Wholesale only
The words on a wholesale invoice, defined.
Ordering vape wholesale has its own vocabulary, and most of it is used without being explained. These definitions help buyers compare like for like; current commercial terms still come from the written account quote.
Terms
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Case | The unit a distributor sells in: a fixed count of the same product, packed by the manufacturer. A case is not a pallet and not a single unit. |
| MOQ | Minimum order quantity — the smallest amount a supplier will sell. Confirm the current MOQ for the account, product and case configuration in writing. |
| Mixed case | One case built from several flavours within a single product line. Allowed here, but it does not reach the deepest price tier. |
| Freight threshold | An order condition that may change the freight charge. Confirm any current threshold, destination limits and exclusions in the written order terms. |
| Price break / tier | A different unit price tied to a stated quantity or case configuration. The exact quantity, unit and validity period belong in the written quote. |
| Net 30 | Payment due 30 days after invoice when approved account terms explicitly provide it. Availability and credit limits require separate confirmation. |
| Resale certificate / licence | The paperwork that lets a business buy goods for resale without paying sales tax at purchase. See also: state tobacco or vapour licence, which is separate. |
| EIN | Employer Identification Number — the IRS number that identifies a business. It may be supplied after registration but is required before ordering access is approved. |
| PACT Act | The US federal law that governs how vapour products move to consumers: adult-signature delivery, no USPS, labelling, and tax reporting on every shipment. |
| Adult signature required | The carrier must hand the parcel to somebody 21 or over. Every vape shipment here is sent this way, and a missed delivery becomes a paid redelivery. |
| Disposable vape | A prefilled, non-rechargeable (or rechargeable but non-refillable) bar, used until the battery or the liquid runs out. Sold by puff rating, not by millilitres. |
| Puff count | The manufacturer's rated number of draws in a disposable. It is the industry's size label: a 50,000-puff bar and a 5,000-puff bar are different customers, tickets and reorder rhythms. |
| Pod system | A small refillable or prefilled device with a replaceable pod. The pod and the liquid are the repeat purchase; the device is the one-off. |
| Closed pod | A prefilled pod you cannot refill. Sold as a consumable, so the customer returns for the same pod rather than a bottle. |
| Salt nicotine | Nicotine formulated to be smoother at high strength, so it can be vaped at 35–55mg in a low-power pod. Freebase is the older formulation, typically 3–12mg. |
| Freebase | The original nicotine formulation. Lower strengths, harsher throat hit, used in higher-wattage devices rather than pods. |
| Nicotine-free / 0mg | An e-liquid labelled as containing no nicotine. Verify the product label and published specification before ordering. |
| Resistance (ohm) | The rating of a coil. It decides how much power the coil wants and how tight the draw feels, and it is why coils sell by compatibility before anything else. |
| Sub-ohm | A coil below 1.0 ohm, used at higher wattage for more vapour. The enthusiast end of the counter, and the shelf where specification closes the sale. |
| Nicotine pouch | A nicotine sachet held under the lip. No device, no coil, no liquid — the entire product is the tin, which is why it reorders so cleanly. |
| Restocking fee | A percentage deducted from a refund when goods are returned for reasons other than a defect. Ours is 15% on unopened, factory-sealed cases. |
| LTL | Less-than-truckload freight — a partial pallet or a shipment too large for parcel. The available carrier, charge and transit estimate are order-specific. |
| Drop-ship | Sending goods directly from the distributor to the end customer, without the retailer handling them. We do not offer it for vapour products; PACT Act rules make the retailer the responsible party. |
| Lead time | The delay between order confirmation and dispatch. It depends on product availability, review, destination and carrier service, so use the estimate written for the order. |
Generic trade terms are defined here; current prices, minimums, freight and timing come from the written account or order terms.
Why the vocabulary matters
Almost every dispute between a distributor and a shop is a word meaning two things. "A case" is the one that costs the most: a buyer expecting a case of assorted flavours gets a case of one flavour, or the reverse, and the order is wrong before it ships.
The rest is arithmetic. A freight threshold you did not know about turns a $1,400 order into a $1,430 order, and a price break you missed by a case means the whole order cost more than it needed to. Both are knowable before you click order, which is the point of writing them down.
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