About Us

Leaders in Winery Ecommerce

Who makes up Vin65?

Andrew Kamphuis

Andrew Kamphuis
Andrew is the boss at Vin65. The buck stops here.

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Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson
Brent is the sales manager and go-to-guy for demos, sales, and general questions.

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Brent Johnson

Michelle Poynton
Michelle is customer support and is here to help you out with any questions you may have about the Vin65 platform.

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Jason Andres

Jason Andres
Jason is the hardware guy and is in charge of keeping all our servers running smoothly.

Peter Andres

Peter Andres
Peter is the lead implementer. He'll help you map your vision to our platform.

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Bodie Paden

Bodie Paden
Bodie is the lead developer. He is responsible for the backend features that get implemented in the platform.

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At Vin65 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:

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 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.

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