Napa Valley Wine Academy: Elevating Ecommerce with a Seamless Migration to Shopify Plus

UX Design
Shopify Plus Migration
Wine Course Platform
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Background

Napa Valley Wine Academy is a premier destination for wine education, offering globally recognized certifications and expert-led courses to both enthusiasts and professionals. With a growing library of courses, resources, and products, they faced increasing limitations on their legacy WooCommerce site. Looking to enhance their ecommerce capabilities, streamline internal operations, and better support their customer base, Napa Valley Wine Academy partnered with Parkfield Commerce to migrate to Shopify Plus, modernize their online presence, and integrate critical backend systems like Keap CRM.

Challenge

The academy's WooCommerce site was struggling to keep pace with their expanding catalog of courses, products, and content. The team required a more scalable platform that could support a growing product mix—including courses, gift cards, physical products, and digital downloads—while also maintaining their extensive blog archive and SEO equity. Another major challenge was the need to integrate with their Keap CRM, ensuring that customer data, gift recipients, and purchase histories were synchronized in real-time for marketing and operational efficiency.

Solution

Parkfield Commerce delivered a comprehensive Shopify Plus migration, prioritizing both technical excellence and brand integrity. We designed a new storefront that not only reflected Napa Valley Wine Academy's prestige but also optimized the customer journey through intuitive navigation, dynamic product pages, and responsive design across devices. Key features included a robust Keap integration for automated tagging and order syncing, advanced SEO management with precise URL redirection, and the migration of hundreds of course materials, product listings, and blogs. We also implemented vital apps for reviews, loyalty programs, and shipping restrictions to meet their operational needs, while equipping the team with scalable administrative tools and full post-launch training.

Results

Napa Valley Wine Academy now operates on a future-proof Shopify Plus platform, positioned to scale its offerings and grow its global audience. The new site delivers a faster, smoother user experince, streamlined checkout, and improved operational workflows through tight CRM integration. By preserving SEO equity and optimizing content migrations, we ensured a seamless transition with minimal disruption. With a modern, mobile-first design and simplified backend management, the academy is empowered to continue expanding its educational leadership in the digital space.

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Result

$36M

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4X

Increase of convertion rate

260%

Increase of user retaintion time

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