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BANGKOK - The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is probing the digital domain of alcohol sales, striving to establish a fresh framework for regulating online transactions. With traditional sales restrictions still in place, state agencies focus on ensuring compliance while tackling potential social, health, and legal challenges posed by digital booze bazaars.

 

Last Friday saw the DDC’s inaugural meeting, where four pivotal areas were earmarked for exploration: legal frameworks, health and social considerations, economic implications, and international practices.

 

Central to this study are issues like issuing e-licences, verifying buyers' ages, and overseeing adherence to existing rules. A timeline for concluding this investigation remains elusive.

 

The inquiry delves into the digital beverage trade's ripple effects on drinking behaviour, accidents, and crimes. It also scrutinises the influence of marketing and advertising, as well as the operation of e-commerce platforms and delivery services.

 

We are closely monitoring overseas methods for ID checks, delivery regulations, and transaction oversight, reported the Bangkok Post.

 

The gathering was led by Suksit Srichomkwan, deputy secretary-general for political affairs to the prime minister, joined by officials from agencies like the Excise Department. Mr. Suksit emphasised the importance of collaboration to forge universally accepted online alcohol sale regulations.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Bangkok Post 2025-09-01

 

 

 

Good idea make those online sellers life hell even though I bet 99.9% of buyers are well over 20 years old...

 

And for sure keep the afternoon sales ban because ???   Well there is no reason to keep it except for having to admit it was stupid to begin with..

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Last Friday saw the DDC’s inaugural meeting, where four pivotal areas were earmarked for exploration: legal frameworks, health and social considerations, economic implications, and international practices.

 

Seems like a sensible use of resources...

It took me a while to stop laughing. I've lived in Thailand for six years now. For local Thais, Thailand is the country of work arounds. Locals don't fear consequences as there is little to no enforcement available, especially in rural areas. And trust me on this, very few can afford the added cost of online liquor sales. 

Even today I see some retailers selling booze online, where others mention the restrictions. 

More bureaucracy....

Perhaps to exert even more control over the population.
All at the behest of the WEF.

People will always want a way to relieve the stresses of a long day, thailand tax the hell out of beer and add so many restrictions siting public health reasons, what they are inadvertently  doing is creating a bigger meth problem, young lads in the village cant afford a few beers so are turning to yaba instead as much much cheaper than a bottle of beer

Like everything else in this country - rules are here to be bent and broken and our lovely hosts are absolute experts in selling booze 24/7. The rest of the planet is no different; visit any booze page on the internet and the first question is, if the virtual visitor is "21 years of age" or not. If not, you get thrown off the page (I assume) and all the others get the full regalia of the vendor's offerings. Does anyone, seriously, think that a 15 years old internet surfers clicks "no" - just asking ........... 

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

Good idea make those online sellers life hell even though I bet 99.9% of buyers are well over 20 years old...

 

And for sure keep the afternoon sales ban because ???   Well there is no reason to keep it except for having to admit it was stupid to begin with..

A long time ago I ordered beer and whisky online. Then it stopped as schoolkids accessed parents online accounts to order and pay.  I could even order between 2-5pm, just no deliveries between these times. It was good.......

Does anyone use an online company to order beverage? I looked long ago, but prices were more expensive than at the ChineseThai liquor shops or western style markets and the selection meh. Still ... I find I am drinking less, yet will pay more for quality as I get on in years. 

The only one I have listed on my bookmarks is Cheerz. Any others I should be looking at? Interested in spirits, not beer or wine.

Thanks

Anyone got any links or experiences of buying alcohol online in Thailand as I am running low on lao cow!🤔

 

And the other reason for this is because the current suppliers dont want any competition!

☻☻🤔

Noticed a few sellers selling wine online on Lazada, yet when ordering Tesco shopping online you can't order alcohol.

1 hour ago, Noah K said:

It took me a while to stop laughing. I've lived in Thailand for six years now. For local Thais, Thailand is the country of work arounds. Locals don't fear consequences as there is little to no enforcement available, especially in rural areas. And trust me on this, very few can afford the added cost of online liquor sales. 

If the idiots allowed shop sales, like the off-licences we had in GB they wouldn't need to regulate online.

Government has gone, so who's making new rules, and under what authority?

"The Department of Disease Control."

Something missing here, which appears to be the controlled disease of there own minds.

If you order alcohol online in the UK, you are supposed to show ID when it's delivered. No ID if you look underage, no booze. That's the theory at least and of course it's pretty easy to get around the rules.

 

Simple really, but there isn't the complication of delivering during forbidden hours!

 

Thailand's unnecessary laws are them problem here. Time to scrap them and move into the 21st century.

 

 

 

 

So what now? Is alcohol consumption a disease now?

5 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Good idea make those online sellers life hell even though I bet 99.9% of buyers are well over 20 years old...

 

And for sure keep the afternoon sales ban because ???   Well there is no reason to keep it except for having to admit it was stupid to begin with..

I wonder if they will limit delivery companies from delivering alcohol between 2PM to 5PM? 

2 hours ago, ronster said:

Noticed a few sellers selling wine online on Lazada, yet when ordering Tesco shopping online you can't order alcohol.

 

Same at Makro, unless you have a special licence. They don't even show pictures, only a generic clipart cartoon picture for every one. 🙃

5 hours ago, Noah K said:

It took me a while to stop laughing. I've lived in Thailand for six years now. For local Thais, Thailand is the country of work arounds. Locals don't fear consequences as there is little to no enforcement available, especially in rural areas. And trust me on this, very few can afford the added cost of online liquor sales. 

Knocking on 30 years here now, and I agree about no consequences. In our village there is always a big middle finger to authority of any kind. On the so called non alcohol days they are rolling drunk by 9 a.m. Always the day before the poo yai bahn talks to the wife in her shop and says do not sell alcohol tomorrow, then tells her if she does then to keep it hidden. So she makes sure she has plenty of brown bags under the counter. As for voting days, that is brilliant, the local m.p.'s bus people to polling stations, but have bottles of lao khow at the meeting areas.

On 9/1/2025 at 8:18 AM, PeterA said:

Even today I see some retailers selling booze online, where others mention the restrictions. 

No one is talking notice of this government now, it is totally overwemed, with the dismissal of the PM. They have screwed up everything, digital hand out tourism visas, tax, economy, and the last straw, the border dispute.

How difficult can it be? Require that a person aged 20+ receives the delivery. Done.

On 9/1/2025 at 9:55 AM, BritManToo said:

Government has gone, so who's making new rules, and under what authority?

Good question, a bit off topic, yesterday the government said it will be paying rice farmers 10000 baht from selling they crops back in the spring, first thing I said who will authorize the payment, now we have no government.

 

On the topic, is it about, some of this booze that will slip under the radar and no import tax will be paid on it .

Sometime (often) there's just no logic. You just gotta laugh at it.

They like to overcomplicate things for absolutely nothing thinking it will make them look ''progressive & smart'' in the eyes of the world. Then a few weeks after, everyone's confused. It's always the same thing over and over again.