The solution for customs compliance of your alcoholic beverages:

Nightmare with customs and taxes?
Do sales involving shipping your alcoholic beverages to private customers abroad keep you from sleeping peacefully?
Whether it’s from your e-commerce or following a tasting at the point of sale, there are strict regulations that burden the seller, whether selling within the European Union or outside the EU.
For this reason, it is essential to rely on a partner who can transparently comply with all the fiscal and customs regulations.
Direct from Italy has developed the solution to make your sales to private customers practical and compliant: D2C Customs.

Nightmare with customs and taxes?
Do sales involving shipping your alcoholic beverages to private customers abroad keep you from sleeping peacefully?
Whether it’s from your e-commerce or following a tasting at the point of sale, there are strict regulations that burden the seller, whether selling within the European Union or outside the EU.

For this reason, it is essential to rely on a partner who can transparently comply with all the fiscal and customs regulations.
Direct from Italy has developed the solution to make your sales to private customers practical and compliant: D2C Customs.
Usage variations, you’re spoiled for choice






Choose where and how to sell




Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Colombia, Korea, Croatia, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Canary Islands, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, USA, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine.
Andorra, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Korea, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Canary Islands, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland.
Andorra, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Korea, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Canary Islands, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland.
Andorra, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Korea, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Canary Islands, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland.

How it works?
D2C Customs allows you to be in control over customs charges and document management to sell directly to your private customers abroad.
You will be able to sell abroad while complying with customs and tax regulations, either through YOUR E-commerce and from your point of sale, without using intermediaries.
Don’t give away your margins to others, become INDEPENDENT!
The system provides real-time quotes:

How it works?
Plug-in DFI Excise allows you to be in control over customs charges and document management to sell directly to your private customers abroad.
You will be able to sell abroad while complying with customs and tax regulations, either through YOUR E-commerce and from your point of sale, without using intermediaries.
Don’t give away your margins to others, become INDEPENDENT!

How does the process work?





Keep everything under control from the management dashboard: PAD

Manage the customs and logistics specifications of your products
Excel export for invoicing and cost components
Access reports on excise duties, VAT (OSS), and packaging tax
Enter orders from the point of sale or on demand
Manage your shipping rules for each country
What are the benefits of Direct from Italy?
Complete Protection for Your Business
On-Site Direct Pickup and Direct Payments
Time Savings – Your Time is Money!
Autonomous Management Online and In-Store
Complete Traceability of Operations
Multiply Your Business Opportunities Worldwide!
Choose the D2C Customs license that best suits you:
BASE
For MICRO ENTERPRISES: The essentials to create your direct sales network to private customers abroad, with complete legality and independence.- 15% management fee, applied only to the taxable amount of the product sold, which can also be charged to the final customer
- Excise/customs management for a single type of alcohol of your choice: wine, spirits, or beer
- Automation for E-commerce (major CMS platforms) or Direct from Producer
- Offline order entry from the point of sale or remotely via a dedicated area on the PAD dashboard
- Help Center Support
STANDARD
For SMALL BUSINESSES: Everything you need for the autonomous and automated management of flows to private customers wherever you want, worldwide.- Everything included in the BASE plan plus:
- 8% management fee, applied only to the taxable amount of the product sold, which can also be charged to the final customer
- Support package via ticket (extension to full call-back support package: €500/year)
- Custom management areas: shipping discounts, creation of mixed product bundles
MAGNUM
For MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES: A step up in quality for the complete online and on-site management of sales to private customers abroad—no more limits.- Everything included in the STANDARD plan plus:
- 5% management fee, applied only to the taxable amount of the product sold, which can also be charged to the final customer
- Excise/customs management for ALL types of alcohol: wine, spirits, intermediate alcohol, and beer
- Custom management areas: shipping discounts, excise and VAT (OSS) reports, and insured shipments
- Multi-site management for a single VAT number
JEROBOAM
For LARGE ENTERPRISES and GROUPS: Ideal for large multi-store businesses with high scalability needs and custom integrations.- Everything included in the MAGNUM plan plus:
- Management fee configurable based on sales volume, which can also be charged to the final customer
- Multi-site automation across multiple e-commerce platforms and/or Direct from Producer, also for companies within the same group with different VAT numbers
- Seamless integration with complex management systems and customized corporate e-commerce platforms
- Included custom multi-point of sale system: Direct from Producer
- FULL support package included
Don't have or don't want an e-commerce?
Use our point-of-sale solution:
Direct from Producer
Direct from Producer is a cloud solution for exclusive internal use, designed to efficiently manage orders from physical points of sale, as well as requests via email or phone. The system can be used by both reception staff and directly by the end customer in self-order mode, allowing them to place orders independently.
With this setup, pricing dynamics linked to importers are eliminated, as the entire process is managed exclusively within the company. Additionally, the process is instantaneous: orders are recorded in real-time, with immediate quotation of shipping costs and customs duties, while payments are received directly on-site.

Use our point-of-sale solution: Direct from Producer

Direct from Producer is a cloud solution for exclusive internal use, designed to efficiently manage orders from physical points of sale, as well as requests via email or phone. The system can be used by both reception staff and directly by the end customer in self-order mode, allowing them to place orders independently.
With this setup, pricing dynamics linked to importers are eliminated, as the entire process is managed exclusively within the company. Additionally, the process is instantaneous: orders are recorded in real-time, with immediate quotation of shipping costs and customs duties, while payments are received directly on-site.
Compatible CMS
Via WEBHOOK or API





Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ
Of course! The choice is entirely yours. Among the active countries, you can decide where to use D2C Customs as you prefer.
The management fee applies only to the taxable amount of the product sold and managed through D2C Customs. Therefore, it only applies to the countries you have chosen to enable with Direct from Italy. Remember an essential feature: you decide whether the management fee is absorbed by the company or passed on to the end customer as part of the shipping cost.
The D2C Customs Plug-in is installed directly in your proprietary E-Commerce or Wine Club; it is completely transparent and activates only for the customs duty quoting phase at checkout.
Alternatively, if you don’t have an e-commerce platform, you can use our order management system (for point of sale or remote orders) accessible from the PAD control dashboard. Or you can request the software to manage self-ordering from the point of sale, available for your end customers. Discover it now: Direct from Producer
D2C Customs enables you to be completely independent in managing your direct-to-consumer sales to private customers abroad.
The system allows you to easily and automatically manage: customs paperwork, calculations of tax and customs duties, and shipping costs for your alcoholic beverages. This way, you can open a direct sales channel to your customers without needing importers or tax warehouses at the destination.
Excise duties, tariffs, and VAT at destination (according to OSS regulations for the EU) will no longer be an obstacle to your sales, as they will be quoted directly in your e-commerce cart and clearly presented to your end customer. The system will connect you directly to customs and integrated logistics.
You won’t need to establish customs relationships with each individual country you want to target, nor handle customs clearance because we will take care of it for you.
This way, in addition to saving a lot of time and resources, you will have made the entire process practical and automatic.
From your online e-commerce from your customers, on your foreign Amazon storefronts (only for Sellers in the EU), but you can also transform your e-commerce into a system to receive orders directly at the winery with payment on-site!
Potentially, you can use it on any device that has an internet connection, and it can also be used by the customer (for example, by providing them with a tablet).
The payment comes from the customer directly to YOU, without any type of intermediary, already including all customs, tax duties, and shipping costs.
You are free to manage the sale and payment using your preferred methods.
If the customer orders online, you will receive the payment according to the payment methods you have already set up. If you also use the system at the point of sale, you can receive payments directly in cash or via POS from your customer.
NOTHING! Everything remains the same; the D2C Customs Plug-in integrates completely transparently and will only activate at the checkout phase to show your customer the quote for excise duties, tariffs, VAT (at destination according to OSS regulations), and shipping costs.
You can choose how to display costs and customs duties; whether aggregated in a single item or separately.
Wine, beer, spirits, intermediate products, food, juices, oil, gadgets, merchandising, special boxes, bundles – sell what you want, where you want, with no quantity limits.
Need to manage all types of alcoholic beverages simultaneously? Request the MAGNUM or JEROBOAM version.
You won’t have to manage any customs bureaucracy or contact any courier.
All you need to do is properly pack the box with certified packaging and apply the shipping label that you will automatically receive via email from our integrated logistics.
All documentation will indeed be managed by our system along with logistics.
By default, we organize direct pickup at the winery, with no additional cost.
Alternatively, you have the option to request outsourcing and picking packing through the logistics connected to our system with the PRO, PLUS, and ENTERPRISE versions.
For sales abroad, it is used exclusively for sales to private customers D2C (direct-to-consumer).
If you sell in Italy, you can target both businesses and private customers.
Yes, you can sell special bottles, wooden boxes, cartons, cans, and gift packages. Choose the license that best suits your needs.
You can request a personalized consultation by filling out the request form at the bottom of the page.
We are compatible with basic e-commerce platforms such as WordPress (WooCommerce), Shopify, Magento, TS Commerce, and Prestashop.
Alternatively, if your e-commerce is custom-built, we provide API integration (available only with the MAGNUM license).
The courier is automatically assigned by the system based on the destination selected by your customer.
Instructions for pickup and shipping label will be automatically sent to you via email after you place your order.
Of course! You can manage all your orders directly from our PAD control panel, a cloud-based system designed for the fast and efficient entry of orders received both in-store and remotely.
If you’re looking for an even more automated solution, we also offer a turnkey system to facilitate self-ordering for customers visiting your tasting room. This will help enhance the wine tourism experience and expand your business opportunities.
Additionally, with our management system, you can easily register orders received via email, centralizing all sales into a single tool.
Discover now: Direct from Producer