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All Industries We Work With.

Eighteen verticals where standard agencies don’t engage and the few who do apply playbooks calibrated for unrestricted ecommerce. Cannabis, peptides, adult, vape, online pharmacy, psychedelics, and the categories adjacent to each. Pick yours, or contact us if it’s close but not exact.

01IND-CAN

Cannabis & CBD

Dispensaries, CBD, hemp-derived THC, and everything legal-adjacent in the green sector.

Including:

Dispensaries (medical & recreational)
CBD brands
Hemp-derived THC products
Cannabis edibles
Vape carts and concentrates
Cannabis accessories and glass

02IND-ADP

Adult Platforms

Subscription, content, and creator economy in the adult sector — where mainstream marketing infrastructure refuses to engage.

Including:

OnlyFans management agencies
Adult subscription platforms
Adult studios
Adult creator-management brands
Cam platforms

03IND-VAP

Vape & E-Cigarettes

Vape hardware, e-liquid, disposables — the category that turned into PMTA hell overnight.

Including:

Vape hardware brands
Disposable vape brands
E-liquid manufacturers
Mod and tank makers
Vape shop chains

04IND-PHM

Online Pharmacies

Online pharmacies, telehealth platforms, and regulated medical commerce. High stakes, strict compliance bar.

Including:

Online pharmacies (Canadian, EU)
Telehealth platforms
Prescription discount platforms
International pharmacy brokers
Compounding pharmacies

05IND-PEP

Peptides

Research peptides, GH peptides, repair stacks, GLP-1 — the science-driven edge of body modification.

Including:

Research peptide retailers
GH, BPC-157, and tissue-repair stacks
GLP-1 / weight-loss peptide brands
Peptide compounding pharmacies
Pre-mixed peptide kits

06IND-SUP

High-Risk Supplements

The supplements FDA keeps an eye on — pre-workouts, fat burners, hormonal support, edge ingredients.

Including:

Pre-workout brands
Fat-burner formulations
Test-booster brands
PCT and SERM-adjacent supplements
Adaptogen brands with edge ingredients

07IND-AST

Anabolic Steroids

All things bulking and cutting, selling the dream of a perfect physique — and the fuel to build it.

Including:

Anabolic steroid shops & sources
Cycle design and coaching (personal brand)
SARMs retailers
TRT clinics
Underground labs (UGLs) and lab-test services
Sex-health stack brands

08IND-NOO

Nootropics

Cognitive enhancement and smart drugs — the long tail of compounds AI refuses to discuss.

Including:

Racetam retailers (piracetam, aniracetam, phenylpiracetam)
Modafinil and armodafinil sources
Smart-drug and biohacking stacks
Adaptogen and natural-nootropic brands

09IND-KRA

Kratom

Botanicals with regulatory ambiguity. Loved by users, fought by FDA, mostly tolerated state by state.

Including:

Kratom retailers
Kratom extract products (7-OH, 7-HMG)
Kanna and adjacent botanicals
Kratom-adjacent harm-reduction brands

10IND-PCH

Zins & Pouches

Nicotine pouches and oral nicotine — the smokeless future tobacco companies don’t quite know how to market yet.

Including:

Nicotine pouch brands
Oral nicotine products
Zyn-adjacent retailers
White-label pouch manufacturers

11IND-TOB

Tobacco

Cigars, premium tobacco, pipe tobacco, and traditional smoking products — the category most ad platforms treat as off-limits.

Including:

Cigar retailers
Pipe tobacco brands
Premium cigarette brands
Tobacco subscription services

12IND-MUS

Magic Mushrooms

Psilocybin retailers and microdosing brands operating in legal grey zones expanding state by state.

Including:

Psilocybin retailers (legal jurisdictions)
Microdosing brands
Mushroom edibles
Spore vendors (research-only)
Functional mushroom brands (legal cover)

13IND-KLS

Ketamine & LSD

Ketamine and psychedelic compounds outside the clinical setting. Sensitive, regulated, real demand.

Including:

Ketamine retailers (legal jurisdictions)
LSD-adjacent harm-reduction supply
Research chemicals retailers
2C-x family vendors

14IND-PTC

Psychedelic Therapy

Clinical psychedelic medicine — ketamine-assisted therapy, psilocybin clinics, the FDA-track companies.

Including:

Ketamine-assisted therapy clinics
Psilocybin therapy clinics (Oregon, Colorado)
Psychedelic-retreat providers
Patient-acquisition platforms

15IND-EDR

Escort Directories

Directories, classifieds, and listing platforms for adult companionship services.

Including:

Escort directories
Companionship listing platforms
Adult provider classifieds
Cam-and-companion hybrid platforms

16IND-ADR

Adult Retail

Sex toys, novelties, lingerie, sex-positive retail — the adult-adjacent brands Meta will sometimes approve and sometimes won’t.

Including:

Sex toy retailers
Adult novelty brands
Lingerie and sex-positive fashion
Lubricant and intimate wellness brands
Adult subscription boxes

17IND-GMC

Gentlemen’s Clubs

Strip clubs, gentleman’s clubs, and adult venues. Local SEO and reputation management are most of the marketing.

Including:

Strip clubs
Gentleman’s clubs
Adult venues
Burlesque venues with adult tier

18IND-FIN

Financial Services

Restricted finance — hard-money lending, high-risk payment processing, B2B in regulated finance.

Including:

Hard-money lenders
High-risk payment processors
Merchant account brokers
Crypto-OTC desks
B2B finance for restricted markets

Your category not here?

If your business sits adjacent to anything on this page, we probably know the shape of it. Restricted-market work is mostly the same set of constraints across categories — the specifics differ. Drop us a brief and we’ll tell you.

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