New vape suppliers appear every month and not all of them survive the year. Learn the red flags that expose bad ones and the five checks that protect your margin.
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The Vape Compliance Dossier Buyers Should Ask For
Ask any vape supplier for this compliance dossier. The certificates, EU-CEG notifications and test reports that separate real EU wholesalers from expensive risk.
TPD Compliance Cost Per Carton: Full Breakdown
Compliance is not one fee. Break down the real TPD compliance cost per carton – notification, lab tests, labelling, excise duty and freight – before you place the order.
EU Battery Rule 2027 and Disposable Vapes
From 18 February 2027 portable batteries in vapes must be removable. What EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 means for disposable stock, buyers and 2026 order planning.
EU Vape Tax Map 2026: E-Liquid Excise Duties
EU e-liquid excise duties jumped again in 2026. See the per-ml rates country by country, a worked cost example per carton, and how wholesale buyers absorb the hit.
TPD 2 ml Tank Limit Explained — Why Disposable Capacity Is Capped
18+ only · Regulatory explainer for EU vape wholesalers and retailers. The 2 ml limit is one of the two hard numbers in EU vaping regulation, sitting alongside the 20 mg/ml nicotine cap. It restricts the volume of the reservoir in a disposable device or pod, and it explains a great deal about why EU […]
Child-Resistant Packaging for Vapes — The 1 October 2026 Deadline
18+ only · Compliance briefing for EU vape wholesalers, distributors and retailers. From 1 October 2026, disposable vapes and e-liquid refill containers supplied in the EU must use third-party-verified child-resistant packaging. Self-declaration is not sufficient. For anyone buying wholesale stock, this is a purchasing-desk issue rather than a design issue: the question is not “does […]
VAT and Import Duties for EU Vape Buyers — A Practical Breakdown
18+ only · Tax and cost-structure explainer for EU vape wholesalers and retailers. Two apparently identical wholesale price lists can produce very different landed costs once VAT, duty, freight and recovery are accounted for. For a vape shop running thin margins, the difference between buying from an EU warehouse and importing directly is often several […]
Vape Dropshipping in Europe — What Works, What Doesn’t, and the Compliance Trap
18+ only · B2B guide for EU vape retailers and distributors considering drop-shipping. Drop-shipping is the standard playbook in most e-commerce categories: list the product, take the order, let someone else hold the stock. In vaping it is materially harder than in apparel or homeware, for regulatory rather than logistical reasons. This guide sets out […]
Cheap vs Premium Disposable Vape Pricing — What Actually Drives the Gap
18+ only · Margin and assortment analysis for EU vape wholesalers and retailers. Walk into any EU vape wholesale catalogue and you will find disposables at €2.80 and at €14.00 per unit, sometimes from the same brand family. The instinct is to assume the expensive one is overpriced and the cheap one is the sensible […]