machines.
Foot traffic spikes after midnight.
People are buzzed, dancing, and looking for a quick vape.
If your machine’s near the dance floor or lounge, you’re right where the action is.
It’s fast and convenient. No need to step outside or wait in line.
Here’s a stat that says it all:
15.6% of young adults at NYC EDM parties said they vaped in the last month.
If you’re not in nightclubs yet, you’re missing a big opportunity.
Location #3: Strip Clubs 💸
The average customer at a strip club spends $200–$300 a night.
Drinks are $7–15.
Food runs $10–30.
People are already in a spending mindset.
But here’s the thing: when someone steps outside to grab a vape, there’s a real chance they don’t come back.
That quick trip can kill the vibe and cut into spending.
A vape machine inside the club fixes that.
It keeps people in the building, where the money’s being made.
If you’re looking for high-spend, high-traffic locations…
Strip clubs should definitely be on your radar.
Location #4: Festivals 🎉
Festivals are full of people ready to have a good time.
No one wants to leave the crowd to find a store mid-set.
Especially during a 10-hour festival day.
Coachella 2024, for example, sold over 200,000 tickets — the most in North America.
That’s a huge crowd.
Festival-goers show up ready to spend. Your job is to make it easy.
If you’re not looking at festivals for vending, you’re missing one of the highest-volume plays out there.
What's in your must-have's in music festivals? |
By the way… Spring’s almost over, and you’ve got two choices:
Wait for the “perfect time” to start…
Or make a move now and tap into one of the most profitable niches in vending.
😎 Nightlife is where the money’s at.
If you’ve got $25–50K to invest, Pod Plug might be for you.
We place machines in high-traffic nightlife venues: bars, nightclubs, strip clubs, and more.
Just proven locations that already perform.
If you're ready to get started…
And That’s a Wrap!
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See you next Saturday!
-Ethan
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