Square CBD & hemp ban · deadline Oct 15, 2026
Square just told you to stop selling CBD. We’ll get you selling again, somewhere that works.
If you got the email, you already know: your CBD and hemp products come off Square by October 15. We move your store to a platform and payment setup built to keep selling hemp products, usually in days, not months.
Free consultation. No obligation. Most calls take 15 minutes.
Until Square removes CBD & hemp items from your catalog. After that date, you can’t sell them on Square at all.
Square is banning CBD and hemp product sales, both online and in-person, starting October 15, 2026, ahead of a federal law change on November 12, 2026 that redefines legal hemp. Businesses using Square for CBD sales need to move to a platform that isn’t tied to Square’s payment policy, such as WooCommerce paired with a hemp-friendly payment processor, before the deadline. Virtina handles this migration end to end, typically within 2–3 weeks.
If you do nothing, here’s what October 15th looks like
Square sent out a notice: a new federal law takes effect November 12, 2026 that redefines legal hemp. Square isn’t waiting to find out how it shakes out. They’re pulling CBD and hemp products off their platform first. Here’s what that means for you.
Your online store stops taking orders for your best sellers
Every CBD, hemp, or hemp-derived item in your catalog gets shut off. If that's most of your revenue, most of your revenue stops.
Your in-person checkout stops working too
This isn't just your website. Square's ban covers point-of-sale as well. Ringing up a CBD product in your shop hits the same wall.
You're now hunting for a payment processor under a deadline
Most mainstream processors already restrict or ban CBD. Waiting until October to start looking means scrambling, not choosing.
Your Square Loan repayment doesn't pause for any of this
If you have a Square Loan, it keeps pulling from your daily card sales as usual, even while your CBD revenue is cut off.
Move your store off Square, onto a setup built for hemp sellers
We build your store on WooCommerce, which isn’t tied to one payment processor. That means you’re not stuck if a processor changes its mind about hemp later, you just switch, and your store keeps running.
We rebuild your store on WooCommerce
Same products, same photos, same customer list, moved over, not started from scratch. Your store keeps its look and feel; we just give it a foundation that won't get pulled out from under you.
We connect you to a payment processor that accepts hemp
There are processors built specifically for high-risk categories like CBD. We know which ones are reliable, and we handle the setup so payments work from day one.
We keep your Google rankings and site traffic intact
A bad migration tanks your SEO. We've moved hundreds of stores between platforms without losing search traffic. Your redirects and rankings come with you.
We keep your store live in-person too
Need point-of-sale, not just online checkout? We set up in-store payments that work alongside your new online store, so your physical location isn't stuck either.
Your store closes at 9pm. This doesn’t.
Plenty of CBD and hemp brands sell wholesale too: retailers, dispensaries, distributors restocking at odd hours. When a buyer asks about case pricing at 2am and nobody answers, they order from whoever does.
ChatSKU is an AI chat we also built, from the same team, that lives on your new store. It knows your whole catalog, quotes bulk pricing by customer group, and turns the question into a captured RFQ, automatically.
Three steps, most stores are live before the deadline
Free 15-minute call
Tell us what you're selling, how big your catalog is, and what your Square setup looks like today. We tell you honestly what it takes to move.
We build your new store
We move your products, photos, and customer data to WooCommerce and connect a hemp-friendly payment processor. You review it before anything goes live.
You go live, before Square shuts you off
We flip the switch, test every order path, and make sure nothing breaks. Your customers keep buying like nothing happened.
This product and what you guys have developed for me is a totally different level... it’s almost like printing money.
Straight answers, no sales talk
Just the CBD and hemp items are what Square is banning. Some businesses move the whole store off Square to simplify things. Others keep Square for non-CBD products and move just the hemp side to a separate setup. We'll tell you which makes more sense once we see your catalog.
Most stores are live within 2 to 3 weeks, depending on catalog size. If you're tight on time before October 15, tell us on the call and we'll build a plan around your deadline, not a generic timeline.
Congress is still fighting over this, and the deadline could move. That doesn't change the core problem: Square already decided to drop CBD sellers. Moving off Square protects you either way, since you're no longer dependent on one platform's policy.
Not if it's done right. We handle redirects, technical SEO, and site structure so search engines see your new store as a continuation, not a fresh start. This is one of the most common ways migrations go wrong, and it's one of the things we're most careful about.
It depends on your catalog size and what you need connected: payments, inventory, shipping, etc. You'll get a real number after the free call, not a vague range.
Get your store moved before Square shuts off your CBD sales
Book a free 15-minute call. We’ll tell you exactly what it takes to keep selling, and what it costs.
