POD = point of distribution. The POD Index maps where spirits are poured and stocked across all 17 control states — built from online menus and state liquor-store data — and scores every account's appetite by category and price tier. It's the intelligence big suppliers pay NABCA six figures for, rebuilt from public data for craft brands: a target list, routes, and a field tool for $2,000 a year, per brand.
Control-state account data at 1/100th the cost of NABCA. Tap a state for the statewide vs. top-metro breakdown.
Straight talk: NABCA covers more accounts with deeper data — for six figures a year. We cover about a third, lighter in places, for $2,000 a year. And every account is a clean name-and-address record — a route-ready call list from day one. For a small brand picking its first states, that's not a compromise — it's the control-states starter pack. Outgrow us? Good — that's the plan. Plug your NABCA feed in and keep the workflow.
Read the playbook. Build the list. Plan the routes. Run the field. Everything else is on the way.
How listings actually work in each of the 17 control states — who buys, how to get listed, and our route-to-market call for every state. Read the cheat sheet →
Full guide: the 2026 edition with listing windows, forms, fees and agency contacts — $500, free with your subscription.
Tell us your brand, category, price tier, and states. We rank every licensed account by fit — mapped and listed, ready to edit and export.
Turn any slice of the list into a day's route. Order the stops, hand it to a rep, open it in Google Maps.
Reps see their accounts on their phone, log visits and placements, and message you. You see every stop as it happens.
Sell sheets, mailers, and merch with your art on it, sent straight to your target list. Parked while we nail the field.
The network layer: accounts post needs, brands send offers, reps close the loop.
One choice, two equally good answers — and the platform runs identically on either. Start on the POD Index, switch to NABCA later, lose nothing.
Our alternative to NABCA. POD = point of distribution — we index where products are poured and stocked, from online menus and state liquor-store resources, then score every account's appetite by category and price tier. Included.
The industry-standard depletion data, straight from the source. Already subscribe? Plug your exports in and every ranking upgrades to measured depletions automatically. Don't subscribe yet? Join the NABCA through us waitlist and we handle the feed.
A NABCA subscription runs six figures a year. Spirits Connect is one plan, billed yearly, per brand — reps included.
The list, the routes, and the field tool — for you and every rep.
The full playbook for getting listed in control states. Free cheat sheet →
Free with a Spirits Connect subscription.
Billed yearly, one brand per subscription. No monthly plan.
Every account is flagged by intel depth: menu-verified, model-scored, or directory-only. Ohio has 9,053 licensed on-premise spirits accounts; we hold brand-level insight on 34% of them today, and that number grows as the network uploads menus. No black boxes.