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Briar Ridge Vineyards: A True One-Stop Shop
Briar Ridge Vineyards has been making award-winning wine in Australia’s Hunter Valley since 1972, with a loyal wine club community built over decades. When Jade Duff joined the team in January as Briar Ridge’s new Executive Support Officer, the winery was in the process of evaluating its technology, looking for a single platform that could…
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Real Benchmarks From Wineries Like Yours: Introducing Peers Reporting
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You know your tasting room visits are up 12% this quarter. You know club retention dipped slightly last month. What you don’t know, and what’s genuinely hard to find out, is whether those numbers are good. Not good in the abstract. Good for a winery in your region, compared to the wineries actually competing for…
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Data Drop: The Tasting Room Effect
Data Drop: The Tasting Room Effect The data is in. Your tasting room is one of your most powerful OTC channels – and yours might still be leaving opportunity on the table. The tasting room remains one of the most important revenue drivers in winery DTC. Point of sale (POS) accounts for 36.6% of total…
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Data Drop: Clubs
Our first-ever Data Drop “Inside 1.4 Million Memberships: What’s Really Driving Wine Club Success” is here! ???? If you run a wine club (or want to) this one’s for you.
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How Coursey Graves Built a Digital Marketing Engine That Drives Real Results
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What does it actually look like when a boutique winery goes all-in on digital marketing and wins? In our most recent Free Training Friday, we sat down with Sue Wollan Fan, digital marketing strategist at Winery Growth Co. and CRO at Coursey Graves, and Maeve Smith, General Manager at Coursey Graves,
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From Content to Conversion: How to Build a Modern DTC Marketing Engine for Your Winery
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The wine buyer’s journey is now digital-first, creating a critical connection gap between online engagement and revenue. In this blog, Rachel dissects two essential parts of a connected system, Demand Generation and Demand Capture, to turn attention. Stop relying on hope and build a modern DTC marke
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Synchronizing the Digital Experience to Drive 60% Revenue Growth
Coursey Graves had been operating Commerce7 for several years, but its potential was largely untapped. Once they paired a modern digital marketing approach with a high-converting Vinbound website, and began using Commerce7 more intentionally as the backbone for reservations, segmentation, and custom
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11 Revenue-Boosting Features on Commerce7 You Might Be Missing
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Running a winery means you’re juggling a lot, from pouring tastings to packing shipments to managing club releases. When you’re that busy, it’s easy to miss some of Commerce7’s most powerful tools, even though many are simple to set up and capable of making a real impact. Here’s a quick rundown of w
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3 Things the Data Revealed About Tasting Rooms (That Every Winery Should Know)
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Every few months for our Data Drop series, we dig into the data sitting inside Commerce7 to find patterns that wineries can actually use. Real signals about where revenue comes from, where relationships break down, and where the biggest opportunities are hiding. This time around, we looked at the ta
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Increase Your Sales and Improve the Customer Experience with Flat Rate Shipping
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When it comes to running a business, finding a shipping method to get your products to your customers that is appealing, convenient and cost efficient can be a challenge. It’s important to meet that challenge however, because shipping is a crucial part of the customer experience. While there is no u
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The Ultimate Guide to Personalizations on Commerce7
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Personalizations empower wineries to get the right content in front of the right customer at the right time. Whether they’re a first time visitor on your website, or a valued club member, personalizations give your winery the ability to align the content a user sees on your website with their level
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Driving Revenue Through Autonomy: How Konzelmann Estate Winery Achieved +28% Member Engagement
By trading manual bottlenecks for member-led subscriptions, Konzelmann Estate Winery achieved a +28% shipment customization rate. Supported by Commerce7, they leveraged subscription tools and data-backed strategies to boost AOV and protect long-term loyalty. Learn how they transformed their club int
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WinePulse in Action: Key Takeaways from Free Training Friday
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In our recent Free Training Friday, Britney Yunker, Education Specialist at Commerce7, and Remy Sabiani, Founder of WinePulse and Head of Insights at Commerce7, teamed up to demystify WinePulse. They highlighted the highest-impact dashboards and reports, plus a handful of quick tips to help you navi
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WineDirect to Commerce7: 19% Growth in Club Customization, 50% Less Support, and the End of “Batch Day”
By migrating to Commerce7, Hill Family Estate achieved a 19% increase in customized club orders and a 50% reduction in support calls. By automating manual “Batch Days” and empowering members with User Choice tools, they traded administrative bottlenecks for modern agility and deeper member engagemen
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Smarter, Faster, Better: What We Highlighted at DTC Wine Symposium
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If you didn’t make it to our booth at DTC Wine Symposium (or didn’t get a chance to see everything we shared), here’s a quick recap of the updates we highlighted, from what’s already live in Commerce7 to what we’re building next to help wineries sell smarter, operate more efficiently, and deliver be
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Seavey Vineyard: The Move to 100% Direct-to-Consumer
When a historic Napa estate producing 97-point wines realized their digital presence and legacy technology no longer matched the caliber of their craftsmanship, they made a bold strategic pivot. By implementing Commerce7 and transitioning to 100% direct-to-consumer, Seavey Vineyard successfully elev
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Commerce7 Lite: Why We Built It
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At Commerce7, we spend a lot of time thinking about what makes wineries successful.And over the years, one thing has become impossible to ignore: Smaller wineries are often expected to do more with less. Less time. Less staff. Less margin for error. And too often… less access to the tools they actua
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Introducing our $59/mo Lite Plan for Small and Emerging Wineries
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Introducing Commerce7 Lite, a new entry-level plan that provides small and emerging wineries with the industry-leading tools they need to scale with confidence.
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Commerce7 Acquires WineDirect’s SaaS Division
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Big news from us at Commerce7: our parent company Fullsteam, has acquired the Direct-to-Consumer SaaS division of WineDirect! This exciting step means we’re growing our team, expanding our platform, and enhancing how we support wineries worldwide.
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Maximizing Member Benefits Through Upfront Dynamic Pricing
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One of the most effective ways to engage your club members is by consistently reminding them of the benefits they’re receiving. For instance, if a club member is entitled to a discount on wine purchases, it’s critical to highlight these advantages throughout their shopping experience—especially when
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Mid-Year Compliance Updates Every U.S. Winery Should Know
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Last week’s’s Free Training Friday was a must-watch for anyone in DTC wine sales navigating the world of compliance. Jeff Carroll, VP of Partnerships at Commerce7, and Alex Koral, Regulatory General Counsel at Sovos ShipCompliant broke down what’s changing in DTC compliance, what to watch for, and h
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What Is a Direct-to-Consumer CRM & Why Every Winery Needs One
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As the wine industry evolves and the market intensifies, direct-to-consumer sales have become increasingly critical for wineries. A seamless and personalized customer experience is essential to fostering loyalty and driving sales. A well-structured DTC customer relationship management (CRM) system e
