Qape -- Vape & Smoke Shop POS + Marketing Platform

POS · Payments · Marketing · Vape & smoke retail

They call you high risk. We exist to serve you.

Banks drop you. Processors gouge you. Ad platforms ban you. Qape is the one platform underwritten for your category from day one: register, ID checks, payments, inventory, and marketing that actually works for the trade.

  • Guaranteed lower POS rate
  • Free 6 months of marketing
  • Free website with delivery & pickup
  • Free POS hardware*

What you get on day one

Switch, and we cover the setup.

No install fee, no hardware invoice, no separate vendors to sign with. One sheet, four slips, issued with your account.

Free

POS hardware*

Terminal, barcode scanner, ID scanner, receipt printer, and cash drawer, shipped with your catalog already loaded.

VOUCHER Q-01 · ISSUED AT SIGNUP
Free

Website with delivery & pickup

Your own age-verified ordering site. Orders land on the same screen as walk-ins.

VOUCHER Q-02 · ISSUED AT SIGNUP
Free · 6 months

Marketing, done for you

Campaigns, offers, and loyalty run by our team using your sales data. You approve, we send.

VOUCHER Q-03 · ISSUED AT SIGNUP
Guaranteed

A lower processing rate

Send your current statement. If we cannot beat your effective rate, we tell you straight.

VOUCHER Q-04 · IN WRITING
Checkout counter with register
1 scanto ring any of 4,000 SKUs
21+ verifiedID checked in 1.8s

The register

Thousands of SKUs. One scan each.

A smoke shop menu is not a menu, it is a warehouse. Flavors, strengths, sizes, and coils multiply into thousands of items. The register is built for that wall.

  • Scan anything, find anything

    Barcode first, search second. Flavor and strength variants live under one parent item, so ringing is one motion.

  • ID check inside the flow

    The register asks for the ID before it takes the tender. Scan the license, the sale unlocks, the check is logged with a timestamp.

  • Works when the internet does not

    Keep ringing and keep taking cards through an outage. Everything syncs when the connection returns.

3.9% + Fees Funds Held Not Anymore

We will beat what your processor charges you.

Vape retail gets labeled high risk and billed accordingly, and most owners never see the real number. Send us one statement. We read it, show you the effective rate you are actually paying, and quote you lower.

  • One flat rate on every card, written into your agreement.
  • No monthly minimum, no PCI fee, no statement fee, no early termination fee.
  • Next business day deposits, seven days a week. No holds, no freezes.
  • If your rate ever goes up without us telling you first, you leave with no penalty.

Rate check

$
%
You are paying about

$24,480

a year in processing fees

Trim that rate by a quarter of a point and you keep $1,800 a year. Shops billed as high risk are usually much further off than that.

Send us your statement

Your effective rate is total fees divided by total card sales, not the number on the ad. It is on the summary page of your statement.

Ads Rejected Not Anymore

Marketing that is allowed to work for you.

The big ad platforms ban your category, so your growth has to come from channels you own. Everything below runs on the sales already flowing through your POS.

Growth

Campaigns from your own data

Text and email built from what people actually buy. Win back the regular who has not come in for a month.

Growth

Loyalty and gift cards

Points earn at the register and online. No extra app for your customer to download or your staff to learn.

Ordering

Your own online store

Age-verified checkout with delivery and pickup on a site you own, catalog synced live from the register.

Front desk

AI answering

The phone gets picked up while you ring. Stock questions, hours, and holds handled around the clock.

Compliance

Every check, on record

ID scans, purchase limits, and category tax rules logged automatically. When an inspector asks, the answer is a report.

Back office

Reporting that answers questions

Best hour, dead stock, margin by category, labor as a share of sales. One dashboard across every location.

The rest of the platform

Already in the box.

FORM Q-22 · PLATFORM MANIFEST

Included With Every Account

SOFTWARE MODULES · SHIPPED ACTIVE · NO PER-MODULE INVOICES



Online Ordering with DeliveryIncluded
QR Code OrderingIncluded
ReferralsIncluded
Branded AppIncluded
Loyalty & RewardsIncluded
Centralized LoyaltyIncluded
Reviews & Reputation ManagementIncluded
FormsIncluded
CRMIncluded
Time Clock & Employee SchedulingIncluded
PayrollIncluded
HireIncluded

12 OF 40+ MODULES LISTED · FULL INDEX ON THE FEATURES PAGE · qape.io

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Ray Amari, owner of Cloud Nine Smoke and Vape
Ray AmariOwner, Cloud Nine Smoke & Vape · Arlington, TX
"Three processors dropped us before this. Now the rate is written into the agreement, the ID check is part of the sale instead of a sticky note on the register, and my counts finally match the shelf."

FILED · CLOUD NINE SMOKE & VAPE · CUSTOMER SINCE 2025

0.84%rate drop 100%restricted sales ID-logged 31%more repeat customers

Switching

Closed on your old POS. Open on ours.

Most shops go live between one close and the next morning. Nobody loses a Saturday to a catalog rebuild.

Step one

We read your statement

Send a photo of last month's processing statement and an export of your catalog. You get your real effective rate and a quote back within a day.

Step two

We build your catalog

Items, variants, prices, and tax categories are set up for you and checked against your old system before anything ships.

Step three

You open on it

Hardware arrives configured, ID scanner included. Someone from our team is on the phone through your first day, not a ticket queue.

Before you switch

Questions owners ask us.

Straight answers on cost, processing, compliance, and what happens the morning you open on it.

Something not covered here? Ask us on the demo and we will answer it against your actual numbers.

What does switching actually cost?

Nothing up front. The hardware, your age-verified website, and the first six months of marketing come with the account. You pay a monthly software fee and your card processing rate, and both are on the table before you sign anything.

Will a processor actually keep a vape shop?

Ours will, because the account is underwritten for vape and tobacco retail from day one instead of being approved generically and reviewed later. That is the difference between a rate that holds and a deposit that freezes in December.

How does the ID check work?

The register prompts before it takes the tender on any age-restricted item. Your staff scans the license, the sale unlocks, and the check is logged with a timestamp. If an inspector ever asks, the answer is a report, not a memory.

How long does the switch take?

Most shops close on their old system and open on ours the next morning. The catalog build, variants, and tax categories are done by our team before the hardware ships, so there is no weekend lost to setup.

Do I have to rebuild my catalog?

No. Send an export from your current system, or photos of the shelves if that is what you have, and we build it out with variants grouped under parent items. You review the whole thing before it goes live.

What happens when the internet drops?

The register keeps ringing and keeps taking cards. Sales and payments sync the moment the connection returns, so an outage does not turn into a line walking out the door.

Am I locked into a contract?

There is no early termination fee, no monthly minimum, and no PCI or statement fee. If your rate ever moves without us telling you first, you can leave with no penalty.

Does this work for more than one store?

Yes. One account runs a single counter and six stores across town, with a shared catalog, per-store pricing where you need it, and one dashboard over all of it.

Ready when you are

Your shop's name goes here. Fifteen minutes.

Your actual products on the screen, and a straight answer on what you are paying to process cards today.

Free hardware*, free website with delivery & pickup, and six free months of marketing for shops that switch.

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