Age verification is the single most operationally critical gate in a vape club. Federal law requires that no vape product be sold to anyone under the federal minimum age of 21, and both online and delivery stages must enforce this.

Online Age Verification Technology

A compliant online vape club implements identity and age verification at account creation and at each recurring billing event. Best-practice approaches layer multiple verification methods:

• Identity-based verification: Third-party age verification services (e.g., providers matching government ID data against authoritative databases) confirm a member's age and identity at enrollment.
• ID document scanning: Upload-and-check of a government-issued photo ID, often paired with biometric liveness checks, for higher-assurance verification.
• Database attestation: Cross-referencing name, address, and date of birth against public records to establish age.

Because the vape club model retains a member profile, verification can be completed once at enrollment and re-affirmed periodically, reducing checkout friction for returning subscribers while maintaining a defensible compliance record.

Delivery Signature and Adult Signature Requirements

The shipping stage requires a second, independent age check. Carriers offering adult-signature services verify the recipient's age (typically 21+) at the point of delivery and require a signature. A vape club's fulfillment workflow must:

• Flag every outbound vape shipment as requiring adult signature on delivery.
• Configure carrier service types that support adult signature (not all service levels do).
• Handle failed-delivery retries and member re-scheduling without shipping to an unverified recipient.
• Retain proof-of-delivery records with the adult signature capture for audit purposes.

Carrier Shipping Policies: UPS, FedEx, and USPS

Carrier policy is a distinct compliance layer from law. Each major U.S. carrier maintains its own rules for transporting ENDS products:

A vape club should formally enroll in each carrier's tobacco/ENDS shipping program, train fulfillment staff on the specific documentation each carrier requires, and never assume a general shipping label suffices for age-restricted product.