The Best Point-of-Sale (POS) System for Your Winery in 2024

When launching or expanding your winery's direct sales, you're likely to face various regulatory challenges, including taxes, recycling fees, and shipping limits. These can become potential stress points for both new and growing ventures.

Vinoshipper simplifies this for you. We ensure every sale is compliant, managing the correct taxation, collection, remittance*, and simplified reporting. With us, each sale is worry-free and compliant. 

Choosing how to sell—whether directly at your winery, online, or through a wine club—starts with the right POS system. Vinoshipper offers versatile POS solutions tailored for 2024, designed to support sales anywhere, anytime. 

Explore the top POS options offered by Vinoshipper for a seamless, compliant selling experience for your winery. 

iPad with card reader

The iPad POS system is a classic choice for wineries, offering versatility and convenience. Easily access and manage customer details including club memberships, address changes, and card updates. It can easily be rotated to face the customer, allowing them to verify their information and order, as well as add tips. Integrated with a card reader, it supports various payment methods including swipe, insert, tap, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more. 

Key benefits

  1. Facilitates complimentary tastings. 

  2. Accepts a wide range of payment types. 

  3. Enhances the tipping process. 

  4. Supports barcode scanning for efficient service. 

Ideal use locations

  1. Tasting rooms, for an interactive customer experience.

  2. Industry events, providing mobility and ease of use. 

  3. Throughout the winery, for versatile point-of-sale options.

iPhone

The Vinoshipper POS app transforms your iPhone into a powerful mobile sales tool. Leveraging Apple's built-in Tap to Pay (no separate card reader required), you can accept payments anywhere, from trade events and farmers markets to casual encounters during your daily dog walk. This flexibility allows you to set up sales for pickup, offer local delivery, or arrange shipping. Even more, it's perfect for creating customer relationships with the ability to manage club membership, collect payment details, and build new lifelong fans of your winery.

Key benefits

  1. Utilize Apple Tap to Pay for easy transactions – no card reader required.  

  2. The freedom to sell products in any setting. 

  3. Seamlessly manage pickup orders. 

  4. Effortlessly sign up new club members. 

Ideal use locations

  1. Farmer’s markets and retail shops for on-the-spot sales. 

  2. Social gatherings, like friends' birthday parties. 

  3. Throughout the winery for versatile selling points. 

  4. Literally anywhere you find potential customers! 

Laptop or computer

The laptop or computer stands as the cornerstone of your wine business operations. It's the central hub where sales are made, inventory is managed, discounts are created, and club releases are initiated. The flexibility of using a laptop as a POS system, especially in the early stages of your business, should not be underestimated. It offers a powerful, all-in-one solution with minimal setup required. 

Key benefits

  1. All your business tools in one accessible place. 

  2. Requires minimal setup, making it easy to get started. 

  3. Facilitates taking orders over the phone. 

  4. Efficiently handles bulk processing tasks. 

Ideal use locations

  1. At your office desk, where business management is streamlined. 

  2. On the tasting room counter, for seamless sales transactions. 

  3. Across the winery floor, ensuring operational flexibility. 

  4. Even from your kitchen table, proving that business can happen anywhere. 

Vinoshipper POS on laptop

Considering a review of your POS system? We're eager to connect with you. Email us at customerservice@vinoshipper.com, and let's explore how Vinoshipper's POS can empower you to expand your sales across 40+ states. 

*Vinoshipper is a marketplace facilitator for 36 states. Vinoshipper is responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax for sales made via Vinoshipper. You may still need to submit a Sales Tax Return with zero net sales dependent upon the state. Please review our help document for more information: https://vinoshipper.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/9000202264-marketplace-facilitator-sales  

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