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How a Nicotine-Free Vape Brand Grows *Without Ads*
He sells vapes with no nicotine. Every ad platform, payment processor, and carrier treats him like Big Tobacco anyway.
Conrad Kurth founded Cyclone Pods in 2018 after watching every friend he had get hooked on Juul. Eight years later the brand has grown every year with a 60 percent repeat customer rate, no paid ads, no Shopify Payments, and no USPS. This is what selling on hard mode actually looks like.
What you'll learn:
Why a product with no addictive ingredient still gets a 60% repeat rate
Where a new customer really comes from when Meta, Google, and TikTok won't run your ads
Why…
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