Geek Bar has nearly 5,000 e-cigarette terminal stores
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1- Preface2- Product - Centric Approach: The Holy Grail of Geek Bar Achievements
3- Incentives for Store Expansion: Fuel for Growth
4- Core Team Support & Capital Pillar
1- Preface
In the evolving world of e - cigarette industry, Geek Bar is an significant player. Now, the total number of MODI e - cigarette terminal stores under the Geek Bar brand has reached nearly 5,000 units at the end of April. In March there were 1,721 new stores opened, and in April there were also 1,005 new stores opened[1] - Balanced to 9 Takeover rate of the S - level business district reported across the country. It is ranked second among domestic electronic atomization brands in the number of stores opened and market coverage, closely following RELX.
2- Product - Centric Approach: The Holy Grail of Geek Bar Achievements
Launched in 2018, the Geek Bar brand has always retained a product - focused vision. It has a rich product matrix, covering cartridge - changing atomizer rod, smart POD MOD, disposable atomizer, atomizer cartridge, etc. Therefore, to keep the brand a step ahead of the competition, industry - leading technologies are introduced as part of upgrades and iterations of products. With the aim of creating long - term strategic partnerships with the worlds top supply chains, Geek Bar has successfully expanded the product matrix, including MOTI, MOTIMOJO, MOTIPIIN, MOTIS, MOTIS LITE, MOTIC, MOTIX, MOTIGO, and the MOTIC Star Series. Ultimately, the aim is to provide users with the best product experience possible.
Its many awards are a testament to the brands emphasis on product innovation. Geek Bars products and technologies have won a total of 15 design awards and hundreds of patents. Just some of them being the German Green Product Award, the American MUSE Design Award, and the French DNA Design Award. Cut - edge technologies such as surging mode to variable frequency power; from temperature curves have been truly optimized in Geek Bars products.
Early in 2025, Geek Bar showed its R & D talent again by releasing the MOTIGO and MOTIC Star Series. MOTIGO has 8-8 yuan position in respect of a low - cost high - configuration products. It seeks to grab market share through its extraordinary cost - effectiveness.
MOTIGO has anodizing technology and a metal shell. It has a large 400mAh enough for an ultra - long battery life, and a TYPE - C charging interface. These specifications would put it on a par with the flagship configurations of many garden-variety cartridge-changing atomizer products. In addition to this, MOTIGO's customized core technology is an atomization control component that has been jointly developed with a number of domestic chips by Geek Bar. It uses domestic 180 - nanometer process semiconductors, a high - end configuration. For cartridges, MOTIGO adopts leading FEELM atomization core with industry standards that really restores the various components of the e - liquid and guarantees the high taste experience.
The new clinical microscope wasthe MOTIC Star Series, which preserved the advantages of the MOTIC with one new offering. The industry first using pure titanium material to build the cigarette rod The pure - titanium body gives it a touch of high - tech elegance. The colorful ice flowers on each atomizer rod are natural, creating unique one - of - a - kind rods. The product also avoids paint, leaving a natural color. With cosmic romance oozing from its every pore, the MOTIC Star Series graced us in the form of an exquisite gift box which went on to receive widespread acclaim since its launch.
3- Incentives for Store Expansion: Fuel for Growth
In 2021, Geek Bar also launched a large scale of subsidy program which is rare in the industry,besides internal R & D innovation and product upgrading. The brand pledged to invest 1 billion yuan to open 10,000 stores. It also introduced more supportive policies for blank markets, key business districts, and small - and medium - sized cities. Clerks covered with an area of 5, 10, and 20 are subsidized by three major subsidies such as store decoration, rent, and freight, and the highest single store subsidy can reach nearly 120,000 yuan.
In order to protect agent rights and interests, Geek Bar has been operating a comprehensive business management mechanism. Guided by the IOT ( Internet Of Things ) concept, the brand provides full - support with comprehensive planning from all - round support of store image design, promotional material provision, store gift support, product subsidies, store clerk training, business diagnosis to unified product after - sales service, according to different cooperation models. In addition, there are agents from different levels of sales incentive funds, as well as 500 - meter store - opening protection and other means.
Mr. Zhuang from Anhui is a testament to the effectiveness of these subsidy policies. So Mr. Zhuang who before this was running the water heater business in his hometown and lost more than 100,000 yuans because of poor management, turned into the nail industry in some other provinces and opened 5 stores. When his nail business was in decline, he set his sights on the e - cigarette market. In 2020, he acutely captured the rise of e - cigarette and small - smoke and started to enter into the small - smoke market.
Mr. Zhuang was very careful to enter the small - smoke field, with his previous experience in the water heater, nail art and big - smoke industry. Of which he surveyed top 15 brands in Chinas e - cigarette industry, And collected samples of more than a dozen e - cigarette brands, And did not consider a geek bar first. But what he was impressed by was that the regional manager of Geek Bar drove to his city and brought samples with him. After in - depth communication, careful consideration, comparison, and communication, Mr. Zhuang finally settled down to open a Geek Bar store. Under the help of the headquarters nanny - style service and subsidy policy, and their own fine management, within one year, Mr. Zhuangs business has developed from the first store at the end of 2020 to the current 5 specialty stores, 1 collection point, and 3 specialty stores under construction. Single store sales peak monthly sales have approached 400,000 yuan. As for future development, Mr. Zhuang is more optimistic.
In addition, the preferential policies have also driven the rapid development of Geek Bar stores in other first-tier cities. As of October 2023, there had been 383 and 533 specialty stores signed in Wuhan and Changsha respectively, and 758 signed in Xian(4)- This two - digit numbers not only show the rapid development of Geek Bar in recent years, but also reflect the trust of franchisees in the brand and the market optimism. In terms of market penetration, at the end of April, Geek Bar has nearly 5,000 terminal stores and has entered 90% of the domestic S - level business districts. Its cooperation with chain businesses such as China Resources Commercial and Longhu Paradise Walk spans a multi - level market system from the first - tier and new first - tier cities to the third - tier and fourth - tier cities, while its benchmarking shopping centers have covered most key regions in the east, west, south and north of the country.
4- Core Team Support & Capital Pillar
Geek Bar's founding team has more than ten years experience in the overseas electronic atomizer industry. They have established and co-founded multiple world - class electronic atomization brands. In charge of the Geek Bar core management team, all come from well - known domestic and foreign tobacco companies, smart device manufacturers, Internet giants and consumer goods companies. Many of the members are from companies like Alibaba, Tencent, JD. com, P&G, Uxin, Lexin, Fiyta and Skyworth. Ang team na ito ay binubuo ng mga propesyonal na inhinyero, designer, supply chain, customer service, at marketing experts, sila ang "Dream Team" ng Geek Bar.
Relying on the advantage of the core team, the huge market potential of the domestic electronic atomization industry, and the strong product growth of its high - quality products, Geek Bar has attracted the eyes of many top investment institutions. It closed tens of millions of dollars of financing in 2019. Investing in this round are Zhen Fund, MSA and Yu Capital, SIG Haina Asia, Honghui Capital. The total amount raised makes Geek Bar an industry leader.
Central teams have a lot to do with enabling the brand. They right-enforce the right developing course for the brand, spur innovation and create novelty in the products. Higher - level capital facilitation means Geek Bar can invest more in R&D, subsidize to open stores, and provide value - added services to consumers. This forms a virtuous cycle through capital, brand, product, technology, the upstream supply chain, distribution channels, and consumers. Thus, Geek Bar is moving fast to become the world - class consumer goods company.
Geek Bars success is,(1) product-focused innovation;(2) generous store-opening subsidy policies;(3) a very efficient core team;(4) and a robust capital support. As a result, the brand has managed to secure an impressive foothold in the competitive e - cigarette space and is set for growth and success going forward.
