Breaking Down CA Cannabis Taxes to Your Customers

Let’s tackle cannabis tax education.

Cannabis taxes don’t have to be confusing! Use this guide to break taxes down in an easy way!

This market looks nothing like what it used to a year ago. The newly regulated California cannabis industry has been through ups and downs with taxes taking a central position in the conversation. Information on recent changes for the entirety of the industry can be found in our Definitive Guide to California Compliance.

Taxation on cannabis goods means that there are “certain sales and cultivation taxes” (BCC) which have been implemented; and we all know Uncle Sam doesn’t let anything slide. This has caused some turmoil for those within the industry and in particular, for consumers. Reports show that after all of the taxes attached to cannabis—state excise, regular, and local business taxes—the black market is thriving more than ever as the result of tax percentages on a spectrum of 25-40%.

It’s not rare for customers to purchase a product and look at the bottom of the receipt to have their jaw drop at the breakdown of the taxes that have been tacked onto their most recent purchase. We all know what comes next—questions about who, what, when, where, why, and how these tax amounts came to be.

Be prepared by gaining a solid understanding of how taxes work (or don’t) in the CA market.

Let’s keep it simple.

 

Adult-Use (A-U) and Medical Tax Differences

The difference between A-U and medicinal taxes varies by city!

Not everyone who purchases cannabis is subject to equal taxes. Medical patients are not required to participate in state taxes, but are required to pay local and excise tax. This means that their total for purchases will be lower than that of a recreational user without proper state-supplied MMIC/MMICP cards.

Related: A Definitive Guide to Compliance — California Cannabis Dispensaries

 

15% California Excise Tax

Excise tax is the state’s mandatory cannabis tax.

Excise tax is collected by distributors from retailers, which retailers then pass onto consumers. To complicate the matter, it isn’t concretely explained as to whether or not this tax should be listed onto the retail price of the product, resulting in confusion when the time to collect money from your customer comes.

The BCC has proposed that the revenue collected from this tax gets put towards cannabis research at UCSD and social equity programs for high-risk areas that have previously been affected by drug use. Law enforcement research with the purpose of developing an accurate way to measure intoxication for drivers and a program that takes environmental cleanup as its subject are among the other places that excise tax dollars are allocated.

8-12% State Sales Tax

Sales tax is only used for non-medicinal transactions.

Generally speaking, the state sales tax is dependent upon your location in California. This tax typically varies from 8-12 percent in some areas and is collected at the time of purchase for Adult-Use (A-U) customers.

MMIC/MMICP patients that adhere with the state’s medicinal program are entirely absolved of this tax category and funds collected for A-U customers are allocated with public safety and local transportation improvements.

5-15% Cannabis Business Tax

Local governments need a piece of the cake and have made it clear that they need to take home part of the cake. It’s not uncommon for these tax rates to fluctuate between 5-15% depending on the city or country that you are located in. This category of taxation and the amount collected is left entirely up to the local officials.

Related: 5 Effective Ways to Lower Your 280E Taxes by Aviva Spectrum

 

Are taxes going to be this way forever?

The countdown to finalized BCC regulations has started!

We sure hope not! The percentage of taxes currently hurts the legitimate market more than helping it succeed. Running a legal operation that has to compete with the illicit market as a result of taxes has proven to be a difficult task for everyone involved. Consumers don’t want to have to pay taxes upwards of 40% when they can go down the street to an illicit shop and receive the same product for that much less.

In one way, taxes have aided in the allocation of revenue to programs that look out fo rate public’s best interest and with future development of the industry in mind. In another, it has allowed for the illicit market to thrive more than ever.

Explaining the way that these taxes are allocated not only educates your customer on how complicated the regulated cannabis market is, but also helps illustrate the reason that illicit shops are still up and running with a high success rate. Taxation is part of the legitimization of the industry and although more complicated than it needs to be, it’s what we all have to work with at the time being.

Educate your customers, push them to petition for change, and know that everyone is riding the same tax wave that you are!

How have California taxes impacted the way that you do business?

Related: 5 Regulation Changes for California Cannabis Delivery Services

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5 Regulation Changes for California Cannabis Delivery Services

Are you up to date with the latest cannabis delivery service regulations?

The onslaught of cannabis regulation changes has made the market difficult to navigate in a fully compliant way – especially as a cannabis delivery service. If you feel as though there are adjustments being made on a daily basis, you’re in the same boat as the rest of the industry! Lucky for you, we’ve broken down the 5 biggest changes that your delivery service needs to know about in order to stay compliant and be successful!

 

1. Cannabis Delivery Driver Kit Values

 

The initial emergency regulations that were proposed by the Bureau limited the amount of product capable of being transported to a mere $3,000 in retail value. This not only limited the amount of product that a delivery driver could carry in their delivery kit, but resulted in an inefficient way of making deliveries.

The Bureau has since increased the amount from $3,000 to $5,000. This means that the total retail value of the products that your delivery drivers are carrying must not exceed the total amount of $5,000 at any given time. More importantly, is the new regulation which mandates that drivers must not have more than $3000 worth of product in their vehicle without an order being received and processed prior to a driver being dispatched.

This increased limit means that your drivers are able to carry a larger variety of products in their driver kits, freeing up the options that your customers have made available to them. It also means that your drivers can stay out longer to complete transactions with a fully stocked car that doesn’t jeopardize the ability to make deliveries on-the-fly.

Another aspect of cannabis deliveries to consider is the amount of time your staff is allowed to be away from the dispatch location in-between deliveries. Drivers are allotted a 30-minute window in-between drop-offs before having to return to the primary dispatch center.

What we can suggest is keeping to the 30-minute limitation that is allowed for stops in-between deliveries and orders placed.

Stay under the $5,000 limit and you’re good to go!

 

2. Securing Goods for Cannabis Delivery

 

Keep under the required limit for both compliance & safety reasons.We’d be lying if we said that security wasn’t a major concern of the regulated market. Adjusted regulations now mandate that in order to properly secure cannabis goods for your delivery drivers, the goods must be in a locked container within the vehicle and be accessible only to the driver of the vehicle being used to make deliveries.

The Bureau has made it clear that the trunk of the car is to be considered a part of the vehicle that can be used to fulfill this new security requirement. There are no specifications on the type, size, or material of container that can be used.

As a delivery service, it may comfort you to know that there are requirements on vehicle alarm systems and a lack of requirements for any specific lock box to be used. You can rest assured that you have freedom in choice of lock boxes or containers and know that in the case of your vehicle being tampered with, an alarm system will draw attention to it.

Remember: drivers need to use the trunk or a lock box to secure goods and all vehicles must have an alarm system.

 

3. Reporting Sales On-the-Fly with a Live Ledger During Delivery

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Sales should be reported as they happen.

To successfully stay within compliance, all sales must be recorded in-between deliveries that are made by drivers. In addition to this, there must be a live inventory adjustment that takes place in-between sales. This means that after each delivery made, your driver must adjust the digital or physical ledger that is carried with them on every delivery.

The ledger is essentially a document that lists all cannabis products in your driver’s possession at any given time. It must include the type of cannabis product, retail price, brand, CCTT number, and appropriate weight, volume, or number of total pieces per package.

Inventory management and reporting to METRC is a huge concern of the Bureau’s for all sectors of the cannabis industry. Delivery services looking to be effective and in this market for “the long run” should make sure that their employees are trained with the adequate skillset to fulfill the requirement.

It’s as simple as making a delivery, reporting the sale to METRC, and updating the delivery ledger to reflect changes made in real-time inventory. Having a mobile point-of-sale system that automates this definitely works to your advantage.

READ: 5 Questions Customers Will ASk That Your Delivery Service Staff Should Be Able to Answer 

 

4. Real-Time Tracking of Cannabis Delivery Drivers

Tookan makes two-way communication between consumers & delivery service drivers a breeze! Keeping safety in mind, the Bureau has made it a mandatory requirement to be able to locate and track delivery drivers as they are completing their duties. This means that real-time tracking of your drivers has taken an advanced step towards making your delivery service look like the Uber Eats of cannabis.

It also means that with a proper delivery management system, you can communicate in real-time with your drivers and your customers can get an accurate idea of when their product will arrive. In addition to live tracking, dispatch managers must be able to pull up a real-time reflection of the location of each driver as well as the estimated time that each destination is reached. A destination log of each planned drop-off as well as the recorded time with each transaction is one way that deliveries can be made to be more efficient while collecting data that can be used to increase the overall efficiency of your cannabis deliveries.

With a destination log and inventory management system that places a time stamp on everything and can locate your drivers in real-time, you’re sure to keep the Bureau on your side!

 

5. Making Additional Stops Comes with Limitations for Cannabis Delivery Drivers

There’s a penalty for making additional stops!

Your delivery service drivers are allowed to make momentary stops for each of the following: Fuel, Vehicle Repairs, & Rest for any “reasonable” amount of time.

Although the first two are clearly defined, the amount of time allotted for rest is rather murky. Making additional stops for lunch, to visit a friend, or make a delivery that isn’t on your ledger is putting your toes in hot water—don’t do it!

Related: 7 Questions to Ask When Purchasing Software for Your Cannabis Delivery Service

 

Efficient Cannabis Deliveries are Compliant Ones!

Cannabis delivery services race against the clock to satisfy customers!

New delivery service regulations aren’t overly complicated and making necessary adjustments to your operation should take a top priority if you want to become a household name in delivery services available. We’ll do our best to keep you up to speed as these regulations are finalized, but you know just as well as we do that things could change at the flip of a switch!

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5 Simple Compliance Violations Dispensaries Don’t Really Think About

Practicing a culture of compliance is a quick and easy way to make sure that your license is not put in jeopardy. Keeping compliant in this legalization time period is an adjustment for all and although not easy, is absolutely necessary.

With the public commenting period coming to a close soon, you should be buckling down and getting one step ahead of the game. As if, getting ahead isn’t enough though, stay ahead by avoiding these 5 common compliance issues.

 

Are you selling display products?

Lowell Farms takes sets the standard with their brand displays.

California legalization has made it increasingly difficult to maintain a standard of compliant practices. It’s not uncommon for the display package of a particular item to be the last one in stock. What should be as simple as selling your customer the last of the products available, is actually not so easy!

Selling the display product of anything your dispensary carries is a violation of BCC regulations that can cause you to be fined and puts your license at risk of being suspended. You may want to try hiring an inventory manager that maintains the integrity of your stock so that you never run into a situation where your customer is left disappointed. Make sure your staff is well-informed of this violation so you can continue to operate in a way that satisfies the Bureau and keeps your customers happy!

Let’s be clear— there are to be no displays sold, regardless of how badly your customer wants the product.

Related: A Definitive Guide to Compliance — California Cannabis Dispensaries

 

Are you using electronic inventory management?

Daily sales reports, pending orders, and customer information in one location.

Running a dispensary currently on a temporary license? Don’t worry—it seems like everyone is too! As we wait for METRC to go live, it’s a good idea to start to think about the ways in which you can “get a jump” on practicing good inventory management practices.

Keeping records of all movements of cannabis starting with a change in custody from a brand’s distributor in a room-to-room, sale-by-sale basis is an effective way to roll out good habits. Verifying licenses, shipping manifest information, and making sure that inventory management is taken seriously puts you in a position that protects your shop.

Inventory management is a full-time job and treating it like this as you await the issuance of your permanent license will make things easier by a factor of 10—guaranteed! Furthermore, there are 3 ways that your inventory needs to match up once every 30 days:

1. Physically in your cannabis dispensary storage areas.

2. Within your point-of-sale system.

3. In the California Cannabis Track-and-Trace (CCTT) as it is in accordance with METRC.

Starting early will make your business transition as smoothly as possible when things really go ‘live.’

 

Poor Reporting Habits

WebJoint’s Dashboard gives you data on sales, pending orders, and total revenue.

Time and time again, I hear horror stories being told about failing to implement a satisfactory way of reporting. I’d like to be direct here—cannabis licenses aren’t expensive, so stop acting like reporting shouldn’t take a priority.

This new age of legal cannabis expects a lot from your dispensary as CCTT is being fulfilled with the use of METRC. Reporting sales everyday by hand at the end of the day not only wastes time that you don’t have, but think about what happens when you make an error in your entry. It puts METRC out of balance which then makes you the center of attention; and believe me, it’s not the kind of attention you’ll enjoy.

Investing in a point-of-sale system that automatically integrates with METRC and sends real-time adjustments for sales reports not only eliminates the need for manual labor, but keeps you compliant as a business when the BCC wants on-demand sales & inventory reports.

Put simply: everything that comes in needs to be recorded, everything that leaves your store needs to be recorded, and everything you buy or use for display…you guessed it…needs to be recorded!

 

Are you packaging properly?

STIIIZY is a leader in compliant packaging and a top-notch provider of high-quality products.

If you’ve been in the scene for the entirety of this year, you know exactly why this is an important part of legalization. It’s also easy to understand why this is a common compliance issue in dispensaries and a common source of compliance “tug of war.”

Exit bags are booming in the Nevada marketplace and are being branded for specific companies to use as a way of staying within compliance. In California, it’s no different! Although the latest regulations don’t require child-resistant packaging until 2020, it’s a great idea to get ahead of the game and be prepared for final requirements.

Slap your dispensary name or brand on an exit bag that is opaque and child-resistant that can be re-used by your customers. It not only acts as a tool for compliance, but is essentially a free way to market your brand when customers hang out with people that indulge in cannabis.

As it stands currently, all products in your shop should be lab tested and labeled with the official health warning, California Universal Symbol for cannabis products, and have child-resistant, tamper-evident packaging.

Avoid fines, take your time, and do things right!

 

How do your budtenders identify themselves?

Make it easy for budtenders to be identified with name tags!

If you’ve ever had a conversation with someone and forgotten what their name is or never had the opportunity to confirm their identity then you can relate to how nice it is for identification badges of dispensary employees to be mandated.

Each employee is required to have an identification badge. These badges need to have a color picture, company name, license number, first and last name of the employee, and their individual employee number.

Dimensions of the picture on employee badges need to be at least 1 inch wide x 1.5 inches in height and printed on laminated or plastic coated cards which are worn at all times.

Although a small requirement, it is a mandatory one and not only adheres to compliance, but “ups” the game of your dispensary aesthetic. Engage your customers, make them feel comfortable in your shop, and give them reason to come back!

Related: Customer Service Best Practices for Your Dispensary

 

Compliance is lurking…

Compliance is a 24/7 job that everyone is responsible for upholding.

Few absolutes in this industry exist, but one that certainly does revolves around compliance. At the end of the day, it keeps your dispensary open and keeps the green flowing by having a cannabis shop that can operate properly.

It’s no secret: fines take revenue from your dispensary, bring a negative light to your shop, and can easily be avoided by paying meticulous attention to detail when compliance takes priority.

Related: A Definitive Guide to Compliance — California Cannabis Dispensaries

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California Dispensary Best Practices for Compliance

Compliance is up to you –

Legal cannabis in the state of California has proven to show that there is a large learning curve for all sectors of the industry. Nowadays, first-time & experienced consumers find value in visiting clean, reputable retail locations which are known for having the best products.

What this means for the future of your dispensary, is the ability to impact a larger number of individuals on a daily basis. If your dispensary follows this shift in cannabis consumer behavior, you have the ability to capitalize on the recent trends and promote lifestyle products that influence a change in culture.

An important question to ask yourself during this time of infinite expansion is whether or not your location is fully prepared to handle the flux of customers when taking compliance into consideration.

Infrastructure starts with the hardware you choose to check in patients & manage inventory or make sales, but it doesn’t end there.

We’ve previously discussed the important questions to consider when choosing a POS, but it’s time to consider how revenue and infrastructure go hand-in-hand with the successful operation of your dispensary!

 

How are you keeping your backups?

Cloud-based and physical storage are viable options for protecting your data.

Mandatory video surveillance steps up to the plate when securing your location, but how do you secure your current security program? Cloud drive? Physical hard drive? Both?

The answer to this question can be the difference between staying compliant and falling into the dangerous realm of non-compliance.

What about your physical documents? We’re talking about the entirety of your dispensary records: shipping manifests, request receipts, laboratory testing results, transfer of custody paperwork, certificates of analysis (COA). There’s more— live inventory, sales & purchase orders, METRC reports, permits, insurance paperwork, location diagrams, employee information—you get the point!

An easy way to protect your business is by making sure you have a backup drive (or two) that routinely stores all of this information in a secure location—how you choose that location, is up to you!

As your dispensary grows, so too should your backup drives. Make sure that each is large enough to hold the full capacity of your business documents. You should be aiming to expand your data storage “arsenal” as your business grows, being sure to retain the necessary documents for specified reporting schedules.

Security is just as much of a virtual objective as it is a physical one so double check that your computers aren’t at risk of being jeopardized in case of a security breach. Routinely changing the passwords to accounts and updating them after an employee has left your business can help keep everything organized and avoid unforeseeable issues.

Be weary of “putting all your eggs in one basket” and create a multi-layered approach to accessing documents. It’d be a shame to stop operations for any period of time due to the loss of data.

 

Is your internet as powerful as it needs to be?

Enterprise-level internet capabilities can help avoid simple issues before they begin.

An increase in customers means an increase in the rate of processing information on sales and reporting to METRC as necessary. Electronic point-of-sale systems do their part in making inventory management and sales more efficient, but ride on the premise of being connected to the internet.

Wireless connectivity for point-of-sale systems are just one half of the equation though.

The second half has to do with video surveillance at your dispensary. Video surveillance must be accessed from a wi-fi source at all times, making it critically important that wi-fi connectivity is ensured. Permanent cameras installed in proper locations keep your dispensary safe and place compliance at the forefront of daily activities, although they do so in a passive way.

Maintaining a live connection to your point-of-sale and video surveillance systems works two-fold:

It keeps you compliant with the ability to ensure practice of proper reporting standards such as METRC reporting.

Connectivity to the internet is what nearly all business operations are rooted in. When’s the last time your dispensary was up and running without the internet? Think about it—your dispensary needs it!

This isn’t brought to your attention to scare you, but instead to illustrate small details that you can examine. Be proactive to growth rather than reactive to failing infrastructure by upgrading your internet services as your business scales.

It might be helpful to research the bandwidth of your internet as you add point-of-sale systems to your location or change the software you are currently using. Enterprise-level infrastructure aids in optimizing your business by being able to support technological features. The increased stacking of tech devices such as video cameras, wireless printers, and point-of-sale systems means that wifi experiences bottlenecks and slows down business.

Related: 5 Simple Compliance Violations Dispensaries Don’t Really Think About

Are you taking advantage of digital payment solutions?

alt thirty six is backed by DASH and offers cryptocurrency payment options.

Yes, you read that right.

Digital payment solutions are currently being introduced to the cannabis industry by way of alt thirty six, a platform that uses the DASH cryptocurrency as a form of solutions to the cash-only issue.

Now before you start heading down the “I’ve heard this/ that about cryptocurrency” route, let’s explain this in the simplest way possible:

DASH is a cryptocurrency that has the capabilities of transferring between parties in an instantaneous way. This means that there is no need to worry about market fluctuation or volatility of the price of DASH. Which also means that you can be sure you’re receiving $100 when you’re being told you are being given $100.

What’s more is that DASH is easy to setup, fast to use, and rides on the blockchain wave—another term you’ve probably heard of recently.

DASH operates as ‘digital cash’ and is incredibly secure. Each transaction is added to a virtual & unchangeable ledger, resulting in being able to “track-and-trace” each and every single dollar that is brought into your dispensary.

Unlike physical cash, cryptocurrency is federally unregulated and can be accessed digitally on just about any mobile device that has internet connectivity, making it a vital asset to cash-only businesses such as canal is dispensaries. The days of having to sit on cash or find a way to store it are slowly disappearing with the ability to use cryptocurrency.

One other cool thing about digital payment solutions like DASH is that there is simply no physical cash involved with each transaction. This makes your dispensary secure by limiting the amount of cash on-hand and reducing the possibility of employee theft (although we’re not saying every employee would do such a thing).

Stand out by offering a fast, secure, and creative way of taking payments for your cannabis goods! It’s sure to get the conversation going!

 

Keep a culture of compliance!

Take a multifaceted approach to protecting your dispensary.

Securing your dispensary as one that actively engages compliance and takes proactive steps to ensure a fluid, frictionless experience for your customers is sure to place you among the best of the best. Keeping a stable enterprise-level infrastructure is one way to stay ahead of unforeseen issues and maintain your operating capabilities.

As a business owner, what are some ways that you like to ensure infrastructure is up-to-date? What are other retail “best practices” that every owner should be aware of? Comment below!

Related: A Definitive Guide to Compliance — California Cannabis Dispensaries

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4 Signs You’re Using the Wrong Cannabis Point-of-Sale for Your Delivery

Every cannabis point-of-sale software is different.

There are many different cannabis point-of-sale software systems out on the market right now. Each comes with its own advantages and disadvantages depending on the type of retail business you operate. 

Your cannabis point-of-sale system is the technological foundation for your business, so this is a big decision you need to get right. 

Ask yourself, are you a delivery service? Yes. Is there a chance you are using a dispensary point-of-sale software for your delivery operation? Yes. Is that a problem? Absolutely.

Cannabis delivery services have unique pain points, requiring solutions that are often missing in your typical dispensary point-of-sale system. 

If you’re using a point-of-sale system that exhibits these 4 signs, it’s time to switch to a cannabis delivery point-of-sale software system.

Related: 7 Questions to Ask When Purchasing Software for Your Cannabis Delivery Service

I. Your cannabis point-of-sale lacks a METRC integration!

cannabis delivery software - metrc integration

METRC is the chosen platform for California’s CCTT.

METRC is the State of California’s seed-to-sale, track-and-trace system. All businesses in the cannabis industry need to utilize METRC in order to track seeds, clones, individual cannabis products, and batches from the time in which they are conceived to the time in which a consumer buys them. Your point-of-sale system should automatically report to METRC. This means that partnering with a point-of-sale that lacks METRC certification and does not have the capabilities of automatically tracking batches as they enter your inventory is not maximizing the potential of your business.

Let’s be clear here—keeping a culture of compliance is everything in a regulated market. METRC integration is absolutely necessary. Without METRC integration, the State of California‘s Bureau of Cannabis Control has no way of ensuring that you are keeping track of all sales and has no way of acknowledging that your product has been laboratory tested per BCC regulations. Make sure that when you are partnering with a point-of-sale system, that METRC certification is fulfilled.

Related: A Definitive Guide to Compliance – California Dispensaries 

II. Your cannabis point-of-sale is not capable of automatic delivery dispatching.

Two-communication and automated dispatch is made easy by using our Fleet App.

Delivery services are mandated per the BCC to have automated GPS location on each and every single delivery vehicle that is utilized within the business. What this means is that all drivers must be able to be tracked in real-time and the location of each driver to be recorded as deliveries are completed. That’s not only to keep you compliant, but is an accurate way to ensure that the safety of your drivers and customers is well taken care of. The cannabis industry is certainly a dangerous one considering the fact that cash is the only method of payment that is technically allowed currently.

With the lack of central banking systems available for the cannabis industry in the state of California, delivery services are forced to not only accept large amounts of cash from consumers but also carry this large amount of cash with them throughout the duration of their delivery. 

Making sure that you partner with a point-of-sale system that keeps you up-to-date with your dispatch limitations and dispatch requirements could make a world of difference to the success of your cannabis delivery service.

Related: 4 Things to Look for in a Cannabis Accounting Firm

III. Your cannabis point-of-sale lacks proper delivery inventory management – big problem!

A sleek & intuitive back-end makes inventory management a breeze!

Poor inventory management is one way to make sure that your California cannabis delivery service fails to operate at its maximum potential. Inventory management is the most important aspect of delivery service success.

Not only must you manage your inventory across your facilities, you need to manage the inventory across all of your delivery drivers! This is a recipe for disaster — if you have 10 drivers on the field and you need to manage all the inventory they carry in their driver kits simultaneously, you’re bound to make an error. (An error that can cost you tons of cash in compliance violations, by the way.) 

As a cannabis delivery service, make sure the point-of-sale software you choose supports the following with regard to inventory management:

  • Driver Kit Management & Templates
  • The Centralized Inventory Model (Pizza Delivery Model)
  • The Kit Model (Ice Cream Truck Model)
  • Hybrid Model 
  • Splitting/Moving Packages
  • Vehicle Management
  • Comprehensive Inventory Reconciliation

All these tools are essential to ensure you’re accurately tracking each and every product that flows through your operation. Being able to account for all of your inventory and produce inventory reports on demand is crucial, especially when state authorities audit your business. If your existing point-of-sale is lacking these tools, you will experience bottlenecks and slower delivery times. 

Related: 4 Obligations of a California Cannabis Delivery Service Inventory Manager

IV. Your cannabis point-of-sale has confusing & inaccurate sales reports!

Sales reports don’t have to complicate your California cannabis delivery service.

What’s the point of partnering with a point-of-sale system if you are not getting the mandatory analytics and necessary tools that are needed to successfully run your business in an optimal way? With this being said, it’s ultimately up to you as to which analytics and metrics are the most important to track for your California cannabis delivery service, but basic reports such as daily sales reports, tax reports, inventory & staff management, and performance reports and number of customers Serviced on a daily basis, are all examples of reports that can shift and optimize the operations of your delivery service.

Partnering with a point-of-sale system that automatically generates these reports for you at the click of a button instead of manually entering CSV data eliminates the possibility of costly errors. Make sure that your point-of-sale system can generate these reports and offer various options for illustrated reports. Such illustrations and forms of reports include, but are not limited to: bar graphs, pie charts, and bell curves. These reports should be easy to understand, aesthetically pleasing and ultimately give you any in-depth look at your day-to-day operations.

V. You can’t Geofence or create delivery zones.

What is Geofencing? Why does it matter to delivery services? Well, geofencing is being able to draw a digital zone on a map. It matters to delivery services because, with geofencing, you can create custom drawn delivery zones. This allows your drivers to be especially efficient. Implementing delivery zones makes for incredible customer experience as well. With zones, the products your customers see on your website are always available for immediate delivery.

Having the ability to produce delivery zones streamlines delivery logistics. You’ll always know who is assigned where and your point-of-sale will always know which driver to send the order to. This is a huge time saver for your business. You can expect to double your operational efficiency with the automation benefits of this kind of feature. Be sure your existing point-of-sale has this feature. Otherwise, it’s time to switch!

It’s ultimately up to you!

Choosing a point-of-sale partner to use for your California cannabis delivery service is no easy task. If you are partnered up with a delivery service point-of-sale that doesn’t include the features listed above, you might want to reconsider the method in which you are processing sales. It’s important to note that all-in-one cannabis solutions for delivery services do exist. WebJoint is one of those solutions. 

Still wondering why you should switch? 

Find your answers here.

Related: The Future of Cannabis Banking by Aviva Spectrum

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