ZampleBox

What ZampleBox does

ZampleBox is a privately-held, US-based direct-to-consumer e-commerce subscription business founded in 2014 and operated from Vista, California, that aggregates vape juice and disposable vape products from over 300 third-party brands and sells them to adult consumers (21+) via its owned storefront at zamplebox.com. Its core product is a monthly curated subscription box available in 3, 6, or 12 bottle tiers ($23.99–$53.99/month) plus a separate Disposable Vape Box subscription at $39.99/month, with additional flavor-targeted variants (Fruit, Dessert, Menthol, Tobacco); the company also sells individual e-juice and disposable products on a one-time basis. The platform is built on BigCommerce and functions as a curated marketplace rather than a proprietary technology business, with no disclosed AI/ML, mobile app, API, or integration surface.

The business model is straightforward D2C subscription commerce: ZampleBox sources from 300+ USA vape juice brands and passes through wholesale pricing as a 60–70% discount versus vape shop retail. The company markets to two customer segments — adult vapers seeking discovery and value, and smokers transitioning to vaping — emphasizing convenience, variety, and cost savings. Acquisition and retention are driven by content marketing (Vape School blog), a community layer (members lounge, 250,000+ reviews powering the annual Vape Awards), and product discovery mechanics rather than paid performance or partnerships.

Strategically, ZampleBox has executed a small number of incremental moves in recent years: launching the Disposable Vape Box subscription, adding category-specific box SKUs, and scaling community/awards engagement, while remaining self-funded with no disclosed institutional capital, M&A, or international expansion. Its competitive position rests on brand recognition as 'the world's first and largest vaping membership club,' a 200,000+ member community, and curated multi-brand breadth rather than proprietary technology or significant switching costs.

Name

ZampleBox

Legal name

Zamplebox

Website

https://zamplebox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ZampleBox is a US-based direct-to-consumer subscription e-commerce platform that curates and delivers monthly vape juice and disposable vape boxes from 300+ brands at 60–70% off retail, serving adult individual vapers seeking discovery, value, and convenience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vape Subscription E-commerce

NAICS

Other Health and Personal Care Retailers (45619)

SIC

Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores (5940)

akta.pro primary industry

Dedicated Vape & E-Cigarette Shops (Specialty Retail) (CRANAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Vape & E-Cig Accessories Retail (Mods, Pods, Coils, Batteries, Chargers) (CRANAEAG), Disposable Vape Retail (CRANAEAI)

Keywords

• Vape subscription box
• E-juice retail
• Disposable vapes
• Vape membership club
• Curated vape flavors

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Vegas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Subscription Box Revenue: Monthly recurring subscription revenue from curated vape juice box deliveries. Plans range from 3-bottle to 12-bottle boxes, with pricing from $23.99 to $53.99 per shipment. Subscribers can choose frequency (monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly) and flavor preferences (fruit, dessert, menthol, tobacco categories).
2. One-Time Product Sales: Individual product purchases of e-juice, disposable vapes, and accessories through their retail storefront. Customers can buy single bottles or devices at discounted prices compared to standard retail.
3. Disposable Vape Box Subscription: Monthly subscription service for disposable vape devices, delivering 3 curated disposable vapes per box at $39.99/month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ZampleBox is a direct-to-consumer e-commerce subscription club that curates and ships monthly boxes of premium vape juice and disposable vape devices sourced from over 300 USA brands. Subscribers choose between 3, 6, or 12 bottle e-juice tiers (with flavor-profile variants such as Fruit, Dessert, Menthol, and Tobacco) and a separate 3-device Disposable Vape Box, with pricing set at 60–70% below retail vape shop prices. A retail storefront on the same site also sells individual e-juice bottles, disposables, and accessories for one-time purchase.

Product overview

ZampleBox is a subscription-based vape membership club offering curated monthly deliveries of e-juice and disposable vape products. The core offering consists of customizable subscription boxes (3, 6, or 12 bottle options) available in Fruit, Dessert, Menthol, and Tobacco flavor profiles, plus a separate Disposable Vape Box subscription. Members save 60-70% compared to retail prices through the company's relationships with over 300 USA vape brands. Individual products are also available for one-time retail purchase through the online store.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vape Box Subscription Monthly curated delivery of popular USA vape juice brands in 3, 6, or 12 bottle tiers (30ml each), with flavor preferences and billing cadence (monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly) configurable by the subscriber. Priced from $23.99 to $53.99 per shipment, with claimed savings of up to 67% off retail vape shop pricing. Targets adult (21+) individual vapers seeking discovery, variety, and value.
• Disposable Vape Box Subscription Monthly subscription that delivers 3 curated disposable vape devices from leading brands, marketed for flavor variety, convenience, and value at $39.99 per month. Targeted at adult (21+) individual consumers who prefer disposable hardware over bottled e-juice.
• Fruit Box Subscription Curated 3, 6, or 12 bottle monthly subscription focused on fruit-flavored 30ml vape juice from USA brands, available in 0mg, 3mg, or 6mg nicotine strengths. Targets adult vapers who prefer fruit flavor profiles.
• Dessert Box Subscription Curated 3, 6, or 12 bottle monthly subscription focused on dessert-flavored 30ml vape juice (bakery, cream, and candy-inspired profiles) from USA brands. Targets adult vapers who prefer dessert flavor profiles.
• Menthol Box Subscription Curated 3, 6, or 12 bottle monthly subscription focused on menthol and icy 30ml vape juice flavors from USA brands. Targets adult vapers and transitioning smokers who prefer cool, refreshing flavors.
• Tobacco Box Subscription Curated 3, 6, or 12 bottle monthly subscription focused on tobacco-flavored 30ml vape juice (classic, bold, and smooth profiles) from USA brands. Targets adult vapers and smokers transitioning off cigarettes who want traditional tobacco notes.
• E-Juice / Vape Juice Retail One-time purchase access to over 500 premium e-liquid products from 300+ USA vape juice brands, offered in 30ml, 60ml, 100ml, and 120ml sizes and multiple nicotine strengths at discounted prices. Available to adult (21+) individual consumers without a subscription commitment.
• Disposable Vapes Retail One-time purchase of pre-filled disposable vape devices, including high-puff-count models from brands such as NEXA, EB CREATE, NYKD, Dinner Lady, iJoy, and Cloud King. Sold individually to adult (21+) consumers outside the disposable subscription box.

Quantifiable outcome

• Save 60-70% compared to retail vape shop prices
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vape Craft InccoreOthersPrimary supplier brand for e-juice products sold through ZampleBox. Multiple award-winning flavors including OMG So Good (2020 Best Milk Vape), Tropical Twist, Strawberry Banapple, and others. Products include House Line Classics, Bombshell Premium, and The Classic Line Favorites.
• CitricitycoreOthersFeatured brand whose Crazberry Limeade won 2026 Vape Juice of the Year award. Also supplies Peach Limeade and Cherry Limeade nic salt flavors.
• Vertigo VaporminorOthersBrand supplier whose Pink Drink flavor won 2016 Best Drink Vape award. Products include Honey Berry, Tango Ice, and Breme Brulee.
• FJ's E-LiquidminorOthersE-juice brand supplier featuring Churronimo (Vanilla bean ice cream sandwiched between two cinnamon pastries) and Cookie Craze flavors.
• 300+ Top USA Vape Juice BrandscoreOthersZampleBox curates products from over 300 USA-based vape juice brands, aggregating inventory and offering members access to the broadest selection at wholesale prices.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Vape Wild: Vape Wild is a US online e-juice brand and subscription retailer serving DIY and curated e-liquid customers, directly competing with ZampleBox on subscription e-juice boxes at discount pricing.
• Mt Baker Vapor: Mt Baker Vapor is a long-running US online vape retailer offering e-juice, hardware, and starter kits with subscription-style discounts, competing head-to-head with ZampleBox for the same DTC adult-vaper audience.
• VaporDNA: VaporDNA is a US online vape retailer carrying e-juice, mods, disposables, and accessories, competing with ZampleBox across both subscription and one-off orders in the same DTC channel.
• Element Vape: Element Vape is a large US online vape retailer with a broad multi-brand e-juice and disposable catalog that overlaps directly with ZampleBox's curation-and-subscription model, even though it leans more heavily into hardware.
• Direct Vapor: Direct Vapor is a US online vape retailer offering multi-brand e-juice, devices, and disposables at discount pricing, directly comparable to ZampleBox's e-commerce aggregation and discounted SKU strategy.
• EightVape: EightVape is a US online vape retailer known for aggressive discount e-juice and disposable pricing, competing with ZampleBox for price-sensitive adult vapers and operating in the same curated DTC format.

Broad incumbents

• NJOY: NJOY is a major US vape manufacturer and DTC retailer with broad distribution and an FDA-authorized product portfolio. It overlaps with ZampleBox's e-commerce and nicotine positioning but operates at much larger scale in regulated channels.
• JUUL Labs: JUUL Labs is a leading US pod-based vape brand operating its own retail and distribution channels, competing in the same adult-vaper segment that ZampleBox serves but with a single-brand, regulated-manufacturer model.
• Vuse (Reynolds Tobacco): Vuse is the vape brand owned by Reynolds American/BAT and one of the largest disposable and pod sellers in the US, an incumbent that competes with ZampleBox's curated e-juice and disposable offering at much greater scale.

Emerging players

• TryTheCBD / subscription hemp retailers: Subscription-style wellness and hemp/CBD retailers (e.g., TryTheCBD) operate a similar curated discovery-and-ship DTC model aimed at adult consumers, and represent the most natural adjacent pivot category for ZampleBox if it chooses to diversify away from regulated nicotine.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/zamplebox
• Xx.com/zamplebox
• Pinterestpinterest.com/zamplebox
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zonder-werk

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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