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Fortunately, Swig! (http://swigme.com http://swigme.com) is still 100% legal and open for business. Swig! is an instant beer & alcohol delivery service that pa
by MediaSquirrel 14y ago
Fortunately, Swig! (http://swigme.com http://swigme.com) is still 100% legal and open for business.
Swig! is an instant beer & alcohol delivery service that partners directly with licensed brick & mortar retailers to enable online ordering and one-hour delivery. Unlike Instacart however, we did our homework and engaged liquor licensing attorneys to vet our model.
Disclosure: I'm the founder of Swig! When Instacart was still selling booze, we competed with them.
- citricsquid 14y ago> According to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, all transactions of alcoholic beverages must be made directly through the vendor that holds the liquor license – in this case, Safeway. An Instacart shopper is not allowed to simply buy alcohol off the shelves and sell it like any other grocery item. So, instead of a customer paying Instacart when buying booze, the money should go to Safeway, and then from Safeway to Instacart. How do you comply with this?
- shardling 14y agoThat quote itself seems to spell out the only way they really could -- the money goes directly to the brick+mortar partner, and then to Swig.
- MediaSquirrel 14y agoWe have deals directly with the licensed retailer. The money for the sales goes straight to them.
- eridius 14y agoOh that's neat. I love the Instacart model. I even paid the $100 for a year of free deliveries (I figure, if I get 25 deliveries, it's worth it, and I'm already close to that). I'll have to check out Swig as well.
- HorizonXP 14y agoI'm not sure how to feel about you submitting this particular article, and then plugging your own startup. I feel like it is against the common courtesy of HN. Correct me if I'm wrong.