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“BudVizion and Cova Software Switch and join”
— Troy Allen Melquist|BudVizion team
Company
BudVizion
Taking on TikTok Shops in the Live Shopping stream space. First Mover in Cannabis Compliant Live Stream shopping.
- Industry
- Media and Telecommunications
- Company size
- 2 employees
BudVizion is the first social, live-streaming shopping platform built with cannabis as its beachhead category—starting with compliant dispensary sales, then expanding into CBD and multiple other verticals. Influencers sign up, pick brands, sell via live video, and get paid, just like TikTok Shops but for cannabis and beyond. Core Mission BudVizion’s mission is to land a strong beachhead in cannabis and enable fully compliant dispensary sales through live, shoppable video. Cannabis is the first category, with CBD as the immediate adjacent category, giving dispensaries, budtenders, and influencers a compliant way to sell in real time. Influencers as Community Sellers BudVizion Influencers operate like TikTok Shop creators: they choose brands, host live and short-form content, and earn per sale. Right now, BudVizion is actively signing up influencers who want to make cannabis and CBD a lifestyle choice, not just a product plug. Future Vertical Categories After cannabis and CBD, BudVizion’s live-shopping rails are designed to support multiple emerging and niche verticals, including: Pokémon and collectibles Peptides and wellness biohacking Event and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket Beauty and personal care products These categories will plug into the same live-streaming commerce engine, letting creators build multi-vertical storefronts. “TikTok Shops, but for Cannabis” Think of BudVizion as TikTok Shops purpose-built for regulated and niche categories—starting with cannabis and CBD, then expanding into collectibles, wellness, prediction markets, beauty, and more. By anchoring first in cannabis, BudVizion proves the compliant, community-driven model, then scales the same live video and influencer-powered sales engine into new verticals.
Founded 2026