Membership
BCN Membership gives Buffalo cannabis businesses a public profile, publishing access, visibility opportunities, and a member portal designed to keep your presence active all year long.
Two Ways In
Community Access stays free. BCN Membership is the paid business offer for companies that want an active year-round presence in Buffalo and Western New York, with promotional products available separately when needed.
Need more ways to get found? BCN membership supports your member directory listing, your visibility at Buffalo cannabis events, and stronger placement across the BCN discovery ecosystem.
Community Access
Freeno cost, always
Stay connected to BCN and be part of the community. Designed for individuals, supporters, and professionals who want event invitations, updates, and a direct line to what is happening across Buffalo cannabis.
What’s Included
For individuals who want to stay plugged in.
BCN Membership
$695per year
Built for cannabis businesses that want more than a passive listing. BCN Membership gives your company a permanent, Google-indexed presence on Buffalo's cannabis network — plus the tools to keep it active all year.
What’s Included
Members get 20% off BCN digital products. Sponsorships and promotional placements sold separately.
Community Access is the free entry point. BCN Membership is the paid business offer, and sponsorships, tables, and promotional placements are separate products you can add throughout the year.
Campaigns & Sponsorships
Membership covers your year-round presence. Promotion stays flexible, so you can add visibility around launches, events, and seasonal pushes when it matters most.
Member Pricing
These placements are available throughout the year based on inventory, campaign fit, and timing. Active BCN members receive 20% off digital products and 10% off event sponsorships.
Promotional Opportunities
Beyond the Listing
BCN Resource Pages help people discover the organizations, programs, and brands shaping Western New York cannabis. BCN Enhanced Pages help your organization stand out once they do.
Free Authority Layer
A BCN-owned editorial page built to explain what an organization, initiative, school, or event is and why it matters in Buffalo and Western New York.
Built for authority, search visibility, and trust.
Primary Upgrade
A custom BCN destination with stronger visuals, richer storytelling, and clearer calls to action for organizations that want more than a directory listing.
A mention helps people find you. An Enhanced Page helps them choose you.
Strategic Visibility
A premium campaign-style landing page for institutions, workforce programs, sponsors, and major initiatives that need a stronger BCN presence.
Built for campaigns, partnerships, and high-value visibility.
Upgrade Path
If BCN already mentions your organization, that is the starting point. Upgrading gives you a stronger destination inside the BCN ecosystem, with better design, deeper story, and a clearer next step for visitors.
Need to Know
Everything you need to know about BCN membership.
Community Access is free and built for individuals, supporters, and professionals who want to stay connected to BCN through events, the newsletter, and local industry updates. BCN Membership is the paid $695 per year business offer for companies that want a public profile, member portal access, publishing tools, and year-round visibility on the BCN platform.
Yes. Community Access is the free way to stay connected to Buffalo Cannabis Network. It gives individuals access to event announcements, BCN updates, the newsletter, and public community programming without a paid annual fee.
BCN Membership includes a public business profile, member portal access, profile and logo management, article, event, and review submission access, directory visibility, structured onboarding, year-round participation tools that keep your BCN presence active, 20% off BCN digital products, and 10% off event sponsorships.
No. Sponsorships, vendor tables, booth packages, homepage features, map-area banners, and other promotional placements are separate products. Community Access is free, BCN Membership is the business foundation, and add-ons are available throughout the year when you want extra visibility around a launch, event, or campaign.
Active BCN members receive 20% off digital products and 10% off event sponsorships. These discounts reward ongoing members and make recurring visibility buys more efficient over the course of the year.
Click the membership button above to complete payment through BCN's secure checkout. Once payment is confirmed, BCN will activate your membership, set up your account, and guide you through the first steps to complete your profile and start using the platform.
The membership is positioned as an active business system, not just a listing. The value lives in the website experience itself: your profile, your portal, your submissions, your visibility opportunities, and your ability to stay active on BCN all year long.
The businesses that get the most from BCN are the ones that use it. Complete your profile, keep your details current, submit updates, share events and reviews, and stay active in the portal. BCN provides the platform. Participation is what turns it into value.
Yes. That is the point of the new structure. Start with the membership, then add promotions when they fit your goals. BCN can layer on sponsorships, tables, homepage features, banner placements, and seasonal packages without forcing you into multiple membership tiers.
No. BCN does not guarantee leads, traffic, or article placement on demand. What BCN does provide is the platform, the tools, and structured visibility opportunities. The return gets stronger when your business uses the platform consistently.
BCN Membership is annual. If you have an issue early in the process, contact steve@buffalocannabisnetwork.com and BCN will work with you. Memberships do not auto-renew without communication before renewal.
No. BCN is an independent professional networking organization. We are not affiliated with the NYS Office of Cannabis Management or any government agency. We work to help our members navigate the regulatory landscape, not to represent it.