Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Disclosure:

The statements in this forum have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are generated by non-professional writers. Any products described are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Website Disclosure:

This forum contains general information about diet, health and nutrition. The information is not advice and is not a substitute for advice from a healthcare professional.

Want to open up a Smoke Shop, any advice?

Discussion in 'Seasoned Marijuana Users' started by stickymagik, Jun 21, 2012.

  1. Fellow Stoners,


    I couldn't find any other threads on this subject, so figured I would start my own. I've picked out the perfect spot to open up a smoke/sex shop. It would be in direct competition with only one other shop within a 30 mile radius, and that shop SUCKS. It is way overpriced and the quality is terrible. I would really like to have strictly just a smoke shop, but making it a sex shop would bring in twice the traffic and I feel like it would make me less of a target for hassle from authorities since sex toys aren't borderline illegal.

    Do any of the Seasoned Tokers have any special advice for me? Ideas? Experiences? Know anybody who has done this?

    Love to hear from ya'll! :smoke:
     
  2. im sure this is quite obvious to start but....


    acquire large amounts of awesome glass. dont way over-charge. Make deals with people often, like bringin the price down.
    get some locally blown shit to show the locals so you dont have to try and show off some china like the assholes around me try to.
     
  3. My only advice is, if you can pick up some brand name scientific glass you'll probably win the market in your area.
     
  4. Thanks, man. Do you have any tips on how to find local glass blowers, specifically piece makers? haha
     
  5. For sure! :) Helix, RooR, etc. are must haves.
     
  6. Personally, I would never be caught going into a sex shop regardless whether or not it had a smoke shop in it aswell - not a good idea imo.
     
  7. What if they were on entirely separate floors and you never had to see the sex shop?
     
  8. Perhaps, I guess if you're okay with walking in and buying a bong you should have no problem standing near a few sex toys.
    I just feel like it'd be a little bit demeaning to me lol, "hey I saw so & so walk into that sex shop the other day, his wife must not be too satisfied with him."
    Of course this is all just hype though.
     
  9. It's not like you can get in trouble for water pipes. They're legal
     
  10. #10 astro-not, Jun 21, 2012
    Last edited: Jun 22, 2012
    look for a glass blowing studio within a certain radius of your house and make friends and work backwards

    every smoke shop i have ever entered has been a porn store as well. i even enter porn stores with the intentions of buying smoking paraphernalia.
     

  11. you live in south dakota, there is only one other person within a 30 mile radius! LOLOL :rolleyes::D:smoke:
     
  12. yeah the sex shop part isnt really a good idea imo,

    but just have good prices good staff and dont try to sell knock off roors as real roor's.
    if you want to have knock off's label them as such
     
  13. Unless you are Arabian or middle eastern I wouldn't recommend it lol
     

  14. Yeah, me neither. why do the sex shop part anyway? Don't most people get their porn and dildos over the interweb nowadays?

    My advice would be to sell smoke-related books and magazines and maybe have a little coffee shop with tables & exotic coffees and teas and stuff, maybe even overpriced munchies, along with the smoke shop.

    Like a place for stoners to convene and have community while they pick up their bongs, blunts, papers, etc. Have some indy music in the background and sell the cds. Maybe have a band play their occasionally or a book signing. Like an laid-back community center for potheads.

    Might attract the attention of the cops though, and more than a few weirdos, but i would go there and sip my coffee and see if any of that elusive species -- the stoner chick -- shows up. (They probably won't if it's a sex shop.)

    And name it something clever that hints of your support for the weed lifestyle. ;)
     
  15. These are all good suggestions! I tried to multi-quote this message but failed, so bear with me. :p

    I live in a tri-state area of SD, Iowa, and Nebraska. As far as I know "glass" is illegal in this state and Iowa, but not in Nebraska. And in Nebraska you only get a ticket for having up to an oz. So that is the perfect place for business There's only one or two shops there though.. which surprises the hell outta me.

    I feel you there, greendragon756 and kush93! I don't do anything cheap, therefor there's no way I would try to rip people off by selling them knock-off glass. Funny you say that because the other shop is owned by Arabians lol!

    Thank you, astro-not! I've been clueless when it comes to finding artists.

    Javarius Reptar & marydyawanna:

    Those are good points. The sex shop scene is always sketchy sketch, even for me. It doesn't make anyone want to just "hang out", especially the "elusive species" lmao. I've just never seen a smoke shop without the sex shop attached, but I guess there's no harm in making it an Amsterdam coffee shop type of place, or even just a simple smoke shop. As for attracting the attention from cops, like I said: bud is decriminalized under a certain amount in the area I want to open up shop. ;)
     
  16. Your good.
     
  17. [quote name='"marydyawanna"']

    Yeah, me neither. why do the sex shop part anyway? Don't most people get their porn and dildos over the interweb nowadays?

    My advice would be to sell smoke-related books and magazines and maybe have a little coffee shop with tables & exotic coffees and teas and stuff, maybe even overpriced munchies, along with the smoke shop.

    Like a place for stoners to convene and have community while they pick up their bongs, blunts, papers, etc. Have some indy music in the background and sell the cds. Maybe have a band play their occasionally or a book signing. Like an laid-back community center for potheads.

    Might attract the attention of the cops though, and more than a few weirdos, but i would go there and sip my coffee and see if any of that elusive species -- the stoner chick -- shows up. (They probably won't if it's a sex shop.)

    And name it something clever that hints of your support for the weed lifestyle. ;)[/quote]

    have the name of the building written in green letters. :cool:
     
  18. #18 Hypnotica, Jun 23, 2012
    Last edited by a moderator: Jun 23, 2012
    Offer cool lighters and other weed must haves like designer papers and blunt kits. Depending on how liberal weed is in your area you might even sell some hemp clothes and 420 wear such as beanies (<----hahaha) and scales- grinders- hemp anything. You could even work some psychedelic art/wood carvings in there. All MJ geared Magazines and books/info. Sunglasses, leather goods, the list is endless. Best of luck to you.

    ETA-I have never been inside a smoke/sex shop here where I live. They go great together but sold in different venues IMO. ;)
     
  19. I have a customer of mine who owns a porn/glass shop. He says in summer he sells a lot of pieces and porn goes down, and winter porn goes up and glass goes down. So he said he needs both. If I ever had someone see me going into one of those shops, i would laugh it off and say I was buying some lingerie for my wife

    I do like the idea of it being two levels. I am not into porn and all the shit they sell in those shops. I would love to be able to buy a piece without a candy cock in my face
     
  20. stock high end glass!
     

Share This Page