How To Save Money On Vaping Despite The Tax
It is now set in stone that UK e-liquid prices will rise from October 2026 under the new vape duty scheme.
While the duty charges are unavoidable, there are ways for you to help keep your basket cost down and save money on your vape purchases despite the tax. In this blog we will highlight some of the best ways to control costs, from subscription services to loyalty schemes and multibuy deals.
Read on to explore the best ways to save money on vaping despite the tax, or click the button below to answer more general FAQs about the UK vape duty.
Join Loyalty Schemes
A great way to save money despite the vape duty is to join loyalty schemes, like our own LiQuid Loyalty Club.
Services like this enable you to collect loyalty points with every purchase that can be redeemed for discounts on future orders, helping to reduce costs despite the tax, by reducing the base price of the items you buy. While they might not negate the duty costs, they will help make incremental savings to reduce your long-term vape budget.
How Does LiQuid Loyalty Work?
Currently, our customers can earn loyalty points by shopping with us, provided they have registered an account with our online vape store.
Points can be earned in different ways, including:
- making purchases
- signing up for our mailing list
- referring a smoker or vaper
- placing larger bulk orders
These points can then be redeemed against future purchases, helping people to keep costs down and feel valued as loyal customers.
How Will Loyalty Work After The Tax?
Once the vape duty is enforced, we will have to adapt our loyalty scheme to ensure it keeps working in the best way for you.
We don't know what changes will be required just yet, but we will be working hard to ensure that your rewards feel impactful and offer you the best savings, despite unavoidable duty charges.
Take Advantage Of Multipacks & Bundles
Another way to control costs after the vape tax comes into effect is to look for offers that help keep the base price of your items down. While the duty must be paid on any e-liquids sold, reducing the base cost of those items in your basket will help soften the blow and make managing your post-tax vape budget a little easier.
What Are Vape Bundles?
Vape bundles and multipacks work in the same way as any other bulk-buy deals you might find out in the world - Buy X amount of Product, Save X amount of money. They may also include options for free/faster shipping or bonus loyalty points, over certain basket values.
Some examples we offer at LiQuid include:
- Spend £20 - Free Delivery
- Spend £30 - Free Delivery +100 Loyalty Points
- Spend £40 - Free Priority Dispatch +100 Loyalty Points
- Spend £50 - Free Priority Dispatch +250 Loyalty Points
- 10 for £18 on LiQuid Nic Salts
- 4 for £10 on 3rd Part Nic Salts
- Device + Coils + 5x E-Liquid bundles
How WIll Bundles Work After The Vape Tax?
Much like our loyalty scheme, we expect to make some changes to the way our bundles work alongside the new vape duty.
With that said, we will only make changes that ensure you get the best value when shopping with us, and that enable you to save money on your favourite e-liquids to help offset the increased taxation.
Subscribe & Save
Subscription services aren't available from every vape retailer, but our LiQuid Subscription service has proven hugely popular with our regular customers.
Most vapers, after finding their feet, tend to stick to the same combination of products for the majority of their vaping journey. That's why we introduced LiQuid subscriptions, to save people time and money on repeat orders.
How Do Vape Subscriptions Work?
Hundreds of our most popular products are available on subscription for our members. Subscriptions are customisable at any time, and offer great flexibility, but most importantly savings!
Customers can save up to 35% on selected subscription ranges:
- 5% off our Original Freebase range
- 15% off our Bar Salts
- 25% off Nicotine Pouches
Customers choose their most commonly reordered products and add them to their subscription. At a date determined by the customer, the order will automatically renew, saving you time, money, the need to remember to top up, and helping avoid running out of your favourite products.
How Will Subscriptions Work After The Vape Tax?
While we are still working out the finer details of our subscriptions after the vape tax, we still intend to offer this service long into the future.
While duty costs will be unavoidable, we will aim to help you save despite the tax, by offering subscribed products at a reduced base price.
Vape Smart: Choose Refillables & Value Ranges
We've already explored the best value vape options you should choose after the tax hits in 2026, but if you haven't read that blog yet - choosing e-liquids that have the lowest base price will help you save long-term after the vape duty is enforced.
These include examples like our £1 freebase range, and £2 Nic Salts. either of these ranges will cost significantly less than most competitors even after the vape duty is applied.
Alongside shopping smart and sticking to great value ranges, refillable vape kits are a much more cost-effective way to vape long term after the new duties hit.
Pre-filled pods will be subject to the vape tax, which means their value in terms of cost vs e-liquid volume will be significantly reduced vs 10ml refill bottles.
Not only are refillable pods and device batteries exempt from the tax, but they give you greater freedom to use better value e-liquids.
Combining budget-conscious vape juice with a refillable vape kit is a good way to ensure you can save the most money on vaping, despite rising taxes.
