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the hard kind ~
Vape, nicotine and cannabis retailers get turned away by processors and platforms that treat the whole category as a risk. We build the store around that.
You shouldn't spend the first meeting explaining your own industry to your developer.
What a licensed retailer hears from an acquirer that won't take the category, whatever card the customer is holding.
The merchant code smoke and vape shops sit under. Miscoding to 5999 to get approved is itself a violation. We won't build a store around a code you aren't entitled to.
The reason code restricted merchants get listed under when an account is terminated. The listing follows the owner for years, so the checkout is built to never put you there.
Built on WooCommerce, where the store is yours and a platform policy change can't switch it off.
The order completes without a card in it. Order placed, payment instructions sent, shipped when the transfer lands. A Canadian rail, built right into the checkout.
Age checks built into the store template. Built to Registrar's Standard 5.2 for cannabis retail.
Cannabis stores can't advertise like other shops: no testimonials or endorsements, and no lifestyle imagery. We design around those rules from the start, so the review widgets and lifestyle photos a typical store template comes with never make it onto your site.
Hidden pricing, manual account approval and wholesale ordering for distributors selling to retailers.
A page that sits in front of the store so paid social can run in a restricted category, plus the social presence behind it.
Points, bulk pricing and campaigns built into the store, not rented from an app that can drop the category.
the fine print ~
We build to your counsel's requirements; we're developers, not your lawyers. But we know Moneris lists cannabis flat, Stripe prohibits it outright, and BRAM fines your acquirer rather than you, so we design the checkout for the market you actually sell in.
Processor policies checked September 2026declined, shut down or dropped? ~
Call and we'll tell you what's possible for your category before anything else.
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