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Unattended Vending and Retail Operations

by Vendekin

Enable mobile transactions at compatible vending units.

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Headquarters
India
Deployment
Public SaaS, Edge/Local
Services
Installation, Support & Maintenance, Data Analytics
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About Unattended Vending and Retail Operations

Vendekin Retrobox adds a digital transaction workflow to compatible vending machines and unattended kiosks. It connects a customer’s phone to the machine over Bluetooth and links operating information with vNetra management software.

How it works

Sense
Receive a customer vending selection
Connect
Connect the phone and machine through Bluetooth
Analyze
Process the supported transaction workflow
Act
Dispense selected products and review backend data

Does it fit your project?

Best suited to

  • Operators retrofitting unattended machines
  • Retail teams digitizing vending transactions

You need

  • Compatible machine and Retrobox installation
  • Configured payment and backend services

Limitations

  • Available functions depend on machine integration
  • Machine compatibility needs installation assessment

Cost estimate

1 site, 10 assets, United States, in USD
$2,000 – $6,400
$400 – $1,300
Estimated first year, by component
$900 – $2,800$700 – $2,300$400 – $1,300
Hardware$900 – $2,800

Sensors, gateways and spare units

Installation and setup$700 – $2,300

Site survey, mounting, commissioning and configuration

Software and services$400 – $1,300

Platform subscription, connectivity, data and support

This is an estimate by IoT Apps based on comparable deployments, not a quote from Vendekin.
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Questions and answers

Does the machine need its own internet connection?

Retrobox describes using the customer-phone workflow instead.

Must customers install a separate app?

The product page says no additional app is required.

Where can operators review information?

Retrobox links with vNetra backend software.

What does a deployment cost?

For 1 site with 10 monitored assets in United States, IoT Apps estimates $2,000 – $6,400 in the first year and $400 – $1,300 every year after. This is an estimate based on comparable deployments, not a quote from Vendekin.

VendorVendekin, India
IndustryRetail, Food & Beverage, Commercial
Use casesInventory Tracking, Process Optimization, Process Automation
DeploymentPublic SaaS, Edge/Local
ServicesInstallation, Support & Maintenance, Data Analytics, Software Platform
Hardware modelRequired, Mixed Ecosystem, Gateway-Agnostic
Available inIndia, United Kingdom, United States

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