Startup packages · CBD, cannabis & vape · UK
Startup packages for new CBD & vape brands
Launching a CBD or vape brand is hard enough without discovering, three weeks in, that your payment provider, email tool and ad account are all about to close. Our startup packages bundle the essentials — brand, website, store, payments, hosting, email and launch marketing — from a partner who has launched dozens of them.
Three ways to start
Every package is quoted as a fixed price after a short call, so you know exactly what you’re getting. Packages can be tailored — these are the usual shapes.
Seed
Get trading
For founders with a product and a plan who need a compliant, working store quickly.
- Compliance & payments scoping call
- High-risk payment gateway arranged
- Shopify or WooCommerce store on a tuned theme
- Up to 20 products set up with claim-safe copy review
- Age gate, disclaimers, legal pages
- GA4 tracking & Search Console
- UK hosting (WooCommerce) and launch support
Grow · most popular
Launch properly
For brands that want to look established from day one and have the growth engine ready.
- Everything in Seed
- Brand identity refresh or light branding
- Custom design for home, category, product & education pages
- Up to 60 products, with product copywriting
- Email platform set-up (category-friendly) with core flows
- SEO & AEO foundations: structure, schema, first content pieces
- Subscription and reviews apps that permit the category
- Three months of hosting, support and post-launch tuning
Scale
Launch and grow
For funded brands or established businesses entering CBD or vape who need launch plus a marketing engine.
- Everything in Grow
- Full brand identity and photography direction
- Wholesale / B2B portal
- Launch marketing: PR, affiliates, creator outreach, banner campaign
- Six months of SEO, AEO and email management
- Quarterly compliance review of site and marketing
- Priority support and monthly strategy calls
Mistakes we stop new CBD & vape brands making
Launching on Shopify Payments or Stripe
It works until it doesn’t — usually the moment your first decent month lands. We put a proper gateway in place before launch.
Planning a launch around paid ads
Google and Meta will reject the campaigns. We build a launch plan around channels that exist for your category.
Copying US product pages
US-style claims and packaging are a fast route to ASA complaints, FSA attention and declined merchant applications.
Building a list on Mailchimp
And losing it. We start you on a platform that permits your products, with exports backed up.
Skipping age verification
Trading Standards test-purchase, acquirers require it, and it protects you. We build it in.
Launching blind
No tracking, no baseline, no idea what worked. We set up measurement before the first order.
Startup package FAQs
How much do the startup packages cost?
Each is quoted as a fixed price after a short scoping call, because catalogue size, platform and branding needs vary a lot. We’ll give you a clear number, with nothing hidden in “extras”.
How quickly can we launch?
Seed packages can launch in around four weeks; Grow typically six to eight; Scale depends on branding and marketing scope. Gateway underwriting runs in parallel from the first week.
We don’t have products finalised yet — is it too early?
It is the perfect time to talk. Product claims, packaging and Novel Foods status all affect payments and marketing, and it is far cheaper to get them right before launch.
Do you work with startups outside Nottingham?
Yes, everywhere in the UK — see areas we cover.