Matt Taylor Wines
Sonoma county, ca

Product Release System & Lifecycle Optimization

lifecycle systems
ecommerce
Email Marketing
industry
Wine/Beverage
platform
Shopify & Klaviyo
Scope
Lifecycle · Ecommerce · Launch Support
completed
2026
the challenge

Preparing a growing audience for a high-impact release

Matt Taylor Wines had built a strong and highly engaged audience, particularly around seasonal releases.

With the Spring Release approaching, the opportunity was to translate that demand into a more coordinated, conversion-focused experience. While the key pieces were in place, they weren’t yet fully aligned to support the scale and timing of a high-impact release.

Audience data, lifecycle communication, and the purchase journey operated effectively on their own, but lacked the structure to consistently guide customers from interest to purchase. The focus was on bringing these elements together into a system that could better capture attention, support engagement, and convert demand at a critical moment.

strategic focus

Focused improvements, aligned around the spring release

01

Audience & Data Integrity

Reworked Klaviyo lists and segmentation to create a cleaner, more reliable foundation. Executed an opt-in recovery campaign to re-engage legacy contacts and ensure compliance while improving overall audience quality.

02

Lifecycle Automation

Built a structured lifecycle system to support the full customer journey (including welcome, release announcement, and post-purchase flows) ensuring consistent communication before, during, and after the release.

03

Ecommerce Merchandising

Upgraded the Shopify theme and enhanced product pages to improve clarity and usability. Implemented bundle functionality and supporting UX to better align with how customers engage during release periods.

04

Release-Specific Experiences

Developed dedicated landing pages for the Spring Release preview and bundle offerings, along with a media and reviews page to highlight third-party validation and support conversion through credibility.

the work

A coordinated system across key touchpoints

A coordinated set of touchpoints supporting the full release journey—aligning lifecycle marketing, content, and commerce into a system designed to convert demand at the right moment.

what we delivered

Every Touchpoint Aligned

A coordinated system across Shopify and Klaviyo, designed to support the Spring Release, connect the customer journey, and convert demand at the right moment.

01
Designed and launched lifecycle flows (welcome, release, post-purchase)
02
Rebuilt Klaviyo ↔ Shopify data and signup infrastructure
03
Restructured audience lists and segmentation strategy
04
Executed opt-in recovery campaign to re-engage legacy contacts
05
Designed and produced email creative, including copy and AI-supported visuals
06
Implemented bundle functionality and supporting UX
07
Developed release-specific landing pages (preview and bundles)
08
Created media and reviews landing page to support credibility
09
Enhanced product pages for clarity and conversion
10
Managed digital execution across the Spring Release timeline
11
Provided strategic guidance for social and campaign alignment
the outcome

A stronger foundation for release-driven growth

The result was a more coordinated and conversion-focused digital system that better captured existing demand, improved audience quality, and created a more structured path from engagement to purchase.

The results reflect what happens when audience quality, communication timing, and purchase experience are all aligned, not just individually functional, but working as a system.

Conversion jumped 5×
A rebuilt landing page experience and structured pre-release sequence turned audience attention into orders at a rate the previous three releases never approached.
A new revenue channel
Bundle purchasing, introduced for this release, accounted for 81% of total revenue — a purchase option that didn't exist before this engagement.
Audience grew 20%
A rebuilt opt-in system and recovery campaign added both net-new subscribers and re-engaged lapsed contacts, growing the list ahead of the release, not after it.
the results

By the numbers

The metrics below reflect the same audience across four releases. The real difference is the system running underneath.

landing page conversion
2.3×
improvement over
previous best release
Conversion rate across last four releases
revenue growth
5.1×
revenue vs.
previous best release
Indexed to Fall '24 (previous best = 1x)
email click rate
+31%
improvement vs.
previous best (Fall '25)
Average click rate per release (campaigns only)
bundle revenue share
Spring '26 - new purchase mechanic introduced in the release
73%
bundles
73%
— bundle purchases (new this release)
Audience growth
+20.8%
260 net-new subscribers added during the campaign period, plus 95 lapsed contacts re-engaged via opt-in recovery
click rate
10.9%
Average across Spring '26 campaigns — vs. 8.35% the previous best
email open rate
61-67%
Consistent across all releases; the audience was already engaged. The work focused on converting that attention into action.
key takeaway

A highly engaged audience is an asset, but only if the system around it is built to convert. This result was built on structural improvements to audience quality, lifecycle communication, and the purchase experience working together as a system that was not just individually functional, but aligned.

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