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Google’s medical/health policy
Cannabis pages get filtered aggressively. Standard SEO breaks; specialised tactics are required.
IND-CAN / Industry hub Cannabis & CBD
Cannabis
& CBD
Marketing
Agency .
Full-service marketing for dispensaries, CBD brands, and adjacent businesses.
Legalisation has finally caught up with real life. Now big platforms are lagging behind and still treat cannabis as a restricted topic. We bridge the gap and make your canna sales as easy as selling clothes on Shopify. Just with more money.
Get in touch → 01 Approach What we bring → what you get
We bring the asset You get the outcome
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We bring
Network of cannabis-friendly publishers (wellness, lifestyle, fitness) at flat rates, not high-risk markup.
You get
Real backlinks and audience reach without paying the cannabis tax on every placement
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We bring
200+ verified reviewer profiles on Leafly, Weedmaps, AllBud, Nugg, and Wikileaf.
You get
Brand equity that compounds the moment your store goes live, not after months of review accumulation
03
We bring
PBN of 40+ cannabis-tagged domains across health, wellness, and lifestyle niches.
You get
Domain authority that survives the next Google update because the links sit on actual sites
04
We bring
Direct underwriting relationships with cannabis-MCC processors and crypto-checkout providers.
You get
Payment continuity through MCC tightenings and processor freezes
05
We bring
Editorial team fluent in the THC/CBD/delta-8/hemp distinction across all jurisdictions.
You get
Site copy that ranks without inviting an FDA Warning Letter
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We bring
Network of cannabis-niche YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok creators.
You get
Influencer-driven reach independent of mainstream platform tolerance
02 Why other agencies won’t do it 5 reasons mainstream agencies pass
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Backlink providers refuse
Most paid link networks reject cannabis topics outright. We maintain our own placement networks.
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Major ad platforms ban without notice
Meta, Google, and TikTok suspend cannabis advertisers regardless of policy compliance.
04
Stripe and major processors freeze cannabis MCC merchants
Standard payment infrastructure breaks. We have working relationships with high-risk processors and crypto rails.
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Mainstream agencies do not have the vendors
Relationships, inventory, and appetite are built up over years. Generic agencies cannot stand them up on demand.
03 Why you need this Buyer-intent demand in the vertical
The buyer-intent search demand for cannabis & cbd is real, direct, and largely under-served by operators who do not invest in marketing infrastructure. The data below illustrates the categories your customers are already searching for. Ranking, paid placement, and direct-channel presence on these queries are direct revenue.
| Buyer-intent keyword | Monthly search volume |
|---|---|
| buy thc gummies online | 14,800/mo |
| dispensary near me | 550,000/mo |
| cbd for sleep | 40,500/mo |
| delta 8 wholesale | 2,400/mo |
| best cbd brands | 8,100/mo |
04 Our services for cannabis & cbd Each link opens a service-specific page
SVC-001
SEO for Cannabis
Local, eCom, parasite, PBN, negative-defense.
SVC-002Cannabis Ads
Paid acquisition across compliant platforms and gray-market networks.
SVC-003Cannabis Reputation Management
Press, suppression, review management, crisis communication.
SVC-004Cannabis Community
Forum, Reddit, Discord, Telegram. Community-driven reach where it matters.
SVC-005Cannabis Sales
Funnel, retention, upsell, conversion rate optimization.
SVC-006Cannabis eCommerce Development
Conversion-tuned brand and store sites. Built for the vertical.
SVC-007Content for Cannabis
Niche-fluent copy and editorial that respects the audience.
SVC-008Cannabis Consulting
Strategy, audits, contingency planning, founder advisory.
05 From cannabis & cbd clients Anonymised at client request
We’d run through four agencies in six years. None of them understood the vertical, all of them disappeared at the first compliance request. Despite was the first one we did not have to educate.
They built our entire ban-recovery infrastructure before we ran the first ad. Six months later, when Meta pulled us, we were back online before standup had finished.
06 Cannabis & CBD Marketing FAQ The questions cannabis & cbd operators ask first
01 Do you work with both THC and CBD brands?
Yes. We work with full-spectrum cannabis brands, hemp-derived CBD brands, delta-8 retailers, and the various legal hybrids. The compliance posture differs per category and per jurisdiction; we calibrate it to your stack.
02 Will Google penalise our content for cannabis claims?
Google’s medical content policy treats unsubstantiated cannabis health claims as a quality signal violation. We write within the policy: structured comparisons, sourced statements, and product information rather than therapeutic claims.
03 What happens when our Meta ad account gets suspended?
Code Red Setup is configured before the first ad runs on any account we manage. Average recovery time after a suspension event is 47 minutes. The account suspension is treated as expected.
04 Do you only work in cannabis-legal states?
We work with cannabis brands operating in jurisdictions where the work is legal for them. We do not take work that requires us to operate illegally ourselves.
05 What payment processors do you have relationships with?
We maintain working relationships with several high-risk processors that underwrite cannabis MCC, plus crypto-checkout providers, Interac for Canadian operators, and offshore acquiring partners.
06 Can you handle our state-by-state compliance differences?
Yes. Cannabis regulation is jurisdiction-specific by design. We track FDA, FTC, and state-by-state differences and calibrate copy, claims, and creative per jurisdiction.
07 Start the conversation Reply within 24h. Mutual NDA on request.
Tell us what you’re working on.
Most engagements start with a three-week audit. The form below tells us enough to scope the call. Or write directly: contacts@despitemarketing.com. Your brief goes straight to a partner, not a triage queue.