Smoke Shop

A good smoke shop should have every single thing you could possibly need to smoke cannabis - everything but the green, that is. A good head shop should have every kind of glass imaginable. Thankfully, you can get every single item on your shopping list in our wholesale online smoke shop, from rolling papers to torches to bongs and more.

Within our all-encompassing online smoke shop, you’ll find various smaller shops like the bong shop, the pipe shop, and even a cleaning supplies shop! We aren’t kidding when we say “all-encompassing” - our glass smoke shop is equipped with absolutely everything your shop needs. We make it a point to stock a wide range of products in numerous styles, colors, sizes, materials, etc. so that you can find exactly what you need.

Part of what makes our online headshop and smoke shop collections so great are the countless fantastic brands we feature. There are thousands of brands out there selling smoking supplies but they certainly aren’t all created equal. We focus on curating the very best of the best smoke shop supplies so that you not only have options - you have too many amazing options to choose between!

That being said, it’s always a good idea to stock multiple brands of similar products to give your customers at least a sliver of the range that we can offer you on our site. The modern cannabis crowd is all about convenience, personalization, potency, and, for lack of better terms, cool ways to consume cannabis. Whether that’s a heady glass, dragon-shaped bong, or a packet of 24k gold rolling papers, we can help you stock your shelves with the most interesting (and the most classic) smoke shop supplies.

Read on to learn more about our extensive and diverse smoke shop wholesale collections. We’ll be going over a bunch of good stuff to know, such as the difference between a smoke shop and a head shop, what you’ll typically find in a smoke shop/what you’ll want to stock if you’re shopping for your own, and why cannabis isn’t typically available at smoke/head shops.

What Is A Smoke Shop?

All smoke shops will vary slightly in many realms, which can depend on three factors: state laws/licensing, the business owner’s interests, and the interests of the surrounding community. That being said, most smoke shops have similar vibes and smoking products. A typical glass smoke shop wholesale like ours will sell things such as pipes, bongs, rolling papers, blunt wraps, lighters, grinders, scales, dab essentials like torches, sometimes marijuana vaporizer batteries, and much more. These days, they may even sell CBD or kratom products. For instance, we carry CBD-infused, tobacco and nicotine-free blunt wraps!

A good smoke store like ours can also be a cheap smoke shop - quality products don’t always have to break the bank. Some products, like ultra-fancy dab rigs, will always be more expensive than others because of the intricate handmade work that was done to create them. But when it comes to rolling papers, hand pipes, vape chargers, and the like, there’s no reason for those things to be unattainable to any person that is old enough.

Smoke shops are pretty much a necessity for cannabis consumers, although online smoke shops are becoming more and more prevalent. As we mentioned in the introduction, the modern cannabis community is all about convenience, and we all know quite well that ordering delivery is more convenient than going to a physical store. Heck, that’s why you’re on our website, isn’t it?

But when it comes to carefully choosing a bong, grabbing a last minute pack of rolling papers, or otherwise needing something in a jiffy, smoke shops are the best and only way to go. A smoke store is akin to a candy store for partakers; it’s a place where they can go to indulge in both looking at and purchasing all of the necessary essentials and all of the luxurious options for smoking cannabis.

Because of state and local laws, obtaining a license to sell actual tobacco/cigarettes can be tricky and expensive - both to get and to maintain. Not every smoke store owner is interested in obtaining one, especially as the cannabis community seems to be moving away from tobacco in general. Hemp blunt wraps are a prime example of this, which are awesome for smoke shops without tobacco licenses!

What Is The Difference Between A Smoke Shop & A Head Shop?

If you're wonder what a head shop is, the primary focus generally revolves around selling glass pieces at retail value. These items can be a bong pipe, weed pipe, dab rig, and bubbler on store shelves. If someone says “Let’s go to the bong shop” or “I need to run to the glass pipe shop,” they’re talking about a head shop. Smoke shops often also carry various glass pieces, but they aren’t mainly focused on glass pieces like head shops are. Despite these distinct differences, people quite often use the terms “head shop” and “smoke shop” interchangeably.

The smoke shop in your area will have more smoking accessories , such as lighters, papers, weed pipe options, hemp wick, weed grinders, rolling trays/ashtrays, and much more. The best smoke shop will also sell things like incense, eye drops, and the Smoke Buddy to help their customers in their endeavors to remain discreet. Even though the adult use of cannabis is legal in numerous states, many consumers still prefer to keep that part of their lives private, whether it’s medicinal or recreational.

Another thing about smoke shops is that they have historically been geared toward tobacco products, not weed supplies. Even as legal cannabis started to come on the scene, smoke shops remained a destination for cigarettes, tobacco leaf blunt wraps, cigars and cigar cutters, and other tobacco-related products. Many smoke shops have now merged into the cannabis industry, though most still place a focus on tobacco, as well. However, as we said, that can be complicated by state and local licensing.

A head smoke shop, or just head shop, will have a vast collection of pipes, bubblers, bongs, dab rigs, dab tools, fancier lighters, and more. It’s essentially a mega pipe shop or bong shop. While smoke shops generally focus on everything that has to do with smoking both weed and tobacco, head shops tend to stick to wide selections of glass pieces intended for smoking weed. If you’re in the market for your newest fancy bong or another piece, an in person head shop is a great place to go. The pipe shop is also great to visit if your pothead friend has a birthday coming up.

Speaking of potheads, that particular nickname for frequent cannabis consumers is actually the reasoning behind the name “head shop.” Many say that it relates back to the 1960s and ‘70s when the nickname “pothead” emerged. “Head shop” essentially means “a shop for potheads,” AKA people who smoke a ton of cannabis. But these days, with legalized cannabis and much less of a stigma around the herb, everyone from medical pot smokers to recreational cannabis enthusiasts benefit from head shops AND smoke shops.

Can I Buy Marijuana From A Smoke Shop?

Sadly, no. As you’re probably aware, obtaining a license to sell cannabis of any kind can be an extremely arduous process that’s affected by a number of factors. However, tobacco is readily available to most adults (sometimes 18+, sometimes 21+, depending on the state) and has been for quite a long time. Pipes and roll-your-own cigarette papers have long been legally marketed and sold as tobacco accessories.

Smoke shops for tobacco products and tobacco smoking supplies have always been around. Some sell both tobacco products and accessories while others just sell accessories - again, it all comes down to the licensing. Regardless of whether it’s a bong shop, pipe store, tobacco shop, or a combination, though, those accessories became weed supplies and accessories over time for people to consume what was then (and in many cases still is) illegal marijuana.

Shop owners and their customers were then and sometimes are now in a unique position that’s best described as a “wink and nod” situation. The smoke store or pipe store continued marketing and selling their pipes, rolling papers, lighters, and more as tobacco smoking supplies. But cannabis consumers could come in and purchase those items - as long as they don’t ever use the “M” word, that is.

“Marijuana” was and is often a forbidden word inside most smoke head shop locations. The owners may or may not have known or cared what their customers would use the pipes and bongs for, but they certainly couldn’t admit to knowing or intentionally selling those products to anyone they knew would use them as weed supplies. That would most definitely put their tobacco and tobacco smoking supplies licenses in jeopardy and could cause them to lose their businesses.

Some of the coolest and best smoke shop owners obviously knew or caught on to what was going on, which is when many of them began stocking more and more weed supplies - but they absolutely continued to market them as tobacco supplies. Even as legal cannabis floods the market, this “wink and nod” smoke shop situation has prevailed in many areas, mostly due to the intertwining laws surrounding cannabis and tobacco.

In some states/counties/municipalities, it’s illegal to sell cannabis and tobacco together, or even cannabis and tobacco products together. This can apply to both a pipe store and/or a dispensary. For instance, in Sonoma County, California, medical marijuana dispensaries are specifically prohibited from obtaining a license to sell tobacco/cigarettes. State and local laws are ever changing, just as federal laws are. Whether you’re running an in person smoke store or a smoke shop online, it’s crucial to stay up to date with your area’s laws and regulations.

Nowadays, it’s a lot easier to market your business as a marijuana smoke shop since marijuana is legal in many areas and people need accessories to consume it (in most forms). But in states where marijuana is illegal, they’re still strictly marketed as tobacco-only smoke shops. Some dispensaries may sell smoke shop supplies or weed supplies, but more often than not they stick to actual consumable cannabis products. The dispensary and the smoke shop work hand in hand to get consumers everything they need.

What Types Of Items Are Sold In Smoke Shops & Head Shops?

Smoke and head shops are a cannabis consumer's dream - well, more like a second place dream after the actual dispensary. As we mentioned, in person and online headshop stores have historically focused on glass pieces such as pipes, bubblers, dab rigs, bongs, and the necessary tools for using each product. Head shop supplies are typically the pricier pieces - the intricate 15” bong, the hand-carved leather lighter case, and a range of delicate, colorful replacement bowls, for instance.

Smoke shops generally sell a much broader range of wholesale 420 products - a little bit of each sub-collection in our entire online smoke shop collection. The sub-collections in our gigantic smoke shop online are:

Wholesale Lighters & Torches
Novelty Pipes (fun, quirky, interesting shapes/designs)
Hand Pipes (spoon pipes, Sherlock pipes, etc.)
Water Pipes (bongs, bubblers)
Dab Essentials (dab rigs, dab tools, silicone mats, etc.)
Cleaning Tools (glass cleaning formulas, debowlers, etc.)
Vaporizers & Batteries
Grinders
Rolling Papers
Blunt Wraps (tobacco-free and nicotine-free)
Extraction Machines (for making weed butter at home)
Digital Scales
And so much more!

As you can see, our online smoke shop is also an online headshop. But here’s where we have a square and rectangle situation: since a 420 smoke shop typically sells a range of glass pieces, it’s technically also a head shop. But since a head shop doesn’t typically sell all of the necessary supplies for all kinds of smoking, they’re almost never considered smoke shops. A smoke shop is a head shop but a head shop isn’t generally a smoke shop - just as a square is a rectangle but a rectangle is not always a square. Infuriating, but true.

The best online headshop will generally have a seemingly never-ending supply of stunning glass pieces. As we all know, cannabis consumers take a lot of pride and put a lot of stock in their specific preferences. When searching for bongs, pipes, and other pieces, it’s crucial that they have a wide range of options so they can choose the perfectly hand-blown piece for their personality. Sometimes that's a classic beaker bong and sometimes it’s an unimaginably complex and colorful triple perc bong, which is why it’s so important to carry those and everything in between. Your smoke shop inventory wholesale needs to reflect the interests of a wide range of cannabis consumers.

Can I Buy Items Wholesale On An Online Smoke Shop?

Absolutely, and you’re in the best place to do so! Our online smoking supplies shop is extensive, diverse, and plentiful. We pride ourselves on being the best wholesale smoking products distributor in the cannabis packaging industry - something that we’re constantly working to get even better and better at. As the landscape of legal cannabis and the associated products continues to change, we’ll stay on top of the latest trends and restrictions to help keep your shop up to date and thriving.

No matter what kind of wholesale smoking products you’re looking for, we have absolutely got you covered. Need a range of rolling tray varieties from various brands? We’ve got you. Need tobacco-free blunt wraps to satiate your customers AND adhere to your local laws? On it. Need a range of wholesale head shop supplies to line your shelves with beautiful, delicate, and heady glass? Say no more.

The best part about buying wholesale smoking supplies from us goes far beyond our vast wholesale head shop and 420 smoke shop offerings. Our price beat guarantee (on top of our already cheap online head shop), incredible customer service and custom design teams, and acclaimed fast shipping have made us the best online headshop and smoke shop in the game.

If you have any inquiries about cannabis promotional products, our local Los Angeles friends are available! If you find yourself running low on any smoke shop supplies, you can head right over to stock up and we’ll send you off with a car full of smoke shop inventory wholesale.

Smoke Shop - The Bottom Line

The smoke shop, the glass pipe shop, the bong shop, the cheap online head shop, the online smoke shop - they’re all so similar but all have slight and distinct differences. Our wholesale smoke shop online is somewhat unique in that it’s both the best online headshop and one of the most extensive online smoke shops you’ll ever find. But, as we now know, a smoke shop does sort of encompass at least some of the aspects of head shops.

We love that we’re able to call ourselves both a cheap online head shop and an affordable smoke shop wholesale. In fact, we love that we’re able to offer pretty much everything that many different kinds of cannabis businesses need. In addition to our extensive selection of smoke shop supplies, we make and carry an impressively large selection of cannabis packaging products. Glass jars, mylar bags, joint tubes - you name, we have it.

Let us know if you have any other questions about our smoke shop and headshop online! The smoke/head shop is one of our largest collections and we know it can be a lot to take in. But hopefully, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for and more.