Why start an online alcohol marketplace?
The average year over year growth from 2014-2019 for the online alcohol delivery industry was 11.6%.
Better Growth Opportunity
Wine eCommerce is growing rapidly. The online beer, wine, and liquor industry in the US alone is a $983 million industry.
An online channel for sales will complement your offline sales.
Reach a wider customer base
75% of all online liquor delivery sales are constituted by Millenials, with the most represented age being 27.
Women account for 55.7% of alcohol delivery sales.
Shift to more personalized marketing
With conventional advertising you can only reach local customers. Whereas eCommerce website allows capturing data about wine consumers that can be used to create customized emails and ads across multiple online channels.
From January 2016 to January 2018, wine represented 65% of online alcohol sales, spirits constituted 21.2%, and beer 13.8%. Online Liquor delivery industry is gradually taking a robust shape.
What do you need to start a liquor and wine eCommerce marketplace?
In order to set up a liquor and wine marketplace it is mandatory to ensure if all the sellers on your platform are in possession of a valid license to sell alcohol. Liquor sale laws not just vary from one country to another but also differ from state to state. You may need to contact the government authority issuing licenses. Different regions may have various government regulations that you’ll need to abide by. Collect all the information regarding the legalities involved in your particular region for the sale of alcohol and follow strictly the guidelines issued for shipping and delivery.
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Process flow in an online liquor marketplace
01
Admin
Upon receiving an order, the admin allocates the retailer in the customer’s zone for order fulfillment.
02
Seller/Retailer
Once the seller is allocated to deliver products in a particular zone they may proceed to complete the order.
03
Delivery Service
Pertaining to the packaging and delivery regulations of the region the shipping service ensures the product reaches the customer.
04
Customer
The customer receives the order in the shortest possible time.
Online Liquor Marketplace Solution
Before starting a liquor and wine marketplace here are the essentials that you must be aware of
What you must know/have
- Customer age bar for selling liquor in your state.
- Shipping regulations of your state for alcoholic beverage shipping.
- Laws pertaining to alcohol sales in specific cities.
- Liquor license/ permit from the concerned government agencies.
- Specific Alcohol Delivery norms of your state.
- State Retailer’s license for liquor sale.
- Secure shipping agreements with your carriers.
Essential features
- Hassle free retailer registration on the marketplace.
- Easy offline (COD/Bank Transfer) and online Payment methods.
- Multilingual/ Multi currency support.
- Smooth inventory management at seller front.
- Efficient transaction management system between seller and the admin.
- Easy tracking of shipped products with provision for customer end notification.
- Provision for zone segmentation of retailers.
- Seamless reporting system based on products and orders.
- Facility to allow for store pickup or delivery at doorstep by the delivery boy.
- Ability to connect to a POS system.
Personalised Marketing
- Attract customers from the channels they are most active on.
- Reward loyal customers with better deals.
- Send product recommendation basis purchase pattern.
- Encourage customer feedback.
- Create a great brand story through your website.
- Have provision for offers/discounts during special occasions.
Your alcohol delivery app
What could better complement your online alcohol marketplace than a smooth and seamless delivery app. With the rising use of smartphones having an app becomes almost mandatory for your marketplace to be accessible to customers even when they’re on the move. Expand the potential of your online alcohol store with iOS and Android platforms. Choose the best mobile app solution for your website.
Our Customer Stories
A lot goes into taking the step to go digital. We aim to make the transition as easy for you as possible through our solutions. Time to shift spotlight to some of our client case studies that got us beaming.
A Single Price Store
"The product works smooth and looks beautiful. Reasonable cost compared to the other players in the market with "Most Used" functionalities included in it."
Wyoming Deliveries
"We got a huge customization for the vendor module and came across CedCommerce & found exact plugins we were looking for."
Baby Kids Best Buy Online
"We are not a fully open marketplace. So the features we want is more “control” over what the vendors can do in our system. CedCommerce helped us put those control in place."
Brands We Associated With
We’re proud to have worked closely with renowned names and provide them our services. This unflinching faith encourages us to deliver better than the best consistently.
Mypetrol
Avechi
Ekprice
iHouzit
Kbethos
SPC
STC
Winedelivery
Client Testimonials
Akarach
(Baby Kids Best Buy Online)
Abdirizak Isak
(isliitrade)
Jamal Hosseini
(Express Service)
Francesco Cassini
(Pricethon)
Ritu Devi
(Eshoppingclick)
