How I Started A $6.5K/Month Premium Cigars And Tobacco Ecommerce
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?
Hi! I’m Scotty, and I started an online business selling premium cigars, pipe tobacco, pipes, cigar accessories, and “RYO supplies” - in layman’s terms the non-tobacco items used by folks who roll their own cigarettes, like tubes, machines, etc. I created this to supplement and expand my two retail cigar shops.
My business has gone through a few different phases over the years where different products and offerings have generated the bulk of my company’s revenue. When I started the online venture in 1999, the main focus was on pipes and pipe tobacco. Over the years, premium cigars gained a larger share of our revenue, but pipes and tobacco remained at the top. I believe we were the largest direct-to-consumer distributor of pipe tobacco in the USA. While our competitors were measuring their annual bulk tobacco sales in pounds, we were measuring ours in tons.
In 2013 I sold the tobacco-related portion of the online business to one of my competitors. Due to the sale and subsequent non-compete agreement, I re-launched with all new branding and shifted the product selection to focus on strictly RYO supplies.
With my non-compete agreement...
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