What is Product Metadata?

Product metadata is a set of information associated to each of the unique SKUs you sell. We need product metadata from you to be able to calculate excise taxes that are based on mL of liquid, category of product or the presence of certain ingredients.

Product Metadata for the Vape Industry

The current set of required fields to comply with the various excise tax laws in the US is:

SKU

This is the unique identifier that your ecommerce system uses for each product and/or product variant. It is the key we use to connect product information to each checkout card or order.

NAME

This is the name of the product, for reference only.

BRAND

This is the manufacturing brand for the product. Some Excise Tax reports require this to be provided.

VOLUME

This is the volume of vape ejuice in mL. It should be in number format with no units included.

WHOLESALE COST

This is the per unit cost paid by the wholesaler to acquire the product.

WHOLESALE PRICE

This is the per unit price listed by the wholesaler.

MSRP

Manufacturers suggested retail price.

RETAIL

The actual retail price.

VAPE SYSTEM TYPE

A descriptor allowing us to match products against various excise tax laws. The options are:

• Open
• Closed
• Parts

NICOTINE

A flag on SKUs for products that contain nicotine.

EXEMPT

A flag on SKUs for products that do not qualify for any vape industry taxes.

PACK CONFIG

A field that allows you to bundle a set of SKUs with existing product metadata into a single SKU that is purchased by customers with the correct excise taxes based on the included SKUs.

PACK QUANTITY

A field that allows you to multiply the quantity for purposes of "per unit" taxes on pack items sold as a single quantity in your ecommerce system.