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Planning to buy pot online in Alberta? You’ll have to produce identification twice to prove you’re 18 or older.

Equipped on Monday with a countdown clock ticking down the seconds until Albertans can buy cannabis, an Alberta Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis (AGLC) online dispensary website says it’s offering several ways for consumers to prove their age and keep marijuana out of the hands of children.

■ Shoppers can provide their name, date of birth and address to the AGLC online, which will verify identity with credit ratings agency Equifax. This check won’t affect your credit score, AGLC said.

■ Consumers can scan or take a picture of their identification documents and upload them through the AGLC website.

■ If neither of the above works, shoppers can get a bar code from AGLC, then take it to a Canada Post office, along with identification and proof of address. Canada Post will send digital notice of verification to the AGLC, and the consumer can then use the website.

AGLC has contracted Canada Post and Purolator to make discreet cannabis deliveries, officials say. Depending on where you live, online orders can arrive as soon as the next day, or up to 10 days later.

Although consumers are limited to ordering up to 30 grams of cannabis per transaction, they can place multiple orders on the same day.

Before recipients can tear open the envelope, they’ll need to show identification to the delivery person.

An AGLC pot hotline (1-855 4365677) will go live at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday to provide information about retail cannabis.

If a consumer would rather peruse pot choices in person, the AGLC has thus far granted 17 interim licenses to stores across Alberta, including six in Edmonton, two in Fort Saskatchewan, and one each in St. Albert, Devon, and Spruce Grove. Stores can operate between 10 a.m. and 2 a.m.

Dozens more stores are in the process of applying for a retail licence.

Alain Maisonneuve, president and CEO of AGLC, expects the Crown corporation to issue another 80-100 licences within the next month.

Shoppers must show ID at retailers. Nearly 1,000 retail workers have completed the required SellSafe training course in preparation for stores opening.

AGLC has signed contracts with 15 cannabis producers to supply the online store and retailers.