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REAL VS FAKE:


HERE'S HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE


TL;DR:

In 2021, counterfeits are everywhere. Which is why we fueled our industry’s most
comprehensive anti-counterfeit solution: Puff DNA. With AI-driven verification
labels and a smoother-than-smooth, 2-second-long confirmation process, safety --
and certainty -- are finally in your hands.

If you’re a consumer in 2021, you know that counterfeits are no joke.

Tedious and frustrating for some, high-risk and dangerous for others, they’ve
been inciting alarm from all directions over the past decade. And for good
reason. Across regions and industries, their prevalence has been surging.

Year after year, counterfeits have been gaining even more traction -- while
their producers have been gaining even more brazenness.

In the vape industry alone, counterfeits have been wreaking havoc. In 2020, we
were first exposed to how serious an issue counterfeiting was for our community
-- but after taking steps to learn more and combat the problem, we realized a
more substantial game-plan would be necessary.

If we really wanted to affect change -- if we really wanted to protect our
community -- we’d need to think bigger. To act bigger. So that’s exactly what we
did.

In January of this past year, our team got together to compile a vivid,
no-holds-barred look at what our industry -- and Puff Bar specifically -- was
facing. And that picture was nothing short of daunting.

...95% of all vapes on the market claiming to be Puff Bars were counterfeits…

...34,000 fake Puff Bar products had been seized in December 2020 by US Customs,
from 42 different shipments -- all coming from China...

...Independent retailers were motivated to buy in from counterfeiters because of
prices as much as 50% cheaper. And if they weren’t motivated to buy in, they
were, at the very least, motivated to ask fewer questions...

Like we said: it was a daunting picture. For you, our community, forced to feel
the apprehension of not knowing whether the product in your hand is authentic.
And for us, here at Puff Bar, forced to feel the helplessness of an imitation
industry holding our products hostage.

What became immediately clear was that these producers, these fakes, were
determined to keep profiting off of our customers. They were determined to keep
using our products’ designs to sell fraud, and they were determined to keep
putting our community at risk.

So we said, enough is enough. We looked inwards -- at our own business, at our
own capabilities -- to figure out a way to better prepare you. And what we
decided is that it all starts with giving you answers to some basic, but
crucial, questions:

How can you tell the difference between a genuine Puff Bar product and a fake
one?

How can you know if what you purchased is really what you intended to purchase?

How can you know whether you’ve been duped?

The answer, though detailed, is straightforward: through Puff DNA.

See, we’ve been hard at work developing a fool-proof system for you to be able
to identify the authentic from the not. And now, we’re here to illuminate it.

But before we get started, a little backstory. When we first realized Puff Bar
counterfeits were running wild, we looked into a variety of options for
equipping our products with anti-counterfeit features. We researched, we tried
some out -- but we didn’t have success. When we implemented a feature,
counterfeit producers wouldn’t take long to catch up, imitating the
anti-counterfeit scratch code on their fake products too.

We were frustrated. We were exasperated. Until our eyes landed on Cypheme.

The Paris-based AI company that’s leading the global charge in anti-counterfeit
technology solutions, Cypheme had created an award-winning, unparalleled,
AI-driven label to fight counterfeits. And after connecting with them, we knew
immediately that their label could change everything.

Chemically unique, impossible to replicate, and tracked (and stored) in a secure
cloud. Produced with a special ink and proprietary code, and outlined with a
one-off color -- a shade of orange -- that can’t even be found in the Pantone
references. This label had pulled out all the stops.

It was proven, it was technologically grounded, and it was seamlessly able to
affix onto our products. But most importantly, it would give you -- our
community -- the simple answer you deserved.



How can you tell if the Puff Bar is fake?

Pull out your smartphone. Take a picture of the round label -- without needing
to download an app to do it. Submit the picture online, and within seconds,
you’ll get AI-driven verification of whether its unique signature has a match in
the cloud.

If it does, your product’s genuine. If it doesn’t, it’s a fake.

But what if the Puff Bar doesn’t have the Puff DNA circular label? What if it
has a scratch code, or some other coded label?

If it doesn’t have the Cypheme circular label, it’s a fake Puff Bar. 100%.
Guaranteed.

Every one of our Puff Bar products comes affixed with a best-in-class Cypheme
label, as part of our Puff DNA system. That consistency ensures that we’re doing
everything we can to keep our community informed and protected -- while keeping
our industry safer as a whole.

In March 2021, Cypheme conducted their own case study of Puff Bar counterfeits
on the market. They found that 70% of the products calling themselves Puff Bars
were fakes. In September 2021, six months after we’d implemented our Puff DNA
system (with Cypheme’s labels), they tracked the market again.

This time, they found a market-wide Puff Bar counterfeit decrease of 82%.

Our goal is to keep our customers satisfied, yes, but more importantly -- it’s
to keep you prepared. To keep you defended, to keep you looked out for, and to
keep you safe.

Puff DNA allows us to do that -- without the complexity, the guesswork, or the
variance. It keeps things seamless and it keeps things predictable. And it lets
us continue to do what we do best:

Offer you the creme de la creme of vape products… in the most Satisfyingly
Simple of ways.




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