What is the Vending on Track Connectivity Platform?

The Connectivity Platform is Vending on Track’s connectivity-as-a-service product — a vending machine API that lets third parties read live machine data and control machines from their own software. Rather than building telemetry hardware and a cloud backend yourself, you connect to our platform and get sales, inventory, machine status, remote vend and cashless payment through documented endpoints. We handle the device and the MDB connection; you own the product and the user experience.

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Who it’s for

  • Software products & apps adding vending, loyalty or payment features without building hardware.
  • ERP & inventory systems that need live machine stock and sales to flow in automatically.
  • Smart-building, campus and facility platforms managing unattended retail as one more connected asset.
  • Machine manufacturers (OEMs) adding connectivity to their hardware under their own brand.

What you can do through the API

  • Live machine data — real-time sales, inventory per coil and machine status.
  • Events & alerts — fault, sell-out and offline notifications pushed as they happen.
  • Remote vend — trigger a dispense programmatically to support customers or run promotions.
  • Cashless payment — work with the same payment rails behind VendCoin.

The same connected capabilities power Vending on Track’s own vending management system and mobile app, so you build on proven, production infrastructure.

How integration works

  1. Submit the EOI form — VoT platform engineers review it and contact you by email.
  2. Our engineers walk your team through the Connectivity Platform API documentation.
  3. We set up a testing and staging environment with virtual vending machines, so you can build and test against real API responses before any hardware ships.

Once the integration is ready for proof-of-concept deployment, VoT prepares sample units and a vending machine evaluation kit for you to debug and roll out to a small-scale fleet.

Build on a proven connected platform

You’re not the first to connect to it — the Connectivity Platform is the same infrastructure that runs Vending on Track’s telemetry, inventory management and PPE Vending Manager products. That means battle-tested device firmware, 4G LTE connectivity and a cloud backend already handling live fleets.

Ready to integrate vending into your product? Register your interest or talk to our team — we respond within 1 business day.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Vending on Track Connectivity Platform?

The Connectivity Platform is Vending on Track’s connectivity-as-a-service product — a vending machine API that lets third parties read live machine data and control machines from their own software. Instead of building telemetry hardware and a cloud backend yourself, you connect to our platform and get sales, inventory, machine status, remote vend and cashless payment through documented endpoints.

Who is the Connectivity Platform for?

It is for software companies, OEMs and integrators that want vending or unattended-retail functionality inside their own product — loyalty and payment apps, ERP or inventory systems, smart-building and campus platforms, or machine manufacturers adding connectivity to their hardware. You own the user experience; we handle the device, the MDB connection and the data pipeline.

How do I integrate with the vending machine API?

Submit the EOI form and our platform engineers will email you, walk your team through the API documentation, and set up a testing and staging environment with virtual vending machines so you can build against real responses without hardware. When you are ready for a proof of concept, we supply sample units and an evaluation kit to deploy to a small fleet.

Do I need to buy hardware to start building?

No. You can start against virtual vending machines in the staging environment and develop the full integration before any hardware ships. Sample units and an evaluation kit follow at the proof-of-concept stage.

What can I do through the API?

Read real-time sales, inventory and machine status, receive event and fault notifications, trigger a remote vend, and work with cashless payment — the same connected capabilities that power Vending on Track’s own telemetry and vending management system.