Field Intelligence · Cannabis Retail

Win the shelf by
winning the budtender.

theBUDS puts trained reps inside every dispensary, captures GPS-verified visit reports, and builds a living index of the budtenders who actually move your product — so every trade dollar is documented, not guessed.

75–80%
of sales driven by
budtender recs
16
documented visits
per store / month
0-day
GPS check-in
on every report
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The $15K/Month Black Hole

You're paying for presence.
Not performance.

Cannabis brands pour money into field marketing with almost zero visibility into what actually happens at retail.

01 / BLIND SPEND

Money with no proof

Brands burn $5K–$15K a month on trade spend and reps, then get vague text-message summaries. You're funding activity you can't measure.

02 / LOST RELATIONSHIPS

Knowledge walks out

Budtenders drive most purchase decisions, yet who advocates for you lives in one rep's head. When they quit, the relationship leaves with them.

03 / BLINDSPOT

Intel arrives too late

Competitor promos, price drops, and shelf moves reach you weeks later — if at all. Retail is a battlefield and you're fighting it blind.

The Platform

Everything that happens at retail — captured.

From the moment a rep walks through the door to the quarterly brand review, every signal is logged, organized, and turned into something you can act on.

GPS Check-In

One tap confirms the rep is inside the store's geofence before a report can start. Every visit stamps "0 days ago" so you know exactly when each store was last touched.

The Budtender Index

A living profile for every budtender — photo, opinions, favorite products, what they like brought, and an advocacy score that climbs with every interaction.

Doinks & Gamification

Budtenders earn doink points for surveys and engagement. Brand owners draft their top advocates fantasy-style and track who's putting up numbers across every store.

Competitive Price Intel

A daily Weedmaps scraper pulls live competitor pricing on the exact SKUs you care about — store by store — and graphs it so you never get undercut by surprise.

Private Sample Ledger

Track every promo pre-roll and sample handed out — to which budtender, at which store — in a private internal ledger that never touches state track-and-trace systems.

Role-Locked Portals

Brand owners, reps, budtenders, and distribution each see only what they should — with strict boundaries and zero cross-brand data leakage.

Fantasy Football, For Retail

Draft the budtenders
who move product.

Budtenders drive the majority of cannabis sales. theBUDS turns that into a roster you can build and coach — every survey, sample, and shout-out feeds an advocacy score you can actually rank.

  • Advocacy scores climb automatically from visit interactions, survey answers, and recommendations.
  • Doink rewards give budtenders a reason to engage — points they trade for gear and free product.
  • Anti-spam by design — one survey per store per week, plus a clear ToS, so points reflect real relationships.
The Field Loop

Four steps. One intelligence engine.

01

Arrive & check in

The rep opens theBUDS at the store, taps once to drop a GPS-verified check-in inside the geofence, and pulls up a pre-visit brief: last visit, stock flags, budtender reminders, and competitor notes.

GEOFENCED PINGPRE-VISIT BRIEFBUDTENDER RECALL
02

Capture the visit

A fast, tap-friendly report captures present vs. missing SKUs, shelf placement, staff sentiment, competitor promos, customer demographics, and opportunities — with photos snapped straight from the phone.

SKU AUDITSHELF PHOTOSCOMPETITOR INTEL1–5 RATING
03

Reward & record

Budtenders scan a QR code, answer a quick survey, and earn doinks. Samples handed out get logged in the private ledger. Every interaction makes each budtender profile richer.

QR SURVEYDOINK POINTSSAMPLE LEDGER
04

Intelligence flows up

Advocacy scores update, competitor pricing graphs refresh, and brand owners watch it all in a live, role-locked dashboard — proof of exactly what their trade spend is buying.

LIVE DASHBOARDPRICE GRAPHSBRAND-SILOED
Role-Based Access

One system. Four points of view.

Everyone sees exactly what they need — and nothing they shouldn't.

Operations Admin

Allen · Full Command
  • Live map of all dispensaries
  • Territories & rep assignments
  • Budtender index & all reports
  • QR codes, pricing & exports

Field Rep

Mobile · In The Field
  • GPS check-in & pre-visit brief
  • Fast visit reports + photos
  • Sample & mileage logging
  • Budtender profiles at my stores

Brand Owner

Client · Read-Only
  • Brand performance KPIs
  • Advocate team & influence map
  • Competitive pricing graphs
  • Reports filtered to their brand

Budtender

QR · No Login
  • Scan, survey, earn doinks
  • Own profile & rewards balance
  • One submission per week
  • Clear ToS & privacy terms
Before & After

The difference is documentation.

Without theBUDS

  • $15K/month trade spend with no visibility
  • Vague "I visited the store" text messages
  • Budtender relationships in one rep's head
  • Competitor moves discovered weeks late
  • "What are we even paying for?"

With theBUDS

  • Every dollar tied to GPS-verified activity
  • Structured reports with photo evidence
  • A budtender index that persists forever
  • Daily competitor pricing, graphed
  • Clients watch their own live dashboard
Ready When You Are

See what's really happening at retail.

Stop guessing. Start knowing. theBUDS gives your brand the field intelligence to win shelf space, build budtender loyalty, and outmaneuver competitors — store by store.