Media & Partnerships
Google, Meta, and TikTok don't allow ads in this industry. The buyers moved to where the industry operates: directories, buyer guides, and industry newsletters. Placements on SmokeAxis reach independent smoke, vape, head, and cigar shop owners mid-research, not mid-scroll.
The mainstream ad platforms prohibit this vertical. The buyers didn't disappear.
They research wholesale sourcing where the industry operates. A placement here is the reach you can't buy anywhere else: next to the listings and guides shop owners already rely on.
Why it works
Placements sit on the category, state, and supplier pages shop owners already use to source inventory. Your message meets buyers mid-research, not mid-scroll.
Every advertiser passes compliance review and every unit is clearly labeled. Your business sits in a clean environment, next to listings buyers already rely on.
Business-promotion creative built for wholesale: your company, your MOQ, your service area, your stockist CTA. No retail noise, no wasted reach.
The rate card
Rates are set from measured traffic per placement and shared on request. Month-to-month or quarterly terms. No annual lock-in.
No. 01Target a category
Ideal for
Distributors and brands who own one category and want every buyer researching it to see them.
No. 02Win your region
Ideal for
Suppliers whose edge is proximity: same-region shipping, local reps, state-specific compliance familiarity.
No. 03Reach the whole trade
Ideal for
B2B services (payments, age verification, POS, insurance, compliance) whose customers are locked out of mainstream ad platforms too. We also accept a limited number of sponsored articles, subject to editorial review. Ask when you inquire.
In situ
A buyer researches a category or state page they already use to source inventory.
Your unit runs in that research, clearly labeled "Sponsored", next to listings buyers rely on.
The relationship is yours. SmokeAxis is a directory, not a marketplace: buyers deal with you directly, and no transaction runs through us.
Process
Tell us who you are and which placement interests you.
We vet every advertiser against our category and regulatory standards.
Business-promotion creative is checked before anything runs.
Month-to-month or quarterly terms. No annual lock-in.
Standards
A clean, labeled, vetted environment is what makes the placement worth buying.
You can't run there: those platforms prohibit ads in this vertical, for suppliers and for most services that sell to shops. SmokeAxis is where the audience actually researches wholesale sourcing, so your placement reaches buyers you can't buy anywhere else.
Independent smoke, vape, head, and cigar shop owners and buyers researching wholesale sourcing and state compliance across the US.
Rates are set from measured traffic per placement and shared on request. Terms are month-to-month or quarterly, with no annual lock-in.
Business-promotion creative: your company, wholesale focus, MOQ, service area, category lines, and a stockist or wholesale-account CTA. Not permitted: retail prices, direct-purchase CTAs, flavors, dosages, or health claims.
No. Every advertiser passes compliance review, and regulated categories carry additional screening. That's deliberate: it's what keeps the environment worth advertising in.
Yes. Every sponsored unit carries a visible "Sponsored" label. Readers trust the directory because it's honest; that trust is what you're buying access to.
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