If you run a tasting room, you know this situation well. A guest has a great visit. They taste through the wines, fall in love with them, and decide to join the club. They set their shipments to pickup because naturally they are already planning their next trip back to the winery. But sometimes life gets in the way. Schedules change. Travel plans shift. Months pass more quickly than expected. Suddenly that pickup order is still sitting at the winery and now a second one has accumulated. Then the customer calls with a simple request. “Can you just ship it to me?” For many wineries, pickup orders that turn into shipping requests can create operational headaches. Staff often have to cancel orders, rebuild transactions, adjust inventory, and try to keep their winery order fulfillment and accounting records accurate. We have always believed winery software should support the way wineries actually operate. That is why eCELLAR includes the ability to convert pickup orders to shipp

For more than 25 years, we at eCELLAR have believed that financial success should never come from taking a percentage of your direct-to-consumer sales. Our flat monthly pricing model ensures that every dollar of revenue you earn remains yours, providing predictable costs and exceptional value. But competitive pricing is just the beginning. eCELLAR is a proven, full-featured direct-to-consumer platform that powers everything from CRM, POS, and inventory to reservations, email campaigns, UPS and FedEx integration, reporting, and more. Our REST API makes it easy to connect eCELLAR with trusted third-party tools such as RedChirp, Enolytics, and others, giving you the flexibility to run your business your way. We continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of our clients. One example of that commitment is our upcoming integration with Stripe. This addition will offer wineries an alternative flat-rate merchant processing option with access to digital wallet payments like Apple

We are very grateful and excited to announce that we are now compatible with eCELLAR. eCELLAR and their lovely team already set the bar for winery CRM and ecommerce solutions—helping you build stronger customer relationships, streamline operations, and boost your DTC sales. Now, with Enolytics as a compatible integration, wineries can take that success to the next level with powerful data insights and analytics. Here’s what this new integration brings to the table: The capability to deep dive into your data to understand customer behavior, buying trends, improve segmentation, and create hyper-personalized offers. Fewer headaches because sales, marketing, and operational insights are brought together in one place. Confidence and time savings in data-driven decisions, thanks to real-time analytics and visualizations. Here are a few words from Tracy McArdle, CEO of eCELLAR, sharing her excitement “This integration brings together the best of both worlds, eCELLAR’

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