Shopify banned vape sales.Be back online in as little as 14 days.
On a store you own, where no platform policy can shut you down again. Fixed-price migration to Shopware, by the first Shopware Platinum partner in the US.
Shopify’s removal deadline was July 7, 2026. If you sell vape or e-cigarette products, your listings are coming down now, even with FDA marketing authorization.
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What actually happened
This was not a rule violation you can fix.
It is a platform-wide policy, and the only real answer is a platform where the policy is yours.
June 24
Shopify announced it no longer supports the sale of vaping products in the US: e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vaporizers, parts, and refills, with or without nicotine.
100%
The ban applies to every vape product, including the ones the FDA has authorized. Regulatory status does not matter.
25 AGs
It followed pressure from a bipartisan coalition of 25 state attorneys general and the City of New York.
July 7
The deadline to remove products or win an appeal. That date has passed. Stores are being cleared now.
The part nobody says out loud
Moving to another SaaS platform means waiting for the next ban.
The attorneys general wrote one letter and Shopify removed an entire industry. That playbook now exists, and the next letter goes to the next hosted platform.
Your store, their rules
- Acceptable use policy can change overnight
- Your catalog can be delisted without appeal
- Checkout and customer data live on their side
- You already know how this story ends
Your store, your rules
- Self-hosted or on infrastructure you control
- The code, data, and checkout are yours
- No platform above you can remove products
- Built for exactly this kind of independence
You cannot be deplatformed from a platform you own.
The plan
The 14-day migration, day by day.
AI does the repetitive work, our engineers do the judgment. A project that traditionally takes two to three months fits inside two weeks.
Export and data mapping
Full Shopify export. Our AI tooling maps products, variants, images, customers, order history, reviews, and discount logic to Shopware’s data model. Engineers review every mapping.
Theme and customizations
AI rebuilds the structure and layout of your existing storefront on Shopware, then our designers and developers finish it properly. Custom features get scoped on day one and built here.
The vape-specific stack
Age verification, a payment gateway that actually accepts vape merchants, and PACT-aware shipping and state restriction rules. The part generic agencies get wrong.
QA, redirects, launch
Full 301 redirect map so your Google rankings follow you, checkout and compliance testing, DNS cutover, live.
Straight answer on the timeline: as little as 14 days assumes a standard catalog and one storefront. Very large catalogs or heavy custom apps can take longer. You get your real timeline in writing before you sign, and sometimes it is less than 14 days.
Why it is this fast
We built internal AI tooling for the parts of a migration that used to burn weeks: translating Shopify’s export format into Shopware’s data model, reconstructing theme structure from a live storefront, and generating first-pass code for customizations. Engineers review everything it produces.
Nothing left behind
What moves with you.
The store your customers know, on infrastructure you own.
Products
Full catalog with variants, images, pricing, and inventory.
Customers
Accounts and addresses. Customers set a new password, and we provide the email template.
Order history
Returning customers and reporting stay intact.
Reviews
Migrated from your review app where exportable.
SEO
Complete URL map with 301 redirects, titles and metas carried over.
Discounts and subscriptions
Rebuilt on Shopware equivalents.
What does not move: Shopify-locked apps. We map each one to a Shopware equivalent, and where none exists we build the feature. That is the point of an open platform.
Built for a regulated product
The compliance stack comes included.
Selling vape online was hard before Shopify quit. Your new store has to verify age, ship with adult signature where required, and respect state-level restrictions. We integrate that from day one.
Age verification
At checkout, using the established verification providers.
High-risk payments
Mainstream processors decline vape. We integrate your existing high-risk gateway, or introduce you to processors that accept vape merchants.
PACT-aware shipping
Shipping rules, adult signature settings, and state restriction handling.
We build and integrate the stack. Your compliance counsel signs off on policy. We are engineers, not lawyers, and we do not pretend otherwise.
No games on price
One fixed price, agreed before we start.
No hourly billing. No surprise change orders.
Tell us your catalog size and your app list, and you get a fixed number in writing within 24 hours of the call.
After launch, ongoing maintenance is a flat monthly retainer, and you can leave any time. It is your platform. You own it.
Not ready to commit? We will show you first.
Send us your Shopify export and we will put your store on Shopware so you can click around it yourself: your products, your branding, a working checkout.
We build these to show rather than sell. If it is not right, you have lost nothing.
Who you are working with
The Shopware people.
Web Solutions NYC has been building ecommerce since 2008. We are the first Shopware Platinum partner in the United States and run more live US Shopware stores than any other agency. Migrations, integrations, and custom builds are the whole job, not a side offer.
Straight answers
The questions every merchant asks.
Can Shopware really host vape products?
Shopware is open-source software, not a hosted marketplace with an acceptable use policy over your catalog. For regulated products we deploy it self-hosted or on infrastructure you control, so what you sell is between you and the law, not you and a platform.
My store is already down. Can I be selling sooner than 14 days?
Tell us on the call. When a store is already offline we sequence the work differently: checkout and your top sellers go live first, the rest of the catalog follows.
What about taking payments?
Shopify Payments never supported vape, so you likely already have a high-risk gateway. We integrate it into Shopware checkout. If you lost your processor or never had one, we introduce you to processors that accept vape merchants.
Will I lose my Google rankings?
The migration includes a complete URL map with 301 redirects and carries over your titles and meta descriptions. Rankings transfer with the redirects. We have done this many times.
What does it cost?
It depends on catalog size and customizations, which is why we do not print one number for every store. You get a fixed, written quote within 24 hours of the first call, and it does not move after you sign.
Every day offline is revenue you do not get back.
Book a call today and you will have a plan, a timeline, and a fixed price this week.
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Get your migration plan
Tell us where to find your store. If it is already offline, we prioritize you.
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