We didn’t wait
for permission.
Started with $2,000 and a gut feeling. Built into something 33,000 Americans trust. This is our story.
Seneca, SC · 2023
A 24-year-old, his grandma, and a gut feeling.
I’m Michael. What you see here didn’t come from investors, a business plan, or a trust fund. It came from a small check from my grandma, a busted phone, and the belief that cannabis deserved better.
People in non-legal states deserved better. The human condition deserved better.
I started alone. Tiny apartment. Shipping orders by hand. Filming TikToks at 2am. No playbook. Just a problem no one else was solving.
— Michael, Founder
500 sq ft to 10,000 sq ft
Broken ACs. Ceilings caving in. We stayed.
Broken ACs in the middle of summer. Ceilings caving in. Banks freezing our funds. More 16-hour days than we can count. We packed orders in the dark. We ran out of money more than once.
And still, we kept showing up.
In under a year, we went from a 500 sq ft run-down apartment to a 10,000 sq ft warehouse. Those sleepless nights turned a group of friends into a real team. A family.
20,000 customers in year one
20,000 customers.
Year one. Zero investors.
Despite being a small group of passionate people, we achieved something incredible: we served over 20,000 customers in our first 365 days.
Our small size doesn’t limit us. It empowers us to be agile and personal in ways larger companies simply can’t match. We understand our customers because we are part of the community we serve.
When you support us, you’re not just buying a product. You’re becoming part of a mission.
They came for us.
We’re still here.
In October 2025, law enforcement raided our Seneca warehouse. Our doors went dark. Our team scattered. Everything we had built was suddenly in question.
They thought that would be the end of us.
We are navigating the legal process, fighting back the right way, and rebuilding at the same time. Our warehouse is back. Orders are shipping. The team is intact.
Act Three is not a comeback story. It’s a continuation of the same story that started in a tiny apartment with nothing but a gut feeling.
Still standing · 2025
Small team.
Big mission.
We are a small business fueled by the determination to support this plant by working harder and achieving more. Our limited resources push us to innovate.
Every adult deserves access to quality cannabis. No stigma. No runaround. No med card. Just the plant doing what it has always done.
The story is still unfolding. And we can’t wait to share it with you.
— Michael and the THC Shop family
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