Specialist Fulfilment

Alcohol Fulfilment

We offer stress-free B2C and B2B fulfilment for alcohol products – freeing you up to focus on growing your brand.

  • Consistent fulfilment staff who learn your products and processes
  • Direct access to client service team; no cumbersome 'support tickets'
  • We can guide you through the premises licensing process
  • Secure storage in remote access alarmed building with CCTV
  • Integration with your ecommerce platforms and other systems
  • Introductions to experts via our ecommerce growth network

Customisable fulfilment for alcohol brands

In partnership we can design a fulfilment process tailored to your products, and adapt the service as your company evolves. Our fantastic hard-working team will get to know your product range and the way you like things done.

  • No minimum order volumes
  • Expertise in packing fragile items
  • Customise the process with branded packaging

Things to consider when selling alcohol online

Personal alcohol licence

Before your business can begin selling alcoholic products, you must have a personal licence. The personal licence is designed to ensure that anybody running or managing a business that sells or supplies alcohol will do so in a professional fashion. In order to apply, you must be aged 18 years or over, and hold a relevant licensing qualification. The UK government website has a list of accredited personal licence qualification providers. We strongly recommend you read the guidance on gov.uk on alcohol licensing.

Alcohol premises licence

When you choose Vdepot as your fulfilment partner, together we apply for a premises licence under your company name & our address. We can guide you through this process; we hold premises licences for lots of alcohol brands.

Suitable packaging

Have you finalised the packaging for your products? We advise that the goods need to be packaged and protected as well as possible given that couriers do not accept responsibility for loss or damage to glass or liquid items.

Temperature controlled storage

Do your products need to be frozen or refrigerated? If so, we will need to bring in a suitable fridge or freezer to accommodate your products. We can talk you through the process while the council processes the premises licence.

Inventory management services

Our dedicated team can run quality assurance checks, date rotation, batch/serial control and product range management services on your inventory, and ensure you have easy access to all of this data in your My.Vdepot account.

What our clients say...

“Vdepot is a wonderful company to work with. We spent a long time looking for the right fulfilment agency & we have not been disappointed at all from choosing them. From the outset the level of support, service, care & attention given to us was beyond expectations. The team are super helpful, attentive & we wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for something similar.”

Fiona, marketing director, award-winning Spanish gin brand

“Vdepot made it very easy for us when launching our online store. Their IT set-up seemed the most secure of all the fulfilment houses we met with, and has integrated with our webshop without a hitch. All of this meant that we were able to launch our business with a professional set-up. They offered the space and expertise we needed.”

Jonathan, founder, boutique gin brand