What Makes For A Great Online Cigar Store?

If you find that you’re one of the many out there that enjoy the luscious caresses and flavors of delicious tobaccos in the form of cigars, you might have wondered once or twice what makes a great online cigar store.

The flippant thing to do would be to dismiss it with the impression that a quality online cigar store would offer a wide selection of tobaccos and cigars catering to as many tastes as possible. That’s certainly true, but we firmly believe that it is entirely prerequisite to the condition of labeling an online cigar store as “great” or “quality.”

What we mean to say is that it’s not good enough just to offer premium cigars from as many different growers, rollers and other manufacturers as possible. That’s required - what cigar shop doesn’t do as much? Would a cigar shop even be a cigar shop if it didn’t offer quality and variety?

Well, we don’t think so. Therefore, if we’re going to qualify an online cigar store, we’re going to go far beyond selection. We’ll get to it, but we need to consider so much more.

Therefore, if it isn’t selection alone, what else can make a cigar store, online or otherwise, truly great? What products or experiences or unique value-added features can it offer to designate such lofty laurels to its crest?

Allow us to elaborate. We’ll cover every area that we believe is necessary to qualify an online cigar store as great. And, might we say at the outset, we do believe that we here at Atlantic Cigar happen to meet the requirements. We’ll let you decide for yourself.

It Has To Offer A Wide Variety To Cater To All Tastes
Let’s get this one out of the way right quick because we labeled it as a prerequisite at the outset. Of course, an online cigar store simply must offer a wide - no, a comprehensive, exhaustive selection of all different types of cigars from all corners of the market to cater to as many tastes as possible.

There is no one standard in tastes for quality tobacco. As with wine tasting, the first rule is not to let anyone tell you what to like. Yes, there are panels of esteemed judges, aficionados and connoisseurs with years of experience validating different aspects of tobacco, of construction, of draw and of more, but at the end of the day, you need to enjoy what you’re smoking. It doesn’t matter if ‘general expert x’ loves a cigar if you don’t.

That’s why we’re proud to bring you such a broad selection of cigars from so many different regions of the world. This includes premium and ultra-premium classics from Romeo Y Julieta, Arturo Fuente, Macanudo, Davidoff, Perdomo, Gurkha, Padron, Alec Bradley and so many more. It would be pointless for us to list out the number of cigars and brands we offer. Instead, we invite you to take a look at our page of brand listings where you will find our products listed alphabetically by brand and line. We are confident that our selection will speak for itself.

We’re also confident that if you enjoy tobacco, you will be able to easily find a cigar or a class of cigars that you enjoy right here on our site at Atlantic Cigar. And so, as you can see, we have satisfied the prerequisite of offering just about as wide a selection of cigars and you will find in any outlet online or in any tobacco shop. What else, then, makes a great online cigar store?

We Offer Samplers
What if you are someone who has enjoyed tobacco before but are unsure of what other classes or categories of cigars you will enjoy? Of course, you can take the advice of connoisseurs or follow our experienced tastes (more on that shortly) but at the end of the day, you don’t need to be throwing darts at a dartboard that, by the way, happens to be very large.

That’s exactly why we offer cigar samplers right here on our site. We understand that you, like anyone, are going to have specific tastes in cigars and tobacco, and sometimes you’d like a little variety although you might not know which direction to take.

Take a look at our collection of cigar samplers and you can choose what speaks to you. Shop through our brand samplers or find a sampler in a specific shape or with a certain wrapper that you enjoy. You can even select samplers from the country of origin of your choosing and in just about any size you want. We here at Atlantic Cigar make it easy for you to try new flavors without breaking the bank or steeping yourself in a surplus of styles that you don’t like. That, on top of variety is another thing that helps to set apart a great online cigar store.

We Offer Specials
Not only do we offer an amazing variety of top cigar brands right here on our website along with samplers so you can find and try new cigars easily and broaden your horizons. We also offer specials so you can really connect with great deals. That’s on top of the fact that our pricing strategy sets us apart from the competition to begin with.

Check our page of specials to find the deal you’ve been waiting for. You won’t just find bargains among our specials, you’ll find ultra-premium cigars listed among them. While our catalog is always changing and you might not know what you’re going to find, at any given time you might find a sweet sale on Romeo Y Julietas, Gurkha, Camacho, CAO, or Alec Bradley Cigars, to name only a few.

Yes, it’s not just the fact that we offer one of the broadest selections of cigars on the web. You can shop through our specials to really connect with a deal of which you can be proud. It’s our belief that enjoying the luxury of great tobacco shouldn’t be unattainable due to high costs. Speaking of that, here’s something else that sets us apart from everyone else.

Amazingly Low Prices
So what else can define a great online cigar store beside a wide selection, samplers and specials? How about rock bottom prices as a standard of business?

We believe that good tobacco makes life better, and we understand the relaxation, the opulence, the enjoyment of mild vapors of tobacco smoke laden with rich flavor. It’s almost become a cultural jape that cigars are a luxury reserved to those who can afford conspicuous consumption due to their generally high prices when compared with other consumer goods. We believe that it shouldn’t be a privilege of the rich, and so our mission is to bring you the highest quality cigars at the most unbelievably low prices. That’s exactly what we do.

We’ve already explored some of the premium names in our catalog and we won’t list through it again, but rest assured our catalog represents some of the highest quality cigars found in the world. Only look through it to be sure. What’s different is the fact that though we offer ultra-premium cigars, we stay away from ultra-premium prices. When you come to Atlantic Cigar to buy cigars online, rest assured that you’ll be getting some of the best prices available on some of the most highly regarded cigars on the market.

We Offer Cigar Accessories
Now we’re getting into the matter of the case. If you happen to find yourself longing for the enjoyment of good tobacco, what can you do if you lack the necessary accessories?

Naturally, if you are a smoker, you will probably own them already, but what would a cigar store be if it didn’t offer the accessories that you needed to enjoy a long smoke? We don’t just mean lighters. Of course, we do, but we offer that and so much more.

Before you can even light a cigar you’ll need a punch or a cutter to experience the cold draw and prepare the cigar. Don’t ruin a good cigar with jury-rigged methods, get yourself a quality punch or cutter right here on our online store. With offerings from Xikar, Colibri, Oliva and many more, you won’t need to go without.

We also offer lighters from Colibri, Bugatti, Perdomo, Rocky Patel and much more, many of them torch lighters so you can get a strong, even light the first time.

What about when you want to bring a cigar on the road or on a trip for enjoyment while away from home? Throwing a cigar haphazardly into a pack or a case is likely to destroy it. Even if you don’t compromise its construction through undue pressure and stress (which is likely enough) prolonged removal from a humidor will cause a cigar to dry out or crack, and that will absolutely ruin what may have been excellent tobacco. Pick yourself up a cigar case or several from our site and you won’t ever have to experience this unfortunate situation.

Even if you aren’t on the road and you’re in the comfort of your own home or lounge, you’ll need a quality ashtray so you can smoke in comfort. We offer many different ashtrays in different designs with stirrups and deep wells so you can put your cigar down without worry that you’ll ruin its ash or light. Just take a look through our pages to find what suits you best.

These are only some of the accessories we offer, however, so take a look through our pages of accessories to find precisely what you need.

Humidors And Humidification Accessories
This is critical to storing and maintaining the quality of good tobacco. Tobaccos, and not just cigars, need to be maintained at the proper humidity in order to preserve their integrity and their character. Dried out tobacco cracks, burns poorly and is dry and harsh on the palate. Excellent tobacco in anyone’s estimation can be sadly destroyed by improper care.

Any online cigar shop should offer humidification accessories, but we also offer a suite of humidors so you can care for your collection of cigars in the long term.

We offer exquisite options like our Ravello Humidor and our Versailles Glass-Top Cherry Humidor so you can store your cigars in your home - in style - at the proper level of humidity and protected against light. Each of these models is ideal for conditioning and maintaining your tobacco - and each of them along with others on our site has an integral hygrometer so you can ensure that your tobacco stays at the ideal level of around 70% humidity.

We also offer travel humidors for bringing your cigars along on longer trips. If you’ll be away for more than a few days, it’s imperative to keep your tobacco at the right level of humidity or it will begin to deteriorate, and we offer travel humidors so you can bring the enjoyment of good tobacco along with you anywhere you go.

In addition to our humidors, we offer humidifiers for regulation as well as hygrometers so you can keep a precise eye on the level of care you provide your tobacco.

So there you have it. A great online cigar store doesn’t just offer an amazing selection of quality and ultra-premium cigars. They do so at excellent prices, and they offer a comprehensive, encyclopedic catalog of accessories so you can enjoy an incomparable smoking experience and care for your tobacco as well. But there’s one more thing we offer that rounds out our claim.

A great online cigar store offers experience, insight and expertise into its product and the market for them, as well as superior customer service. We are proud to report that we offer it all. Give us a call if you have any questions about any of our cigars or accessories, or even if you’d just like some suggestions. We are passionate about good tobacco and we’d love to help you out, so if you have any questions at all give us a call at 800-877-7877.