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The VendingFinder Score

A score you can't buy.
Only earn.

Every machine on the platform carries a number from 0 to 100. It isn't a rating someone typed, it's a measurement, taken mostly by the machine itself, updated continuously, and displayed in public whether the operator likes it or not. That's the point.

96/100
Wynndo Wall at Brickell City Centre

Recomputed continuously from live telemetry and verified purchases. Yesterday it was 95.

The formula

Five measurements. One number.

The weights are public because trust doesn't hide its math.

Uptime

Does it work when you walk up?
30%

Stock accuracy

Is what the page says actually inside?
25%

Freshness

Are dates tracked and honored?
20%

Review sentiment

What do verified buyers say?
15%

Issue response

When it breaks, how fast is it fixed?
10%

Recent performance weighs more than old performance. A machine can redeem itself, and a great machine can't coast.

Where the data comes from

Measured by machines, not marketing.

Uptime and stock, from telemetry

Live-tier machines report their own status and inventory continuously. When a vend fails or a coil runs dry, the machine says so itself. There's no version of events to argue about.

Source: the machine

Freshness, from sensors and checks

Expiration tracking on fresh items, flagged on the machine's page before you buy. Items past date are pulled from listings automatically, a machine selling expired stock bleeds score fast.

Source: the machine + spot checks

Sentiment, from verified buyers only

A review can only be written by someone who actually bought from that machine, tied to a real transaction. Every star is a receipt. Operators can respond, never edit or remove.

Source: real purchases

Response, from the clock

When an issue is reported, a timer starts. Acknowledgment, fix, and refund speed all count. Great operators treat a jam like a fire alarm, and the score notices.

Source: issue timestamps

Cause and effect

What moves the number.

What sends it up

  • Months of quiet, boring uptime
  • Stock counts that match reality, every time
  • Fresh items rotated before their dates
  • Issues fixed in hours, refunds in seconds
  • Verified buyers coming back, and saying so

What drags it down

  • Dead machines wearing a "working" face
  • "In stock" pages over empty coils
  • Expired items left in rotation
  • Reported issues aging in silence
  • A pattern of one-star receipts
90 to 100Excellent. The machines people detour for. Locations shortlist these operators first.
75 to 89Reliable. Solid fleet, occasional slips, fixes them fast.
50 to 74Inconsistent. Works most days. The page tells you which days.
Below 50On notice. Buyers see the warning. So does every location the operator pitches.

Integrity rules

The lines we don't cross.

No pay-to-play. Ever.Scores and rankings cannot be bought, boosted, or sponsored. Not by operators, not by advertisers, not by us.
Live means live.The Live badge is earned by connected telemetry only. Stale data never wears it, one honest "Listed" beats a hundred fake "in stocks."
Reviews are receipts.No purchase, no review. Transactions are cryptographically tied to ratings; fraud patterns are detected and purged.
Operators can answer, never erase.Responses are public. Deletion isn't an option, for anyone, at any price.
Redemption is built in.Recent performance outweighs history. Fix your fleet and the score follows, we publish the comeback too.
The math stays public.Weights and changes to them are published on this page. If we adjust the formula, you'll read why here first.

Good operators have nothing to fear.
They have a marketing department.

Put your machines on the map See a 96 in the wild

The score is free, public, and permanent, like trust should be.