Dispensaries are a business like any other, and they need powerful tools for tracking customer data and analytics, managing online orders, and connecting all points of management. These tools are standard for businesses selling online – why should cannabis be any different? Cannabis dispensaries deserve access to the same advantages of eCommerce best practices as other established industries. Most consumers have visited a Marketplace. Like Amazon or eBay, online marketplaces host a variety of third-party sellers under one roof, and these platforms are alive and well in cannabis. But these marketplace solutions may actually cause businesses more problems.

Demand for online ordering, e-commerce, and curbside or delivery options spiked from the COVID-19 pandemic, and many businesses were forced to pivot. As an essential business during the pandemic, cannabis dispensaries and brands needed to take steps toward e-commerce platforms to meet growing consumer demands. Ultimately, this pandemic-driven shift in e-commerce sales motivated many cannabis brands to implement online dispensary management software and management systems. 

The influx of online cannabis retail purchases requires dispensaries to deepen the relationships between their business and their customers. And the best way to get to know your customer is through sales data. These are three major factors that build trusted customer relationships through the help of your dispensary software.

At Dispense, we recognize the obstacles that minority communities have faced and continue to face. In fact, we recently launched a Social Equity Program to help level the playing field and support equal opportunity for all. 

Weedmaps and Leafly were two of the original cannabis websites, and both continue to dominate online traffic for cannabis marketplaces. You know you should take advantage of a platform, but which one is better for your dispensary? We are breaking down each platform to help you decide which one is the best fit for you and your business. 

Reduce customer wait times and speed up your check in flow using the Dispense mobile app for on-the-move queue and order management.

Cannabis packaging contains information that shows the amount of THC and CBD in products, but these numbers can be difficult to interpret if you don't know what you're looking for: Dispense has added potency information and visual cues to help you understand these numbers.

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