Top Ways To Grow Your Smoke Shop In The New Year

Get ready to sweat, because the name of the game today is gains.

Don’t worry, we’re not getting up at the crack of dawn to eat raw eggs, instead we’re going to be visiting the cerebral gymnasium of the mind, to provide you with the top ways to grow your smoke shop in the new year.

Unlike body building however, achieving growth at your smoke shop through the use of performance enhancing ideas is 100% copacetic with the greater good of not just making gains, but sustaining them for the long term.

That’s why we’ve created the following Got Vape Wholesale exclusive, to provide you with the basic building blocks on which to grow your smoke shop and the practical knowledge of how you can put them into practice.

By the end of this 5 minute read, you’ll have a much better idea on how to proceed in the coming weeks and months, able to immediately begin the work of growing your smoke shop to its full potential.

Table of Contents:

Stocking Competitive New Releases
Focus On Affordable Selection
Step Up Your Online Presence
Lean Into Your Customer Reviews
Reduce Unnecessary Smoke Shop Costs
Break Into Alternative Markets
Honesty Is The Best Policy
Grow Your Smoke Shop In 2026 With Got Vape Wholesale

Stocking Competitive New Releases

In order to grow your smoke shop you must stay on top of stocking competitive new releases, always keeping an eye on the next big drops and having them in stock to properly cash in on forthcoming trends.

With the rapid fire progression of vaporizers, glassware, and accessories these days, new releases that seriously up the ante are being dropped left, right, and center. This is where things get difficult, as filtering the wheat from the chaff can become difficult in the heat of the moment.

This doesn’t just mean following along blue chip brands, but also exploring the wide world of releases to find the meaningful additions that will make you stand out from other shops and unique to the consumer.

Already in 2026 we’ve seen the release of the Exxus Vape Flash Flashlight and 510 Variable Voltage Battery 12pk which not only turned heads with its XL 650mAh battery size fitting in pint sized pen style body, but caught eyes with its fully functioning built in flashlight end.

That’s not a misprint, the Exxus Vape Flash earns its name by including a 510 threaded connection on one end and a flashlight on the other. This lets customers enjoy all the clouds they need, while adding in a completely new X factor that provides them with real life tangible session improvements.

This is exactly the kind of value that you're going to be looking for in competitive new releases this year, as the increased competition is forcing manufacturers to really step up their game and deliver the ground breaking releases that the market demands.

Luckily for all of you, Got Vape Wholesale will be watching the release schedule like hawks, providing you with early access previews and in depth reviews to always keep you up to date with the latest and greatest.

Focus On Affordable Selection

In 2026 it's no secret affordability is on the forefront of consumers' minds in all aspects of their purchasing habits, which is why this is exactly the lane you should be focusing on with your smoke shop this coming year.

As pocket books tighten and customers start to think about what their essential purchases are, many items we provide can end up on the cutting room floor. That means when shoppers on a budget do show up, they’re going to be exercising more caution than ever.

This is where laser focusing in on these exact customers and doubling down on stocking a wide variety of affordable options comes in to provide a full shopping experience, preventing shoppers from ever feeling like their choices are being restricted.

Where other smoke shops will only have one or two affordable options, you can blow them out of the water by having a full inventory of vaporizers, glassware, and accessories that all cater exactly to their price range.

No more cordoned off choices and sub par shopping experience for budget minded customers, instead they get the exact same breadth of access that others do and will be much more inclined to actually spend at your business.

When done correctly you’ll notice more and more customers coming in for these affordable choices, watching in real time as you grow your smoke shop’s audience even in spite of economic uncertainty.

Plus when stronger economic times do inevitably return, you’ll have earned the loyalty of these customers and they’ll be more inclined to return to your smoke shop to upgrade their set up with the expensive brands, giving you a lucrative profit double whammy.

When it comes to some go-to affordable manufacturers that still bring rock solid quality, we recommend checking out Exxus Vape with their recently released line of glassware including a trio of ultra competitively priced choices including the Exxus Vape Wand Hand Pipe 12pk, Exxus Vape Cave Hand Pipe 12pk, and Exxus Vape BUBL Hand Pipe 12pk.

For heavy hitting vaporizers with premium affordability Wulf Mods is a top choice, with their exceptional line of vaporizers, glassware, and accessories covering all the bases. Check out recent hits like the Wulf Mods Grid 510 Variable Voltage Battery 12pk, Wulf Mods Tyde 14mm Dab Rig with Quartz Banger, and Wulf Mods Blitz Butane Powered Torch 9pk for just a taste of the affordable power Wulf Mods is packing.

Take advantage of brands like these to build out your affordable choices and give consumers the wide ranging selection that leads to returning shoppers. All of this will help grow your customer base and provide your smoke shop with just the new years growth we are after.

Step Up Your Online Presence

By 2026 it’s become abundantly clear that the world is a show and in order to survive we need to start dancing - social media platforms have become the primary window in which consumers view the world, which means if you don’t have an online presence new customers won’t ever see you.

Regardless of the skynet implications ahead of us, this means that if you want to grow your smoke shop in 2026 you absolutely need to have a social media presence on Facebook and Instagram. While sites like TikTok have an arguably greater reach, due to restrictions on those platforms it’s much harder to reliably post your content.

Start with simple posts of your new products, focusing first on consistency to prove to your followers that your smoke shop isn’t stagnant, but a thriving hub that’s always got something new on the shelves to check out.

Tag the brands involved, put some music in the background, and share it through your smoke shop’s social media channels with some related hashtags. This lets everyone know what's arriving and provides you with your main line of online marketing.

From here the sky is the limit with what you can accomplish - reach out to specific brands for collaborations, expand your network by meeting direct reps, and find influencers who are eager to boost your smoke shop in exchange for discounts or freebies.

While it will undoubtedly take a while for things to pick up steam, through repeated posting you will slowly build up a following that can make a serious impact on boosted sales. Make sure to check out for any comments and always take a positive attitude with responses, as remember what gets posted can’t be unsaid.

A great tip to start growing your following is to push your instagram account to customers already within your shop. You can try easy non-confrontational methods like having a QR code near the register linking to the site, offering a discount to customers who subscribe in the store, or simply having some easily visible signage around the store advertising your handles.

With enough dedication you will eventually start to see your following grow and your chances to connect with customers for greater sales expand. The end result will be a larger more engaged customer base that provides you the boost to significantly grow your smoke shop.

Lean Into Your Customer Reviews

Directly tying into your online presence, we have the reality that in 2026 online reviews can make or break the success of a smoke shop. This means if you want to grow your business in the new year, you’re going to have to get a handle on this quagmire of review stars and online opinions to make a dent.

The main thing that needs to be avoided is having a negative review rating online, anything less than 4 stars is going to give customers a pause these days.

While stars and ratings don’t matter for walk-in customers, if you want to actually find growth you're going to need a positive online presence in order to attract as many people as possible, instead of driving them away with radioactive bad reviews.

This means that you’re going to want to maintain a solid rating on your Google business profile, which obviously is far easier said than done. But despite the difficulty we know from experience that it’s not just possible, but more than worth the effort to protect your online rating.

To do this you're going to have to go toe to unclipped toe with internet trolls, jilted customers, and every other bot in between with two main remedies available to you including reporting reviews to Google themselves and balancing out the trash with positivity from happy shoppers.

Should the negative review staining your smoke shop include any hate speech, inappropriate language, threatening comments you can easily get it removed from by reporting it through your Google business profile.

Others that are simply a bad review or take on your smoke shop you don’t like, are things that you’ll have to grow accustomed to living with. It takes thick skin to exist online, let alone thrive - so you're going to have to quickly toughen up and shake off the negativity.

As a general tip, we highly dissuade you from ever engaging with negative reviews by replying to them on Google. This comes across as incredibly unprofessional and almost never leads to the person magically changing their option of whatever it is they think they're mad about.

Unfortunately while sticks and stones can’t break out bones, they can break our bottom line with reduced traffic and stunted market growth.

That’s why we recommend focusing on the remedy of outweighing the negative with positive by actively working to achieve better reviews through both au natural good business practices and by incentivizing customers with no stakes bonuses to leave a review based on what they think.

You don’t even have to imply the review is good, as instead you can recommend to already satisfied customers that they can leave a review and that it actually does make a difference to your success.

Many people feel like leaving reviews online is simply shouting into the void, with zero real life impact, but letting them know it can actually help can help your smoke shop in person can be more than enough prompt for them to drop a review.

At the end of the day, we’re going to have to rely on good old fashioned positive word of mouth to add up to a chorus, drowning out the whispers of negativity and leaving you with a net positive review score on Google.

Reduce Unnecessary Smoke Shop Costs

Much like a fighter skipping carbs before a weigh in, the strategic implementation of cutting back can be a potent tool in finding success and result in significant lasting growth for your smoke shop.

To do so we recommend focusing on unnecessary costs that don’t bring anything positive to your bottom line. Give yourself a full on audit, looking at every last expenditure on your ledger to what’s worth the investment and what’s simply not worth the scratch.

This can range from everything including ceasing the sale of underperforming items, to taking a look at your current utility situation to look for savings avenues. We recommend a no stones unturned approach, as this will give you the best possible chance of reducing costs.

Now this doesn’t mean you should take a flamethrower to everything that makes your business unique, but instead a slight tightening of the belt to push your profits over the edge and give you the capital to invest in big moves elsewhere.

Don’t cut off your nose just to spite your face, but don’t let nostalgia get in the way of your decision making either. Even if you can reduce your costs by a single digit, the savings will add up over time to provide you that extra capital required to grow your smoke shop in the new year.

That’s ultimately what this whole cost cutting exercise is about, finding the ways to get enough capital to allow your smoke shop to make the decisive business decisions that lead to serious market growth.

Break Into Alternative Markets

A great method to grow your smoke shop in the new year is to expand your offerings with alternative products including everything from cans of soda to Pokemon cards, all the way back to counter culture dog toys.

All of these items, while different, effectively accomplish the same goal of boosting your profits with added ancillary sales adding a few extra dollars to existing sales and drawing in new customers looking to snag these alternative items.

While different from the traditional items in your smoke shop, these add some interesting spice to your offerings and provide an additional fun factor that brightens the vibes of your overall smoke shop.

Items like Pokemon cards can be lucrative add ons, as the current frenzy regarding cards has led to customers purchasing them everywhere and anywhere. The fact that your smoke shop isn’t a typical location to purchase items like this won’t deter the collectors out there.

Landing a box here or there is a great way to add on some profits and get new traffic flowing through your doors without any heavy lifting on your part.

At the end of the day whether it’s Elbo Keychains or Pokemon cards, all of these are collectible items that have their own built in following. All you have to do is put them on the shelves and watch as you steadily tick up profits with these easy alternative sales.

Honesty Is The Best Policy

If you want to grow your smoke shop in the new year, you’ll have to start winning the hearts and minds of the coveted demographic of new customers. To do so, we believe that while you catch more flies with honey, the key to catching the most sales lies with transparency.

In a world where cynicism has become the norm, make your smoke shop a shining beacon of honesty by operating in a manner that allows customers the most amount of information and the easiest possible shopping experience.

This means making prices as transparent as possible, letting shoppers know exactly what they’re getting and how it stacks up to the other available vaporizers, glassware, and accessories.

Doing this ensures that there’s no buyers remorse after they leave the shop, as nothing is worse than when customers get home, only to realize what they really wanted was sitting on the shelf right next to what they ended up with.

This also includes working to price your products as competitively as possible, as with a phone in hand customers will be quickly comparing your listings to those online. Beat back this skepticism by always being upfront about your pricing and staying as true to market value as possible.

When you achieve proper transparency, customers will know that their money is always being well spent in your smoke shop and they won’t have to express any retail skepticism while perusing your various options.

The end result will be consistent growth in your bottomline, as you’re able to gain a repertoire with shoppers where they trust your word. This way when you point out a new product to them they’ll actually be considering picking it up, instead of wondering how much of your recommendation is just marketing.

Grow Your Smoke Shop In 2026 With Got Vape Wholesale

Don’t miss the starting gun, 2026 is already underway which means that the time to go out and grow your smoke shop is right now. Take advantage of the growth tips we’ve laid out before and use this insider knowledge to start planting the seeds for success today.

Only the smoke shops that strive for greatness will have the fortitude to survive small business trials and tribulations, so never let the turkeys get you down and always envision the future success you know your smoke shop can reach.

As always, Got Vape Wholesale will be with you every step of the way, providing you weekly updates over at our official Got Vape Wholesale Smoke Shop Business Blog.

In the past we’ve broken down the top google searches for smoke shops, how to resolve customer disputes in your smoke shop, and taken a look to the future by examining the most important vaporizer trends of 2026.

Thanks for stopping with the Got Vape Wholesale Crew and here's to making 2026 the year we break through and grow to our full potential.