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the Shopify vape ban ~

Shopify dropped vape.

Keep selling.

In June 2026 Shopify told merchants it no longer supports the sale of vaping products, and the ban reaches past the US. We move Canadian vape stores to WooCommerce, where the store is yours and someone else's policy change can't switch it off.

01

What happened.

two weeks' notice, for stores that sell legally ~

June 24

The notice.

Shopify told merchants it no longer supports the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems: devices, e-liquid, parts and refills.

July 8

The deadline.

Vape products had to come off Shopify stores by July 8, 2026, or the store faced removal.

Canada too

Not just the US.

The policy was reported as global, so Canadian retailers selling legally were caught by a ban that started with US enforcement.

02

What we move, and how.

the store comes with you, not just the logo ~

Catalogue

Products and variants

Exported from Shopify and rebuilt in WooCommerce, with flavours, strengths and images intact.

Customers

Accounts and order history

Customer accounts and past orders brought across, with a password-reset email so regulars can sign back in.

Search

Your rankings follow you

Every old Shopify address redirected to its new page, so Google, bookmarks and old links still land somewhere.

Payments

A checkout that works

Interac e-Transfer built into checkout, so orders complete without a card processor that can drop the category.

Age assurance

Age checks built in

Built into the store template, not bolted on with an app that can leave with the category.

Ownership

A store you own

Open-source store software on hosting you choose. Nobody can delist a WooCommerce store.

the fine print ~

We're developers, not lawyers. Selling vape products in Canada comes with federal and provincial rules of its own, and those stay yours to follow on any platform. What changes is that the store itself can't be switched off by someone else's policy.

Shopify policy as reported June to July 2026
Payments, in detail

How e-Transfer checkout works for a vape store.

See e-Transfer checkout →

moved, or still stuck? ~

Tell us where your store is now.

Call or text. We'll tell you what the move involves before anything else.

Call 437-676-3411