Alex Smith

10 years in vape (US & EU). Free stock-age and expiry tracking for vape retailers — stay duty-stamp compliant and stop losing money to expired stock.

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

Hawaii's Act 189 bans the sale of disposable e-cigarettes from 1 January 2027, with fines up to $100 per day for each violation. US retailers shipping into the state should screen disposables out now, not in December. #VapePolicy
🇺🇸 USA

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

31 March 2027 is the last day UK shops can sell the unstamped stock already on hand. From 1 April, every product outside duty suspension needs an HMRC stamp. Know which batches are stamped now, and don't build slow-moving unstamped positions. #TaxStamps
🇬🇧 UK

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

UK retailers: a single 60ml bottle now carries £13.20 of VPD — the flat £2.20 per 10ml applies whether it has nicotine or not. When that bottle sits past six months, that's your cash locked on the shelf. Move the oldest stock first. #VPD #VapeShop
🇬🇧 UK

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

Here's how a shop actually stays on top of it: log each batch as it lands, see stock age at a glance, and get flagged before a stamp deadline or expiry. Same system works for UK and US stores. Free to start — link in bio. #VapeRetail #RetailTech

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

Most vape retailers think compliance is about not getting fined. The bigger cost is quieter: stock you can't legally sell after a deadline, that you already paid tax on. Fines hurt once. Dead, non-compliant inventory keeps costing you. #VapeShop #ExpiryManagement

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

Same job, two rulebooks. UK: a per-10ml duty plus mandatory stamps by April 2027. US: federal PMTA enforcement plus a patchwork of state flavour bans, caps and directories. Selling across both means tracking compliance by market, not just by batch. #VapeIndustry #VapeCompliance

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

@vapesourcing good design, airflow control?

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

@EightVape Nice, is it disposable?

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

US retailers: FDA's May 2026 enforcement priorities don't authorise your products — they just set where enforcement goes first. State rules still apply on top: California flavour bans, Utah's 4% cap, Hawaii's directory. PMTA status does not override state law. #FDA #PMTA

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

UK retailers: two dates to keep straight. VPD tax is now live at £2.20 per 10ml, and duty stamps become mandatory April 2027 — unstamped stock you already hold can only sell until 31 March 2027. Know which batches are stamped and move old stock now. #VPD #VapeCompliance

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

UK or US — one honest question for vape retailers this week: which rule keeps you up at night right now? The UK duty-stamp deadline, state flavour bans, or PMTA enforcement? Drop the one that affects your shop most. #VapeShop #VapeCompliance

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

10 years in vape, US and Europe, and one mistake kept costing good owners: e-liquid tucked away, long expired. Cash already paid, then written off. So I built TrackElf to make expiry-free retailing normal. Costliest stock you have binned? #VapeShop #VapeIndustry

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

Last week in London, I saw the same thing again:
Boxes of forgotten stock at the back of the shelf.

One shop owner told me he found £1,200 worth of expired stock during his last count. Just threw it away.

"You remember when it comes in. Then you forget."
10 years, still exists

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

@fuyu_kasumii yes

[Alex Smith @Trackelfcom]

Quick question for UK vape shop owners:

How do you track your stock expiry dates?

A) Pure memory
B) Excel spreadsheet
C) Inventory software
D) What's an expiry date? 😅

Drop your answer below 👇

#ukvape #vapeshop #vapeindustry