In 2013, it was estimated that approximately 4% of alcohol was delivered to the individual's own home and much of this was organised by mail order [1]. The use of home delivery services to purchase alcohol in Australia has since burgeoned, with industry estimates suggesting 14% annual growth prior to COVID-19 [2]. However, it is thought that home delivery services have tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic [3] when rules around home delivery were relaxed in most Australian jurisdictions [4]. For many consumers, the pandemic was the first time they used a delivery service for alcohol [5]. The long-term influence of the pandemic on how people buy and consume alcohol, now that many people have taken the step of trying these services, is currently unknown. Industry bodies predict that in a post-COVID world drinking at home will increase, as will the use of home delivery [6]. Further, consumers tend to spend more money online than they do in-store in order to make delivery fees worthwhile [7]. However, without systematic data reporting requirements for alcohol home delivery services, nor sophisticated survey and other measures, policymakers are dependent on information that industry bodies wish to make publicly available to evaluate its impacts on alcohol use and harms.