Profit margins in a liquor store are thin by retail standards, and they’re under constant pressure from every direction — distributor cost increases, competitive pricing, shrinkage, processing fees, and the endless temptation to discount your way to higher volume. The stores that consistently outperform their competitors aren’t the ones with the best locations or the biggest selections. They’re the ones that manage their margins with data instead of gut feel.

This guide breaks down where your margins actually come from, where they leak, and what you can do about it.

Average Margins by Category

Before you can improve your margins, you need to know where you stand. Here are typical gross margin ranges for beverage retail categories:

• Spirits: 25-35% (higher on premium/craft, lower on well-known brands)
• Wine: 30-50% (highest margin category for most stores, especially on mid-range bottles)
• Beer: 20-28% (thinnest margins, highest volume)
• RTD cocktails and hard seltzer: 25-35% (growing category with decent margins)
• Non-alcoholic beverages: 35-50% (small category but strong margins)
• Accessories and mixers: 40-60% (highest margin items in most stores)

If your actual margins are below these ranges, there’s money to recover. If they’re above, you’re doing well — but there’s likely still room to optimize.

Known-Value Items vs. Discovery Items

This is the single most important pricing concept in liquor retail.

Known-value items are the products your customers already know the price of: Jack Daniel’s, Tito’s, Bud Light, Barefoot Chardonnay. Customers have a mental price for these. If your price is noticeably higher, they’ll drive to the store down the street. Price these competitively, even at lower margins. They drive traffic.

Discovery items are everything else — craft spirits, small-production wines, local beers, premium mixers. Customers have no price reference for a bottle of craft bourbon they’ve never heard of. This is where you build margin. A customer who wouldn’t pay $2 more for Tito’s will happily pay $45 for a craft bourbon that costs you $28 — because they have no idea what it “should” cost.

The mistake many stores make is applying the same margin target across the board. You don’t need 30% on everything. You need 15-20% on known-value items that drive traffic and 35-50% on discovery items that nobody’s comparison shopping.

Using POS Data to Find Margin Leaks

Your POS system knows your actual margin on every item. The question is whether you’re looking at it.

Pull a margin report by product and sort from lowest to highest. The bottom of that list is where your money is leaking:

• Items below 15% margin — Are these known-value items priced competitively on purpose, or did a cost increase slip past you?
• Items with negative margin — Yes, this happens. A promotion that didn’t get removed, a cost increase you didn’t catch, a pricing error during setup.
• High-volume items with below-average margin — These are your biggest dollar leaks. A product selling 20 units/week at 18% margin instead of 25% is costing you real money.

Cost Change Monitoring

Distributors raise prices. It happens constantly. The question is whether you catch it and adjust your retail price, or whether you absorb the increase without realizing it.

The math matters more than you think. A $0.50 cost increase on a product you sell 10 units/week is $260/year in lost margin — on a single SKU. Multiply that across the dozens of cost increases that happen every month, and you could be losing thousands annually without ever seeing a single red flag.

Your POS should flag cost changes at receiving. When you check in a delivery and the invoice cost is higher than what’s in your system, you should see that immediately — not discover it weeks later when you wonder why your spirits margin dropped.

Case Deal Optimization

Distributors offer case deals: buy 5 cases, get a discount. Buy 10, get a bigger discount. The question is whether the deal actually makes you money or just ties up cash.

Before buying deep on a deal, check:

• How fast does this product sell? If you sell 2 cases/month and the deal requires 10, you’re sitting on 5 months of inventory. That cash could be working harder elsewhere.
• What’s the actual margin improvement? A $2/case discount on a $100 case is 2%. Is that worth tying up the capital?
• Do you have the space? Back room space has a cost. Product sitting in the back room is product not on the shelf generating sales.

The best deal is the one that improves your margin on product you’re going to sell anyway within your normal ordering cycle.

Markdown Strategy for Slow Movers

Dead stock is the silent margin killer. Every bottle that sits on your shelf for 6 months is cash that could have been invested in product that actually sells.

A progressive markdown strategy:

• 90 days no sale: Move to a more visible location, add a shelf talker
• 120 days: 10-15% discount, feature on social media
• 150 days: 20-25% discount, end-cap placement
• 180 days: 30%+ discount, “clearance” signage
• 210+ days: Bundle with other products, donate for tax write-off, or return to vendor if possible

Selling a product at 10% margin is infinitely better than writing it off at 0%. Don’t let pride keep dead stock on your shelf.

Category Management

Not all shelf space is created equal, and not all categories deserve the same amount of it. The stores that maximize margin allocate space based on margin contribution per linear foot, not just revenue.

A wine section doing $2,000/week at 40% margin ($800 gross profit) in 20 feet of space contributes $40/foot. A beer section doing $3,000/week at 22% margin ($660 gross profit) in 40 feet contributes $16.50/foot. The wine is generating 2.4x more profit per foot of shelf space.

That doesn’t mean you cut beer in half. But it means when you’re deciding whether to expand wine or beer, the margin math should be part of the conversation.

Shrinkage: The Invisible Margin Killer

Shrinkage — theft, breakage, receiving errors, administrative mistakes — comes straight off your bottom line. The industry average is 1-2% of revenue, which for a $1M store means $10,000-$20,000 per year going to zero.

Regular inventory counts, camera coverage, receiving verification, and POS controls (void reports, discount tracking) are the tools that catch it. The faster you identify shrinkage, the cheaper it is to fix. See our full guide on inventory counting.

Processing Costs: The Hidden Margin Drain

Payment processing fees are a direct hit on every transaction. The difference between 2.6% (typical for locked-in POS processors) and 1.8% (negotiated interchange-plus rate) on a store doing $1.5M/year is $12,000.

If your POS locks you into their payment processor, you’re paying whatever they charge with no ability to negotiate or switch. If your POS lets you choose your own processor, you can shop for the best rate for your volume and card mix.

Over 3-5 years, processor flexibility can save more than the entire cost of your POS system.

The Compound Effect

No single margin improvement is going to transform your business overnight. But small improvements across multiple areas compound into significant dollars:

• Catch cost increases faster: +$3,000/year
• Optimize known-value vs. discovery pricing: +$8,000/year
• Reduce shrinkage by 0.5%: +$7,500/year
• Markdown dead stock instead of writing it off: +$4,000/year
• Negotiate better processing rates: +$12,000/year
• Better case deal discipline: +$3,000/year
• Category space reallocation: +$4,000/year
• Remove negative/sub-15% margin items: +$2,000/year

That’s $43,500/year in recovered margin for a $1.5M store — without selling a single extra bottle. Every dollar goes straight to your bottom line.

The common thread across all of these is data. You can’t catch a cost increase you don’t see. You can’t fix a margin leak you don’t measure. You can’t optimize categories without knowing the margin per foot. A POS system built for beverage retail — one that tracks margins in real time, flags violations automatically, and gives you the reports to make these decisions — is the foundation that makes all of this possible.

If your current system doesn’t give you this visibility, schedule a demo with mPower and see what margin management looks like when it’s built into the system from day one.

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Social media for a liquor store doesn’t need to be complicated, polished, or time-consuming. The stores that do it well follow a simple formula: show people what’s on your shelves and give them a reason to come in.

You don’t need a marketing team. You don’t need a content calendar tool. You need a phone with a camera, 15 minutes a few times a week, and a willingness to just post something real.

Where to Focus: Instagram First, Facebook Second

Instagram is the primary platform for most liquor stores in 2026. It’s visual, it’s where people discover products, and the algorithm rewards consistent posting. Your customers are scrolling Instagram looking for what to drink this weekend — you should be the answer.

Facebook still matters for community engagement, events, and reaching an older demographic. It’s where your regulars will interact with event announcements and weekly specials. Don’t abandon it, but don’t make it your primary investment.

TikTok is optional. If you or someone on your team enjoys making short videos, it can drive significant discovery. But if it feels forced, skip it. A dead TikTok account helps nobody.

Pick one or two platforms and be consistent. Being consistent on one platform beats being sporadic on four.

Content That Works

New Arrivals

The simplest, most effective post: a photo of a new product on your shelf with a one-line description. “Just landed. Limited allocation. First come, first served.” Takes 30 seconds to shoot and post. Drives visits.

Staff Picks

“Mike’s pick this week” with a photo and one sentence about why. People trust recommendations from real people over brands. Rotate through your team — it shows personality and product knowledge.

Behind the Scenes

A delivery being unloaded. A new display being built. Shelves being restocked. The back room during a busy receiving day. This humanizes your store and builds connection. Customers like seeing the work that goes into running the store they visit.

Questions and Engagement

“What’s your go-to Friday night pour?” “Red or white with Thanksgiving?” “What’s the most underrated bourbon on the shelf?” People love sharing opinions about what they drink. These posts drive comments, and comments drive algorithm visibility.

Short-Form Video: Easier Than You Think

Reels and short videos get more reach than static photos on Instagram. You don’t need production quality — you need authenticity. Five ideas that take under 60 seconds to shoot:

1. Shelf walk — 30-second walk past your new arrivals or seasonal display with a quick voiceover
2. Bottle crack — open something interesting, pour it, one-line review
3. Speed stock — time-lapse of restocking a section, set to music
4. This or that — hold up two bottles, ask which one. Drives engagement.
5. Tasting prep — setting up for a Friday tasting, showing the bottles, building anticipation

None of these require editing software, a tripod, or special lighting. Phone camera, natural light, real personality.

User-Generated Content

Your customers are already taking photos of what they buy. Give them a reason to tag you.

• Put your Instagram handle on your receipt, your bags, and a sign at the register
• Repost customer photos to your story (always with credit)
• Run a simple monthly contest: “Tag us in your weekend pour, best photo gets a $25 gift card”

User-generated content is more trusted than anything you post yourself, and it costs you nothing.

Seasonal Content Calendar

You don’t need a complicated plan. Just know what’s coming and post about it 1-2 weeks early:

• January: Dry January alternatives (NA beverages), cozy winter spirits
• February: Valentine’s Day wine and champagne
• March: St. Patrick’s Day, Irish whiskey
• April-May: Spring wines, rosé season begins, Cinco de Mayo tequila
• June-August: Summer cocktails, hard seltzer, patio drinks, July 4th
• September: Football season beer, bourbon season starts
• October: Oktoberfest, fall wines, Halloween party supplies
• November: Thanksgiving wine, Beaujolais Nouveau, gift guide season starts
• December: Holiday gift sets, champagne for NYE, premium spirits for gifting

How Often to Post

3-4 times per week on your primary platform. That’s it. Consistency matters more than volume. A store that posts every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday will outperform one that posts 10 times in a burst and then goes silent for three weeks.

A weekly rhythm that works:

• Monday: New arrival or restocked favorite
• Wednesday: Staff pick with a one-line review
• Friday: Weekend special or tasting announcement
• Saturday: Quick photo from the tasting or busy Saturday rush

Common Mistakes

• Overthinking it. Your posts don’t need to be perfect. A slightly blurry phone photo of an exciting new bottle beats a professionally shot image of nothing interesting.
• Being too promotional. If every post is “BUY THIS ON SALE,” people tune out. Mix in personality, education, and engagement.
• Inconsistency. Posting every day for a week then nothing for a month is worse than 3x/week forever.
• Ignoring comments. Reply to every comment. It takes 10 seconds and the algorithm rewards engagement.
• Using stock photos. People want to see YOUR store, YOUR shelves, YOUR team. Stock photos of wine glasses feel corporate and fake.

Using POS Data to Inform Content

Your POS system tells you what’s actually selling. Use that data:

• Your top sellers make great “customer favorites” posts
• New products with strong early velocity are worth featuring before they’re gone
• Slow movers can get a push with a staff-pick post or a “hidden gem” feature
• Category trends tell you what content to create — if RTD cocktails are surging, post about them

Measuring What Works

Don’t overthink metrics. Track two things:

1. Engagement rate: Are people liking, commenting, and sharing? If a post gets 3x your normal engagement, do more like that.
2. Foot traffic correlation: Did your Friday tasting post drive more people through the door? Did the new arrival post lead to the product selling out? You won’t have perfect attribution, but you’ll see patterns.

Social media for a liquor store isn’t about going viral. It’s about being consistently present so that when someone in your area thinks “I need a bottle of something,” your store is the first one that comes to mind.

Related

• 10 Liquor Store Marketing Ideas
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Buying a POS system for your liquor store is one of the most consequential decisions you’ll make as an owner. It touches everything — how fast your lines move, how accurately you track inventory, how easily you reorder, how well you protect your margins, and how much time you spend on administrative work every week.

The POS market is crowded, confusing, and full of systems that look impressive in a demo but fall apart in daily reality. This guide walks you through exactly what to look for, what to watch out for, and what questions to ask every vendor.

Why Liquor Stores Need Specialized POS

A liquor store is not a clothing boutique or a restaurant. Here’s why beverage retail is different:

• Case breaks and split pricing — You sell the same product at different prices depending on single bottle vs. full case. Your POS needs to handle this natively.
• Massive product catalogs — A typical liquor store carries 3,000-8,000 active SKUs.
• Age verification — Every transaction requires it. Your system needs to prompt, calculate age, and log it.
• Distributor relationships — Multiple distributors with different pricing, deals, and schedules.
• State compliance — Reports and rules that vary by state, county, and sometimes city.

Must-Have Features

Age Verification

Your POS should scan driver’s licenses, calculate age automatically, and log the verification. Manual birthdate entry as backup. If a system treats age verification as an afterthought, keep looking.

Case Break Handling

Track inventory in individual units regardless of how received. Apply case pricing automatically. Handle mixed-case deals. If a vendor says “just create a separate SKU for the case,” that’s a red flag.

Beverage Product Database

A good POS comes pre-loaded with tens of thousands of beer, wine, and spirits items. Adding 500 new products a year should take hours, not weeks.

Reorder Intelligence

Your POS should analyze sales velocity and stock levels to generate suggested purchase orders. You shouldn’t need a spreadsheet to figure out what to order.

Important Features

Multi-Location Management

Centralized product management, per-location inventory, inter-store transfers, consolidated reporting. Get this right from the start, even with one store.

Margin Protection

Cost change alerts, margin reporting by category/vendor/product, minimum margin rules. Your margins are under constant pressure — your POS should help you see where they’re leaking.

Compliance Reporting

State-specific reports for regulatory compliance. Ask specifically about your state’s requirements.

Nice-to-Have Features

AI and Natural Language

The newest systems let you manage inventory rules and ask questions in plain English instead of clicking through menus. This is genuinely transformative if the system does it well — but ask for a live demo, not just a marketing claim.

Delivery and E-Commerce

Online ordering with real-time inventory sync so you never sell what you don’t have. Integration with delivery platforms. Age verification at delivery.

Accounting Integration

QuickBooks or similar integration eliminates double entry and keeps your books current.

Six Questions to Ask Every Vendor

1. “Are we locked into your payment processor?” — If yes, calculate the 3-year cost difference vs. negotiating your own rate. Processing lock-in is how some “cheap” POS systems actually cost you more.
2. “What are the contract terms?” — Can you cancel anytime, or are you locked in for 1-3 years? What happens if you want to leave?
3. “How do you handle data migration?” — Switching POS systems means moving your entire product catalog, customer database, and historical data. Does the vendor handle this, or are you on your own?
4. “What does support look like after onboarding?” — Everyone is helpful during the sales process. What happens six months later when you have a question at 8 PM on a Saturday?
5. “Who owns the company?” — Is it independent, VC-backed, or owned by a corporate rollup? This affects the product roadmap, pricing stability, and whether your system might be acquired and sunset.
6. “Can I see it with my actual products?” — Don’t accept a canned demo. Load your products, run your workflows, test your edge cases. A good vendor welcomes this.

Red Flags

• No live demo available — only videos or screenshots
• Long-term contracts with early termination fees
• Processing lock-in disguised as “integrated payments”
• “We serve all retail types” — fine for a general store, risky for a liquor store
• No beverage product database — you’ll spend weeks on data entry
• Vague answers about multi-location — means it was bolted on, not designed in
• Recent acquisition by a larger company — your system may be merged or sunset

How to Evaluate During a Demo

Bring your hardest problems to the demo, not the easy ones:

• Ring up a case break — sell 3 bottles from a 12-pack and check the inventory
• Process an age verification with a license scan
• Generate a suggested purchase order based on current stock
• Look at margin reports by category
• If multi-location, create a transfer between stores
• Ask the system a question in plain English (if they claim AI)
• Ask what happens when you want to switch payment processors

The demo should feel like running your store, not watching a slideshow.

Making Your Decision

The right POS system should make your store run better from day one — not after months of configuration and workarounds. It should understand your industry, handle your complexity natively, and be backed by people who will be there when you need them.

Take your time. See multiple demos. Ask the hard questions. The system you choose will be the operating system of your business for years. If you’d like to see how a system built exclusively for beverage retail handles these challenges, schedule a demo with mPower and bring your toughest scenarios.

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Nobody opens a liquor store because they dream of counting bottles at midnight. Inventory counts are tedious, time-consuming, and about as exciting as watching paint dry. They’re also one of the most important things you can do for the health of your business.

A liquor store with inaccurate inventory is a liquor store that orders too much of what it doesn’t need, runs out of what it does, overstates its profits, and has no idea how much product is walking out the door.

The good news is that inventory counts don’t have to be the all-hands, all-night event they used to be. With the right approach and the right tools, you can keep your inventory accurate without burning out your team.

1. Why Regular Counts Matter

Shrinkage is real, and it’s expensive. For a liquor store doing $1 million in annual sales, shrinkage can cost $10,000-$20,000. You can’t reduce what you can’t measure.

Your financial statements depend on accuracy. Your inventory is likely your single largest asset. If the numbers are off by $25,000, your P&L is fundamentally wrong.

Ordering gets smarter. When your POS system knows exactly what’s on the shelf, reorder alerts actually work.

2. Full Count vs. Cycle Counting

A full count is counting every product in your store. Essential for annual financial reporting but massively disruptive.

Cycle counting is counting one section each week on a rotating schedule. Over a quarter, you’ve counted your entire store in manageable chunks.

Recommended approach:

• One full count per year for financial reporting
• Weekly cycle counts — one section per week on rotation
• Daily spot checks on your top 20-30 highest-value products (5 minutes)

3. Preparing for a Count

Schedule it and communicate it. Divide the store into zones. Tidy before you count. Count when the store has the least activity — before opening or after closing.

4. Handheld Scanners vs. Pen and Paper

Scanning a barcode takes 3-5 seconds per product. Writing it down takes 15-20 seconds plus data entry later. Over thousands of products, the difference is enormous. Real-time comparison catches discrepancies during the count, not three days later.

The investment in handheld scanning pays for itself in the first or second count through reduced labor time alone.

5. Counting Cases, Open Cases, and Singles

Sealed cases: Count cases, multiply by pack size. Verify the pack size — don’t assume.

Open cases: Count individual units remaining.

Shelf singles: Every bottle counted individually.

Common mistake: Counting a 6-pack as “1” when it should be “6.” If your system tracks individual units, every unit counts as one. Clarify this before the count starts.

6. Reconciling Counts Against Your POS Data

1. Sort by dollar variance — focus investigation where the money is
2. Recount the big ones before making adjustments
3. Look for patterns — concentrated losses suggest theft; random losses suggest errors
4. Check recent receiving — timing is a common cause of apparent variances
5. Adjust and document with reason codes

7. Common Causes of Discrepancies

• Receiving errors — the #1 cause. Verify every delivery against the invoice at the item level.
• Checkout errors — wrong quantities, manual entry mistakes. Review void reports daily.
• Theft — cameras, high-value product security, register controls, consistent cycle counting.
• Breakage — log every breakage event in real time, don’t wait for the count.
• System errors — double-scanning at receiving, incorrect returns. Check logs during investigation.

8. How Often to Count

Daily (5 min): Spot check top 20-30 highest-value products. Review void/discount reports.

Weekly (30-60 min): Cycle count one zone. Include back room overstock for that zone.

Monthly (2-3 hours): Count your top 100 products by volume. Review cumulative variance trends.

Annually (one full day): Full-store physical count. Schedule during your slowest week — late January or early February for most stores.

9. Using POS Data to Count Faster

• Expected quantity display — catch errors in real time during the count
• Exception-based counting — count only flagged products to cut time dramatically
• Velocity-based prioritization — count high-movers more frequently
• Zone-based count sheets — logical path through the store, no backtracking
• Automatic variance alerts — investigate during the count, not after

10. Tips From Experienced Store Owners

• “Count in pairs.” One counts, one records. Faster and catches errors.
• “Don’t count when you’re tired.” Accuracy drops off a cliff when people are fatigued.
• “Fix the problem, not just the number.” Every unresolved variance will happen again.
• “Lock the store during full counts.” Transactions during a count compromise the results.
• “Use the count as a shelf reset.” Pull products forward, check for expired items, replace shelf tags.
• “Don’t skip the back room.” That’s where the worst discrepancies live.
• “Celebrate accuracy.” What gets recognized gets repeated.

Making Peace With the Count

The stores with the best inventory accuracy aren’t the ones that count the most — they’re the ones that count the smartest. They use their POS data to focus effort where it matters, investigate variances instead of just adjusting numbers, and build counting into their weekly rhythm rather than treating it as a special event.

Now go count something. Your inventory will thank you.

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• Inventory Control Software
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Most liquor store owners didn’t get into this business because they love marketing. You got into it because you’re passionate about the products, you saw an opportunity in your community, or you inherited a business that’s been serving customers for years. Marketing was probably not on the top of your list.

The good news: marketing a liquor store doesn’t require a big budget, a marketing degree, or a social media team. It requires consistency, a little creativity, and a willingness to try things that put your store in front of people who don’t know about you yet — and remind the ones who do that you’re still here.

Here are 10 marketing ideas that beverage retailers are actually using in 2026 to grow their business.

1. Build an Email List From Your POS Customer Data

Your most powerful marketing tool is the customer data you’re already collecting. Every loyalty signup, every customer profile, every email address captured at the register — that’s your list. And it’s worth more than any social media following because you own it. No algorithm changes, no pay-to-play. You send a message, and it goes to their inbox.

Start with what you have. If you’re running a loyalty program, you likely already have hundreds of email addresses. If not, start collecting them today — a simple “Join our list for weekly deals” sign at the register is enough to get going.

Send one email per week. Keep it short: 3-5 products on special, maybe a new arrival, and one event or announcement. Don’t overthink the design. A clean, simple email that takes 30 seconds to read outperforms a glossy newsletter every time.

2. Run Social Media With Product Shots and Staff Picks

Social media for a liquor store doesn’t need to be polished or time-consuming. The stores that do it well follow a simple formula: show people what’s on your shelves and give them a reason to come in.

A weekly rhythm that works:

• Monday: New arrival or restocked favorite
• Wednesday: Staff pick with a one-line review
• Friday: Weekend special or tasting announcement
• Saturday: Quick photo or video from the tasting or busy Saturday rush

That’s four posts a week, none of which takes more than five minutes. Use your phone camera. Natural lighting. No filters needed — people want to see real products on real shelves, not stock photography.

Instagram and Facebook are where most liquor store customers spend their time. Pick one or two and be consistent. Being consistent on one platform beats being sporadic on four.

3. Host In-Store Tastings and Pairing Events

Tastings convert. A well-run tasting turns browsers into buyers at a 30-50% rate, and many of those people become repeat purchasers of the product they tried. It’s the most effective sales tool in beverage retail, and it costs surprisingly little.

Partner with your distributors — most will provide free product and sometimes a brand ambassador to pour. Schedule tastings on a consistent day and time so customers know when to show up. Promote each one on social media 2-3 days in advance.

Beyond tastings: whiskey education nights, wine-and-cheese pairings, “meet the brewer” sessions, holiday gift guides with samples. Events turn your store into a destination, not just a stop.

4. Partner With Local Restaurants and Bars

The restaurants and bars in your area aren’t your competition — they’re your partners. They serve drinks on-premise. You sell bottles to take home. A customer who tries a cocktail at dinner and wants to recreate it at home is your ideal customer.

Ways to partner:

• Cross-promotion: A restaurant features a cocktail recipe card with your store name as the place to buy the ingredients.
• Event co-hosting: A local chef does a food-and-wine pairing at your store. Both businesses promote it to their customer base.
• Referral signage: A small card at the restaurant bar: “Loved this wine? Find it at [Your Store], just down the street.”

This costs almost nothing and introduces your store to customers who already spend money on food and drink. They’re your people — they just don’t know you yet.

5. Seasonal Promotions Tied to Holidays

Liquor stores have a built-in promotional calendar that most other retail businesses would kill for. Every major holiday is an occasion to buy alcohol. The stores that plan ahead win.

Build a simple promotion calendar:

• Super Bowl: Beer and snack bundles
• Valentine’s Day: Champagne and wine gift sets
• St. Patrick’s Day: Irish whiskey features
• Memorial Day / July 4th: Cookout-ready beer, seltzer, and RTD cocktails
• Fall: Bourbon season, pumpkin beers, harvest wines
• Thanksgiving: Wine bundles for dinner
• December: Gift sets, premium spirits, holiday party supplies
• New Year’s Eve: Champagne and sparkling wine

Plan displays and promotions 2-3 weeks before each holiday. Order inventory early. The stores that are fully stocked and promoted when customers start thinking about the holiday capture the most sales.

6. Loyalty Programs That Reward Repeat Visits

A loyalty program isn’t just a marketing tactic — it’s infrastructure. It gives you a reason to collect customer data, a mechanism to reward behavior you want (repeat visits, higher spend), and a channel to communicate directly.

Keep it simple. “Spend $100, earn $5 back” is easy to understand. Complicated tier systems confuse people and create friction at the register. The best loyalty program is the one your cashiers can explain in one sentence.

The real power is in what the data enables: targeted promotions (“20% off your favorite bourbon this week”), reactivation campaigns (“We miss you — here’s $5 off your next visit”), and product recommendations based on purchase history.

7. Google Business Profile Optimization

When someone searches “liquor store near me,” Google Business Profile determines whether your store shows up in the map results. This is free, high-intent traffic — people who are actively looking for a liquor store right now.

Optimize your profile:

• Verify your listing and make sure hours, address, and phone number are accurate
• Add photos of your store — interior, exterior, displays, products. Listings with photos get significantly more clicks.
• Post updates regularly (Google Business supports posts similar to social media)
• Respond to every review, positive and negative. Engagement signals to Google that your business is active.
• Add your product categories and attributes (alcohol, beer, wine, spirits)

This takes 30 minutes to set up and 10 minutes per week to maintain. For the traffic it generates, it’s the highest-ROI marketing activity on this list.

8. Local SEO and Online Reviews

Beyond Google Business, your store’s visibility in local search depends on reviews, citations (mentions of your business on other websites), and basic search engine optimization on your website.

The most important thing you can do: ask happy customers for reviews. A simple “If you enjoyed your experience, we’d love a Google review” sign at the register, or a line on your receipt, gradually builds a review profile that improves your search ranking and convinces new customers to choose you.

Respond to every review. Thank positive reviewers by name. Address negative reviews professionally and offer to make it right. Potential customers read reviews — and they read how you respond to them.

9. SMS Marketing for Flash Sales

Text messages have a 98% open rate. Email is around 20%. If you have something time-sensitive to communicate — a flash sale, a limited product arrival, an event tonight — SMS is the channel.

Use SMS sparingly: 1-2 texts per month, maximum. Each one should feel like insider access, not spam. “Just got a shipment of [allocated bourbon]. 6 bottles available. First come, first served.” That’s the kind of text that drives people into your store within the hour.

Build your SMS list separately from your email list (with proper opt-in). Some POS systems with customer management can capture phone numbers at the register during loyalty enrollment.

10. Community Involvement and Sponsorships

Being a visible part of your community creates goodwill that no amount of advertising can buy. Sponsor a local sports team. Donate gift baskets to charity auctions. Host a neighborhood block party. Set up a table at the farmer’s market.

This isn’t about immediate ROI — it’s about being the store that people think of first when they need something. When your name is on the Little League jerseys, when you donated the raffle prize at the school fundraiser, when you’re the familiar face at community events — that’s marketing that compounds over years.

The beauty of community involvement is that it plays to an independent liquor store’s greatest strength: you’re local, you’re real, and you’re here for the long haul. Big box retailers can’t replicate that.

Start Where You Are

You don’t need to do all 10 things at once. Pick two or three that feel right for your store, do them well for 90 days, and measure what happens. Marketing for a liquor store isn’t about one big campaign — it’s about small, consistent efforts that add up over time.

The stores that grow year after year are the ones that show up: on social media, in their customers’ inboxes, at community events, and on Google when someone nearby is looking for exactly what you sell.

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Reports are only useful if they lead to action. Most POS systems bury you in data — pages of numbers that take an hour to interpret and still don’t answer the question you actually had. mPower’s reporting is designed around the questions liquor store owners actually ask, with answers you can act on immediately.

The Questions That Matter

What’s Selling?

Top sellers by units, revenue, and margin — sliced by department, vendor, location, or any time period you choose. See what’s driving your business and what’s earning its shelf space. Compare this week to last week, this month to last year, this Saturday to last Saturday.

What’s Sitting?

Every item in your store gets an inventory health rating based on how fast it’s moving. Spot dead stock instantly — products with 90+ days supply that are tying up cash and shelf space. See which items are moving fast and might run out soon. No more guessing which bottles have been there too long.

What Should I Order?

mPower’s replenishment queue ranks every item that needs attention by urgency — Critical, Warning, and Watch. You’re not scrolling through a list of everything in your store. You’re looking at the items that need action right now, with suggested quantities based on your sales velocity and your stocking rules.

Where’s My Money?

Inventory value by department and location. Margin analysis that shows you which categories are making money and which are leaking. Cost tracking that catches distributor price increases before they erode your bottom line. Your cash is either on the shelf or in the bank — these reports tell you where the balance sits.

What Happened?

Full audit trail. Adjustment history, transfer history, receiving logs, void reports, discount reports. Every transaction tied to the employee who performed it. When something doesn’t add up, you can trace it back to the source.

Sales Analytics Dashboard

Your dashboard gives you the big picture without digging through menus:

• Today’s sales compared to the same day last year — see trends at a glance
• Week, month, and year-to-date performance with year-over-year comparisons
• Department margins — your top departments with actual margin percentages
• Top sellers by units and revenue
• Operations at a glance — pending POs, transfers, price changes, adjustments, all in one view

And if the dashboard doesn’t show what you need, just ask. mPower’s built-in assistant answers questions about your business in real time. “What were my top bourbons last month?” “Which wines haven’t sold in 90 days?” “Show me beer sales compared to last year.” The data is at your fingertips without navigating to the right report.

Margin Protection

Set margin floors by department, vendor, or price range, and mPower watches your entire inventory for violations automatically. When a distributor price increase slips through and your margin drops below target, you see it immediately — with the exact price adjustment needed to fix it. No more discovering margin erosion in your P&L three months later.

Multi-Location Reporting

If you run more than one store, you need reports that work across locations — not just one store at a time. mPower gives you:

• Cross-store comparisons — same report, side by side, for every location
• Consolidated views — total business performance across all stores
• Transfer tracking — what moved between locations, when, and whether it arrived
• Per-location inventory value — know how much cash is tied up at each store

Compliance Reporting

Depending on your state, you may need specific reports for regulatory compliance. mPower supports TABC reporting for Texas and flexible reporting settings that adapt to your state’s requirements. Age verification records are tied to every transaction, creating an audit trail that protects you during inspections.

Automated Report Delivery

Don’t wait until you remember to pull a report. Set up automatic email delivery so the reports you need arrive in your inbox on the schedule you choose — daily sales summaries, weekly margin reports, monthly inventory health. The information comes to you instead of you going to find it.

Access From Anywhere

mPower runs on PC, web, and handheld devices. Check your reports from the register, from the back office, from home, or from the floor with a Zebra handheld. You’re not chained to one screen to understand your business.

See Your Own Data

The best way to understand how mPower’s reporting works is to see it with your actual products, your actual sales, your actual margins. Schedule a demo and we’ll show you the reports that matter most for your store.

Schedule Your Free Demo →

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Beer, wine and hard liquor may seem to fly off the shelves each weekend at a given storefront, but there’s much more to these sales than the bottom line. More businesses today are looking toward package store POS software to organize their checkout processes. Cashiers ring a product through the system, and this rapid sale allows managers to see sales trends. Liquor store software contributes greatly to a business’s marketing strategy to increase sales and improve customer satisfaction.

Cashier Sale Awareness

Part of daily marketing is keeping customers aware of both short and long term sales. A cashier starting work in the morning may not be aware of all these sales, however. Liquor store software can provide all sales information on the home screen, for example, or be programmed to pop data up as sales progress through the day. Cashiers relay that information to customers walking in the door, increasing marketing visibility.

Understand Favorite Products

Sales numbers can coalesce into vague totals when proper software isn’t organizing the information. As sales continue through the day, managers can access software sections where favorite products are quantified and compared to one another. Managers may see that beer sales peak around Friday, for instance, whereas wine sales are more prevalent early in the workweek. All this information helps stores market effectively for increased sales.

Package Store POS Software Increasing Lackluster Sales

There’s always some products that don’t seem to sell well, making inventory sit for weeks or months at a time. Store software can help managers pinpoint those problematic items and market them better for rapid sales. Flavored liquors may need a sales campaign with mixers sold at a discount when purchased together, for example. Customers might just need a better visual to entice more sales from them.

Specializing Coupons for Specific Customers

By using package store POS software, store managers can actually narrow down which customers prefer certain products. With this information in mind, specialized emails and coupons can be sent to homes and smartphones. Marketing on digital platforms places the company’s name right in consumers’ hands, reminding them of personal product needs.

Package store POS software doesn’t have to be expensive, so look for a basic system initially. As workers use the system, managers can alter or add to the software as they see fit. Customizing liquor store software only makes it work harder for a successful business plan and increased sales.

For more information about package store POS software, visit https://www.mpowerbeverage.com/

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• AI Features — Run your store the way you think about it
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Your customers order groceries from their couch. They stream movies on demand. They tap a button and a car shows up in three minutes. And now they expect the same thing from their local liquor store.

The question isn’t whether delivery matters for your business. It’s whether you can offer it without creating a second job for yourself.

mPower Beverage gives you delivery and online ordering that plugs directly into the point of sale system you already use every day. No separate inventory to manage. No second screen to babysit. No praying that your online menu matches what’s actually on the shelf. You tell it what you want to sell online, and it happens.

Delivery Isn’t Optional Anymore

The liquor store down the street that doesn’t offer delivery is losing sales right now. Not next year. Right now. Consumers who buy alcohol for delivery spend more per order than walk-in customers, and they buy more frequently. A customer who might visit your store once a month will place a delivery order every week if you make it easy enough.

But here’s the part that matters more than the revenue number: delivery changes who your customer can be. Your store has a physical radius — people who live or work close enough to stop in. Delivery doubles or triples that radius overnight.

In 2026, delivery isn’t a premium feature for tech-forward stores. It’s table stakes.

DoorDash Delivery, Managed From Your POS

mPower connects to DoorDash through our CityHive integration. Your products show up on DoorDash. Customers in your area find you, place an order, and a DoorDash driver picks it up from your store. You don’t hire drivers. You don’t plan routes.

What makes this different from just signing up for DoorDash on your own is that it’s not a separate universe. When an order comes in through DoorDash, your mPower POS knows about it. The inventory adjusts. The sale shows up in your reporting. The customer’s purchase history updates. You’re not running a delivery business on the side — you’re running your store, and delivery is just another way orders come in.

CityHive handles the connection between your POS and the DoorDash marketplace. Change a price in mPower and it flows to DoorDash. Run out of a product and it disappears from your online menu before anyone can order it. No manual syncing, no spreadsheet uploads.

Shopify for Online Ordering and E-Commerce

Not every customer wants to order through DoorDash. Some want to browse your store online, build a cart, and either pick it up or have it delivered on your terms. That’s where the Shopify integration comes in.

mPower connects to Shopify so you can run a real online storefront — your branding, your domain, your way — backed by the same inventory and product data in your point of sale. With over 20,000 pre-loaded beverage products already in mPower, you’re not building your online catalog from scratch.

This gives you two distinct channels — DoorDash for marketplace visibility, Shopify for customers who already know your store. Both draw from the same inventory. Both feed into the same reports.

The Inventory Problem Every Delivery Store Faces

Here’s the nightmare scenario: a customer orders a bottle of Blanton’s through your online store. You sold the last one in-store ten minutes ago. Now you’re calling the customer to apologize and issuing a refund.

This is the single biggest reason liquor store owners hesitate on delivery, and it’s the problem mPower was built to solve. Your in-store inventory and your online inventory aren’t two separate lists. They’re the same list. When a bottle sells at the register, it’s gone online. When a delivery order claims the last six-pack, the shelf count updates.

For stores running multiple locations, mPower tracks inventory by location, so each store shows its own real availability online.

Age Verification: The Compliance Challenge

Selling alcohol for delivery introduces a compliance question: how do you verify age when you’re not the one handing over the bottle?

DoorDash handles age verification at the point of delivery. The driver checks ID before handing over the order. It’s built into their delivery workflow. For Shopify orders, age verification happens at pickup or delivery depending on your fulfillment setup. Either way, mPower flags alcohol orders so there’s never ambiguity about what requires ID.

Compliance isn’t a feature you turn on. It’s woven into how the system works.

Not a Bolt-On — Part of Your Whole Operation

Most POS systems that offer delivery treat it like an accessory. There’s the POS, and then there’s the delivery add-on, and they kind of talk to each other.

mPower doesn’t work that way. Delivery is just another sales channel inside the same system. Your daily sales report includes delivery orders alongside register transactions. Customer purchase history shows delivery and in-store visits together. Your reorder report accounts for every bottle sold — in store, online, and through DoorDash.

This is what happens when delivery is designed into a POS system instead of taped onto the side of one.

Why mPower Is Different

mPower has spent 15 years building point of sale software exclusively for beverage retailers. We’re the last independently owned and operated POS company in this space. When you call support, you’re talking to our team — people with over 120 years of combined experience in beverage retail.

Our database comes pre-loaded with over 20,000 beverage products. We support multiple payment processing options. And because we’ve been doing this for 15 years, we’ve already seen and solved the problems that newer systems are still figuring out.

Ready to See It in Action?

Schedule a free demo and we’ll show you how delivery works with your products, your store layout, and your workflow. No pressure, no generic slide deck — just a clear look at what your store could run like.

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• Inventory Control — Real-time tracking across channels
• AI Features — Run your store the way you think about it
• Age Verification — Compliance at every touchpoint

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Inventory is the engine of your liquor store. Get it right and you always have what customers want, your margins stay healthy, and your cash isn’t tied up in dead stock. Get it wrong and you’re either missing sales or staring at shelves full of product nobody’s buying.

The problem with most POS inventory systems is they make you work the way the software works — clicking through screens, filling in fields, running reports to figure out what you already know in your gut. mPower flips that. You tell it what you want, and it handles the rest.

Built for How Liquor Stores Actually Work

You buy by the case. You sell by the bottle. Sometimes you break a six-pack. Sometimes you sell the whole case at a discount. Your inventory system needs to handle all of that natively — not through workarounds or manual math.

mPower tracks inventory at every level:

• Cases, packs, and singles — sell a bottle and the case count adjusts automatically. No manual conversion, no spreadsheet formulas.
• 20,000+ pre-loaded products — beer, wine, and spirits with UPCs, descriptions, sizes, and case pack quantities already in the system. You’re not building a database from scratch.
• AI-assisted product adding — scan a barcode or describe a product and the system fills in the details. New items go from shelf to system in seconds.
• Real-time tracking — every sale, every receiving, every transfer, every adjustment updates instantly. You always know what’s on hand.

Know What to Order Before You Run Out

The difference between a good inventory system and a great one is what happens between counts. A good system tells you what you have. A great system tells you what you need.

mPower’s reorder intelligence watches your stock levels against your sales velocity and tells you what needs attention — ranked by urgency:

• Critical — order now, you’re going to run out
• Warning — order soon, stock is getting low
• Watch — keep an eye on it, trending down

And here’s where it gets powerful: you can set your stocking rules in plain English. Tell mPower how you want your store stocked, and it enforces those rules automatically across every location, every day.

Want to keep two weeks of bourbon on hand? Say so. Want to reorder vodka only from your primary distributor? Say so. Want to skip slow movers and focus on your top 50 sellers? Say so. The system understands what you mean and makes it happen.

Protect Your Margins Without Watching Every Item

You carry thousands of SKUs. Distributor costs change constantly. A price increase that slips past you can erode your margin on an entire category for weeks before you notice.

mPower watches your margins for you. Set margin floors by department, by vendor, by price range — and the system scans your inventory for violations automatically. When something’s out of line, you see it immediately with the exact price adjustment needed to fix it.

No more pulling reports and scanning for problems. The system surfaces them before they cost you money.

Multi-Location Inventory: One View, Every Store

If you run more than one store, inventory gets complicated fast. Which location has the Hennessy? Can you transfer from the warehouse instead of ordering more? Is one store overstocked on rosé while another is running out?

mPower was built for multi-location from day one:

• Full transfer workflow — create a transfer, ship it, receive it at the other end. Quantities tracked at every step.
• Cross-store visibility — see what every location has on hand from one screen
• Consolidated purchasing — order for all locations in one PO, or keep them separate. Your choice.
• Location-specific rules — stock levels, reorder points, and margins can differ by store
• Zebra handheld tools — walk the floor, scan product, check pricing, start a transfer — all from a mobile device

This isn’t a single-store system with “multi-location” stamped on it. Transfers, consolidated purchasing, and cross-store reporting are core to how mPower works.

Vendor Management and Purchase Orders

Ordering and receiving is one of the most time-consuming parts of running a liquor store. mPower streamlines the entire cycle:

• Suggested purchase orders — the system looks at what’s running low and builds a draft PO. You review, adjust, and send.
• Vendor catalogs — Fintech EDI integration syncs distributor pricing and product data directly into your system
• Receiving workflow — scan items as they come in, match against the PO, flag discrepancies before you sign anything
• Invoice scanning — snap a photo of a vendor invoice and the AI reads it, matches items, and flags anything that doesn’t add up
• Return-to-vendor — full RTV workflow with tracking when product goes back

Shrinkage: Find It Before It Finds Your P&L

Shrinkage in liquor stores comes from everywhere — shoplifting, employee theft, breakage, receiving errors, miscounts. The industry average is significant enough that ignoring it is expensive.

mPower helps you catch shrinkage early:

• Inventory adjustments with reason codes — every adjustment is categorized and tracked. You see patterns, not just numbers.
• Count reconciliation — when physical counts don’t match the system, the discrepancy is flagged immediately with the dollar impact
• Employee accountability — every transaction, void, discount, and adjustment is tied to the employee who performed it
• Dead stock identification — items with 90+ days supply get flagged so you can mark them down before they become a total loss

Reporting That Actually Helps You Decide

Reports are only useful if they lead to action. mPower’s inventory reporting is designed to answer the questions you actually ask:

• What’s selling? — top sellers by units, revenue, and margin. By department, by vendor, by location.
• What’s sitting? — inventory health ratings show dead stock vs. fast movers at a glance
• What should I order? — the replenishment queue, ranked by urgency
• Where’s my money? — inventory value by department and location, margin analysis, cost tracking
• What happened? — adjustment history, transfer history, receiving logs — full audit trail

And if you can’t find the report you need, just ask. mPower’s built-in assistant can pull data, answer questions, and navigate you to the right screen — from one place on the dashboard.

Counting Made Faster

Physical counts don’t have to mean closing the store and spending all night with a clipboard. mPower supports:

• Zebra handheld scanning — walk the floor, scan barcodes, quantities update in real time
• Cycle counting — count one section at a time instead of everything at once
• Variance reports — see exactly what’s off and by how much, sorted by dollar impact so you address the biggest discrepancies first

The goal is to make counting fast enough that you do it regularly — because regular counts catch problems early, and early problems are cheap problems. Read our full guide on counting inventory.

Everything Connected

Inventory doesn’t live in a vacuum. In mPower, it’s connected to everything else in your store:

• Sales data feeds reorder intelligence — you order based on what’s actually selling, not what you think is selling
• Customer data shows who buys what — so you know which products to keep for your best customers
• Promotions adjust automatically — run a BOGO and inventory reflects it in real time
• QuickBooks integration keeps your accounting in sync without double entry
• E-commerce through Shopify stays current — online and in-store inventory are the same number

See It with Your Own Products

The best way to understand how mPower’s inventory control works is to see it with your actual product mix, your actual categories, your actual vendor relationships. Schedule a free demo and bring your toughest inventory challenge — the thing your current system can’t handle. We’ll show you how mPower does it.

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One underage sale can cost you your liquor license, thousands in fines, and your reputation. It doesn’t matter if your cashier was tired, rushed, or just bad at math — the consequences are the same.

mPower takes the guesswork out of it. Scan a driver’s license, and the system handles the rest — age check, expiration check, and sale blocked automatically if anything doesn’t pass. Under one second, every time, every register.

What’s Actually at Stake

Selling alcohol to someone under 21 isn’t a slap on the wrist. Depending on your state:

• Fines from $1,000 to $10,000+ per violation — and some states fine the employee personally, not just the business
• License suspension or revocation — your state Alcoholic Beverage Control board can shut you down for days, weeks, or permanently
• Criminal charges — misdemeanor on first offense, felony for repeat violations in many states
• Civil lawsuits — if an underage buyer causes harm after purchasing from your store, you’re exposed under dram shop laws
• Sting operations — enforcement agencies regularly send underage operatives into stores to test compliance. According to the NIAAA, these checks are standard practice nationwide.

Your best cashier might never make a mistake. Your newest hire, working a busy Friday night? That’s where the risk lives.

Four Ways to Verify — You Choose What Fits Your Store

Every store operates differently, and every state has different requirements. mPower gives you four verification modes so you can match your workflow and your compliance needs:

1. Type the Birthdate

The cashier enters the customer’s date of birth on a keypad. The system calculates whether they’re 21 or older and blocks the sale if they’re not. Simple, works without a scanner.

2. Prompt on Flagged Items Only

You mark specific products as age-restricted. When one of those items is scanned at the register, the system prompts for verification automatically. Everything else rings up without interruption. Good for stores in states where ID checks are at the cashier’s discretion.

3. Scan the License (Recommended)

A 2D barcode scanner reads the PDF417 barcode on the back of any US driver’s license or state ID. In under one second, mPower extracts the date of birth, checks whether the customer is 21+, verifies the license isn’t expired, and records the verification on the receipt. Fast, accurate, auditable.

4. Scan Every Transaction

The register prompts for a license scan before any items are rung up. The sale can’t proceed without a valid ID. This is the strictest setting — designed for stores with prior violations or zero-tolerance compliance policies. Manual birthdate entry is available as a fallback.

Why Scanning Beats Eyeballing

Your staff should still look at the physical ID to confirm it matches the person. But the math, the expiration check, and the compliance record should never depend on a human doing arithmetic under pressure.

More Than a Check — It’s a Customer Touchpoint

Here’s what most POS systems miss: every ID scan is an opportunity.

When mPower scans a driver’s license, it doesn’t just verify age — it checks your customer database. If the customer is already in your system, their profile, points balance, and purchase history appear instantly. No loyalty card needed, no phone number to type in.

If they’re new, creating a customer record takes a single tap — because the scan already captured their name, address, and birthdate. They’re enrolled in your loyalty program right at the register, zero friction. What started as a compliance step just became customer acquisition.

Compliance That Fits Your State

Alcohol regulations vary by state, county, and sometimes city. mPower is designed to flex with your requirements:

• Minimum age defaults to 21 (federal standard) but can be configured per product type
• Verification mode adjusts to your state — ID every sale, or ID on flagged items only
• Receipt documentation — verified birthdate recorded on every transaction for audit trails
• Employee accountability — every sale is tied to the logged-in cashier, so you always know who completed the transaction

We recommend checking with your state’s ABC board for specific requirements. mPower’s flexible settings mean you can adjust as regulations change — no system modifications needed.

No Extra Hardware. Already Included.

mPower’s age verification works with any standard 2D barcode scanner — the same scanners you’re already using for product barcodes. No additional hardware, no separate software, no add-on fees. Age verification is included with every mPower installation.

Setup takes minutes: choose your verification mode, plug in your scanner, done.

Protect Your License. Build Your Customer Base.

Age verification doesn’t have to be a bottleneck. With mPower, it’s faster than the manual process it replaces, more reliable than your best cashier’s mental math, and it turns every ID check into a chance to build a customer relationship.

Schedule a demo and we’ll walk you through the setup, show you the different modes, and answer any questions about how it fits your state’s requirements.

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