Question 1

What does VenuMark replace?

Accepted Answer

The PDF application, the Google Form, the email chain, and the spreadsheet. If you're running food vendor applications through any of those today, VenuMark consolidates the workflow with compliance scoring built in.

Question 2

Is the inspection data legitimate?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Florida DBPR (Department of Business and Professional Regulation) publishes inspection records as public data. VenuMark syncs that data weekly and presents it as VMScore. We don't make the data, the state does. We make it readable.

Question 3

Do my vendors have to sign up?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Free for them. Vendors fill out a profile and document vault once, then apply to every future event in two clicks. Most vendors prefer one place to maintain documents over resubmitting them every event.

Question 4

What if I'm not in Florida?

Accepted Answer

The application workflow works anywhere. The compliance data layer (VMScore) is Florida-only today, every food truck and caterer licensed by Florida DBPR. We're tracking expansion based on demand. Contact us with where you operate.

Question 5

Can I downgrade if my event volume drops?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Switch tiers any time. Going from Growth back to Free keeps your data, you just hit the active event limit until you upgrade again.

Question 6

What does "active event" mean?

Accepted Answer

An event with applications open or under review. Closed and completed events don't count toward your limit. A brewery running one recurring weekly event stays on Free indefinitely.

Question 7

Is there a contract?

Accepted Answer

Monthly plans are month-to-month, cancel anytime. Annual plans bill yearly with two months free. Enterprise is scoped per pilot, no off-the-shelf contract.

Question 8

Does this work for our city's procurement process?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every approved vendor decision generates a documented audit trail with sources, timestamps, and the decision-maker's name. Your procurement and risk teams can review or export the file at any time.

Question 9

Can our event coordinator share applications with city legal before approving?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Application detail pages have shareable internal links. Your legal team can view, comment, or hold an application before it is approved.

Question 10

How does this integrate with our existing event permitting system?

Accepted Answer

Pro and Enterprise tiers include API access for export to your permitting system. For most cities, the simplest workflow is exporting approved vendor data as CSV at event close.

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