Case study · Clubs

Punto Market, vending machines for buildings and offices.

Punto Market is a network of vending machines inside residential buildings, offices and clubs in Chile, run as a benefits club for the people who buy there. Cambalache designed and built the app that connects each purchase to the machine: scan the QR, pay from the phone and the machine drops the product.

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Client: Punto Market
Industry: Clubs & memberships
Location: Chile
Platforms: Web and Vending machines
Status: Live

01The client

Punto Market puts vending machines inside buildings, condominiums, offices and clubs in Chile, and calls itself the first benefits club for vending machines.

02The idea

Turn the vending machine into a 24/7 store inside the building: buyers sign up once, pay from their phone and get discounts for buying there.

03What we built

A web app where buyers sign up and join the benefits club
QR payment at the machine: pick the product, scan the code and pay from the phone
A direct integration with the machine, so the payment releases any product on its shelves
Promotions and discounts for members
A wallet to load credit and buy with it
The pmarket.cl website, with a form for buildings that want a machine

04How we worked

Every flow was tested on site with the real machines: scan the QR, pay in test mode and check that the product drops.

05Stack

Bubble

06The launch

Live at pmarket.cl, with machines in buildings, offices and clubs.

The product

Live, with real users.

Two Punto Market machines in the lobby of a building

The machine screen: pick the product, choose how to pay, pay

Paying from the phone in front of the machine, during on-site testing

Purchases paid from the phone and delivered by the machine

Discounts and a prepaid wallet for regular buyers

One app for every machine in the network

Quick answers

About Punto Market, in short.

Who built Punto Market?

Punto Market was designed and built by Cambalache, a product studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that ships fixed-price MVPs, platforms and AI agents.

What is Punto Market?

An app connected to a network of vending machines in buildings, offices and clubs: scan the machine's QR, pay from your phone and the machine drops the product, with discounts and a wallet you load with credit.

Which platforms does Punto Market run on?

Web and Vending machines.

What tech stack does Punto Market use?

Bubble.

How much does it cost to build a product like Punto Market?

It depends on the scope. A product like Punto Market usually starts from one of our fixed-price packages: Validate, $3,900 in 2 weeks for one core flow or one automated process; Launch, from $8,000 in 8 weeks; or Scale, from $15,000 in 10–14 weeks for marketplaces and heavy integrations. You get the exact price and launch date in writing before any code is written.

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