Remote control telemetering machines and apparatus for vending machines, automated merchandising machines, and micro market vending machines; telematics apparatus, namely, wired and wireless Internet devices which provide telematics services and have a cellular phone function, a wireless local area network function, and Ethernet function for vending machines, automated merchandising machines, and micro market vending machines; computer hardware for vending machines, automated merchandising machines, and micro market vending machines, namely, credit card and mobile payment readers for acceptance and processing of payments; downloadable software for vending machines, automated merchandising machines, and micro market vending machines for acceptance and processing of payments; remote management and reporting tools for vending machines, automated merchandising machines, and micro market vending machines, namely, software for data management, inventory monitoring and management, sales tracking and cash and cashless monitoring and management, item, route, and vending machine location management, route planning and optimization, machine product layout planning, remote item price changing, remote item information changing, remote energy control changing, remote machine access control changing, remote machine enable and disable changing, remote customer authorization, remote item authorization, filling and servicing scheduling, pick lists, and service call planning, remote monitoring of machine functioning and operations, and alerts via text and email related to monitoring and need for service; computer software that provides web-based access to applications and services through a web operating system or portal interface for vending machines, automated merchandising machines, and micro market vending machines