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Canada Wineries and Craft Beverage Businesses – NEWS

Activ8 POS Release to Canada Activ8 Commerce just released a new version of Activ8 POS with much-anticipated features for Canadian businesses, including accepting Canadian ATM cards, and English & French printed receipts. Activ8’s POS is designed to elevate the guest experience and help your staff serve competently. As such, it provides a unique mix of […]
  • Posted by activ8commerce
  • On April 17, 2023
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Should you sell Direct to Consumers?

Hi, I’m Thomas Crouch. I’m currently the Sales Executive with Active Club Solutions, Inc., a software development business that created Activ8Commerce,a leading sales & marketing platform for businesses who sell Direct-to-Consumer (DTC). I have a 28-year history in various aspects of the wine industry, specifically in direct sales and marketing.​ Early on, as a recent […]
  • Posted by activ8commerce
  • On March 31, 2023
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Spring Forward! How to know your customers and use it.

How to know your customers and use it. If you want to run a business successfully, you have to know your customers. How, do you ask? The most effective way is through RFM analysis. RFM what??? RFM stands for the Recency, Frequency, and Monetary value of your customer’s order history. All big businesses do it, […]
  • Posted by activ8commerce
  • On March 17, 2023
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Spring Forward! Relinquish control and let your customers manage their accounts.

Relinquish control and let your customers manage their accounts. Free up your time and focus on scaling your business for growth. With Activ8 Commerce Online Customer Account Pages, you can confidently entrust your customers with their account management, while increasing your online sales.     Drastically reduce service calls by allowing customer and members to […]
  • Posted by activ8commerce
  • On March 10, 2023
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What distilleries and other craft businesses should learn from wine clubs. Part 1.

What distilleries and other craft businesses can learn from wine clubs. Part 1. Having a club means having members, a community, supporters, ambassadors who tell your story. It brings joy to the business side of the craft. It creates revenue streams and promotes growth, and the costs are low. A no-brainer. 8 ways clubs grow […]
  • Posted by activ8commerce
  • On February 24, 2023
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Wine And Spirits Delivery Booms As Pandemic Accelerates E-Commerce Activity

Wine and spirits retailers’ delivery programs continue to expand rapidly amid the Covid-19 pandemic. E-commerce delivery platform Drizly has seen business more than triple this year. “We’ve had an increase in sales of 350% year-to-date,” says Jaci Flug, Drizly’s general counsel. Recently, more and more states—Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Oklahoma among them—have expanded their beverage […]
  • Posted by activ8commerce
  • On May 4, 2021
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NEW BACK-OFFICE MODE AND VISUAL DASHBOARDS

March 2021 Activ8 Commerce just got significantly easier to use.  We’ve minimized the learning curve to help tasting room, club, web store, and marketing managers take faster control of their DTC business.  The new web browser version of our back-office feels familiar and provides task shortcuts, unlike any other system. Sort and filter customer, member, […]
  • Posted by activ8commerce
  • On March 21, 2021
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Distilled Spirits Industry Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic

A great resource for those of you in the Spirits Industry. Cocktails To-Go Fact Sheet. Read the fact sheet on how cocktails to-go are boosting the struggling hospitality industry and how Distillers United encourages maintaining responsibility measures. READ MORE Cocktails To-Go: What You Need to Know Webinar Check out our latest webinar to learn more […]
  • Posted by support
  • On September 23, 2020
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Spirits Producers from 45 States Virtually Scale Capitol Hill During Public Policy Conference

In a year full of pivots, the latest was the transition to a virtual event for the annual American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) and Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (DISCUS) Public Policy Conference, which was held Sept. 15-16. A record number of attendees virtually converged on the nation’s capital to advocate for the industry’s […]
  • Posted by support
  • On September 23, 2020
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