Leaders in Winery Ecommerce

At Vin | 65 we offer solutions for managing winery websites including website design, ecommerce, content management, and customer relationship management.

Based out of British Columbia, Canada, our parent company, K1 Technology Corp started in November 1999 building content management and ecommerce systems for small businesses.

Throughout the years, we made a conscious effort to stay small, and to stay innovative. Over time we narrowed our focus to the winery vertical. Our goal is to do one thing and do it well.

Our current clients include:

• Crushpad (who has used our platform to launch over 100 websites),
• Mission Hill (the largest winery in Canada),
• Smaller wineries such as Yates Family Vineyard and Murphy Vineyard
• Wine stores such as Burgundy and Beyond, and international wine stores such as iWine.

Our Mission

To be leaders in winery ecommerce.

What does it mean to be the leader? It does not mean being the largest in sales, or the company with the most features. What it means is knowing that the websites we built convert higher, perform better, and offer our clients more value.

A website should be easy to navigate and make it easy for visitor and shops to accomplish tasks such as buy products and sign up for your wine club. A website should be simple and obvious for beginners without making repeat customers and advanced users feel it is too basic. A website should offer value additional value like visitor profiling and customer relationship building. It should convert people from being prospects to customers to repeat customers. A website shouldn’t have features that clutter the interface.

Website administration should not be frustrating. It should be easy for a website owner to create and edit pages, manage products, and update prices. An administrator should be able to quickly see customers, send mass email, gather meaningful stats and really understand what visitors are doing when they visit the site. Rather than endless features, the goal should be to make the useful system features.

A website should work well with other programs and vendors. We don’t build point of sale systems. We don’t warehouse or ship wine. We aren’t in the compliance reporting business. A website needs to do its job well, and integrate well with other software vendors.

Our clients should love their website because it’s simple, and because it concentrates on letting them get information quickly and easily and make a profit.

Our Philosophy

Create great software. We don’t force clients into templates or into our requirements. We pay attention to the way our clients are using our software and tailor it to fit their needs. We stay abreast of the latest in conversion marketing, web analytics, social media, and web marketing and integrate the best practices into our system.

Invest in staff. The right staff is key to an innovative company. We send our staff to leading edge seminars, web conferences, and continue to invest in the learning process.

Make money. We aren’t investment funded. For 9 years we’ve solely relied on building websites for our income. We need to add value and show value to our clients so that we can continue to survive. Our number one source of new clients is from client referrals and having satisfied clients is the best way to stay profitable.

Who makes up Vin | 65?

Andrew Kamphuis Andrew is the lead developer at Vin | 65. He is responsible for the features that get imple-mentated in the platform.		Brent Johnson Brent is the go-to-guy for us to spread the word about Vin | 65 and the amazing set of web tools we can offer wineries.
Jason Andres (not related to Peter) Jason is the IT Officer here at Vin | 65 and is the one who keeps all our servers running smoothly. If you end up having questions about your email you are going to be talking to Jason.		Peter Andres (not related to Jason) Peter is the guy who will help map your vision and guide clients through the design process. He also implements new sites on top of Vin | 65 platform.