Built for Hemp Shop + Smoke Shop

Built for hemp retail, from the payment rails up.

Most POS systems are built for vanilla retail. When your shop sells hemp, CBD, or tobacco accessories, the platforms that work fine for a clothing boutique will freeze your account, block your ads, and bounce your texts. Square charges a 3.8% surcharge on CBD sales online and locks your equipment if they terminate you. Meta requires LegitScript certification and prior written authorization before you can run a single CBD ad. Carrier networks block hemp SMS campaigns outright and fine senders per message. Throughput was designed from day one for exactly this situation: hemp-safe card routing, a compliant communication stack, and a website on infrastructure that will never drop you for what you sell.

What you're up against

  • Payment processors freeze or surcharge CBD accounts without warning, often mid-business-day.
  • Meta and Google block or severely restrict hemp and CBD advertising.
  • SMS carriers reject hemp messaging campaigns and levy per-message fines for violations.
  • Missed calls during busy hours send customers straight to the competitor next door.
  • High-risk processor fees and rolling reserves drain cash flow for months after approval.
3.8% + 30cestablished
Square surcharge on online CBD sales, vs 3.3% + 30c for standard retail
$1,000+single-source
carrier fine per hemp SMS message, first offense; $10,000+ per violation on repeat
85%single-source
of callers who go to voicemail hang up and call the next business on Google

The stack you'd run

These are the systems we prioritize for hemp shop + smoke shop, in the order they typically deliver the most impact.

01

Operations + Data Portal

Run the entire business from one screen.

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02

Communication Hub

Answer every message so you never lose a lead.

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03

Premium Website

A storefront that sells while you are closed.

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04

Customer Acquisition

Fill the pipeline while you run the floor.

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05

Security + Physical AI

Watch the building so you can sleep.

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06

Brand + Creative

On-brand assets in under a minute.

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Built to keep you compliant

Standard card rails flag CBD and hemp-derived products as high-risk. Throughput routes transactions through hemp-approved processors so your account stays open. The payment bright line: Visa and Mastercard charges carry only federally legal hemp SKUs. No gray-area workarounds, no miscoding.

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The guarantee

A first build with the risk taken out.

Done-for-you means we scope it, build it, and show you a live working demo before any payment is due.

Flat scope, no surprise fees.
You own the code, on your own accounts.
No lock-in, you keep everything if you leave.
A working demo of your system before you pay.
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Ready to see it running for a hemp shop + smoke shop?

Walk through a live working demo, then see what it costs.

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