If you are doing your research about the different locating companies out there, and I hope you are, you will start to notice that there are two main types of locating companies. Some companies locate do telemarketing, while others, like us, locate machines in person.

In-person locating is where a locator actually comes out to your area to work with you one on one to get your machines placed. This is the type of locating we specialize in. We will send someone to meet you, and you tell the person which areas you would like to place machines in, and he or she will go into all the businesses in these areas and talk to the owners about allowing you to place a machine there. Some may think that going door-to-door is “slow” or “old-fashioned”, but we have found the highest success rate with this method. Depending on the type of machines you are locating, you may want to take the time to go around with the locator and put the machines in location right on the spot. This is what we recommend, and this will ensure that the machines get placed without any problems or misunderstandings.

With telemarketing, or “telephone locating” as some companies call it in order to make the processes sound more complicated, the locating company will just call a whole bunch of businesses in your specified zip code until they find enough locations for your machines. Usually, they will require additional zip codes.

The biggest downfall to telemarketing is that the success rate is not nearly as good over the phone. This actually matters a lot, especially if you have a lot of machines. You want to have your machines as close together as possible, and you want a tight route so you aren’t wasting your time driving 10 or 15 minutes out of your way for one or two machines. Yes, telemarketing can be faster and a little bit cheaper, but if you route is too spread out, it will not be worth your time. This single point makes telemarketing a bad idea in our opinion, which is why we do not offer these services.