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Spirits & Beverage Brands
Age-Gate ComplianceDTC Spirits EcommerceBrand Storytelling

Tu marca de destilados es invisible para el 73% de compradores que buscan 'cerca de mí'

Si eres operador de una marca de destilados y ves cómo los minoristas entierran tus botellas en el estante más bajo, tu sitio web no es solo un problema de imagen -- es tu problema de distribución.

< 1.2s
LCP Load Time
Core Web Vitals optimized
340%
DTC Revenue Lift
Average client increase
100%
TTB Compliant
Federal & state regulations
0
Compliance Violations
Across all launched sites
What Spirits Website Development Actually Fixes — And What Generic Builders Can't Touch

Your buyer lands on your site from an Instagram story at a rooftop bar. The age gate fires — but breaks on mobile Safari. They bounce. Google's crawler hits your product pages and sees slow-loading WebGL demos that tank your Core Web Vitals. You drop eight ranking spots for 'organic tequila'. Your team launches a new expression but needs a developer to update tasting notes, so the release sits stale for three weeks. Spirits website development solves the friction between craft storytelling and compliant commerce. We build Next.js sites with server-side age verification, headless CMS control for your non-technical team, and state-by-state shipping logic that doesn't reject orders at checkout. You ship a new vintage in under two minutes. Your distributor portal stays password-protected but crawlable for trade search. Your tasting room calendar syncs bookings without double-entry. The work protects your license and your margin.

Dónde fallan los proyectos

Age gates that break on mobile or get bypassed by bots Regulatory fines and the potential loss of your liquor license or distribution agreements.
Template websites that look like every other spirits brand out there No differentiation in a category where story, terroir, and craft are everything.
Ecommerce platforms that can't handle state-by-state shipping restrictions Rejected orders, chargebacks, and violations of state alcohol shipping laws.
Slow pages weighed down by heavy video backgrounds and unoptimized images 60%+ bounce rates from mobile visitors who discovered your brand at a bar or event.
No connection between your website, distributor portal, and tasting room bookings Manual data entry across disconnected systems burns hours and loses leads.
Content updates that need a developer every time you launch a new expression or vintage Delayed product launches and stale tasting notes that erode credibility with enthusiasts.

Cumplimiento

Age-Gate Verification

Legally compliant age verification modals that work across every device and browser. Configurable by market with cookie persistence and bot detection.

TTB Ad Compliance

All mandatory statements, responsible drinking disclosures, and government warnings baked into page templates. Automated checks flag missing disclaimers before anything goes live.

State Shipping Rules Engine

Real-time validation of shipping addresses against state alcohol shipping laws. Integrates with ShipCompliant or Avalara for tax and compliance automation.

DTC Ecommerce & Club Management

Headless Shopify storefront with subscription club management, allocation releases, and member-only pricing tiers. Built specifically for spirits — not adapted from a generic retail template.

Analytics & Attribution

Track the full funnel from social discovery to bottle purchase. Server-side event tracking that respects privacy laws while giving you real conversion data.

SEO for Spirits Discovery

Structured data for products, tasting notes, and cocktail recipes. Optimized for searches like "best añejo tequila" and "junmai daiginjo sake near me."

Qué construimos

Replace mobile age gates that break on iOS and let bots scrape restricted content

Scroll-driven animations and parallax distillery tours that communicate craft without killing page speed or mobile performance

Escape template themes that flatten your terroir story into the same layout as forty competitor brands

Visual editor where your team adds expressions, updates tasting notes, and manages vintage releases in under two minutes

Fix checkout flows that can't parse state shipping laws and trigger compliance violations

Integrated reservation system with capacity limits, deposit collection, and automated confirmations for tasting room bookings

Cut page weight from unoptimized video backgrounds that lose 60% of mobile visitors in three seconds

SEO-optimized recipe database with structured data and ingredient linking that pulls organic traffic from cocktail searches

Unify disconnected systems where your site, distributor portal, and event bookings never share data

Password-protected trade portal with sell sheets, POS assets, pricing, and order forms that stay secure but discoverable

Stop waiting on developers to publish new expressions while enthusiasts see outdated tasting notes

Full internationalization for sake brands serving Japanese and English markets or tequila brands reaching US and Mexican buyers

Nuestro proceso

01

Brand & Compliance Audit

We map your brand positioning, existing tech stack, distribution model, and compliance requirements across every state you ship to. You'll get a detailed spec document.
Week 1
02

Design & Prototype

High-fidelity designs for key pages — homepage, product detail, about/story, and checkout flow. Interactive prototypes let you experience the scroll animations and interactions before a single line of code is written.
Weeks 2-3
03

Engineering & Integration

Next.js frontend, headless CMS configuration, Shopify or custom ecommerce backend, shipping compliance API integration, and age-gate implementation. Everything deployed on Vercel's edge network.
Weeks 4-7
04

Compliance Review & QA

Cross-browser age-gate testing, state shipping validation, TTB disclaimer audit, accessibility checks, and Core Web Vitals optimization. Nothing ships until every compliance box is checked.
Week 8
05

Launch & Growth Support

DNS cutover, CDN warming, redirect mapping from your old site, and 30 days of post-launch monitoring. We stay available through your first product release on the new platform.
Week 9+
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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Qué solución de verificación de edad implementan para sitios web de destilados?

Desarrollamos modales de verificación de edad personalizados que cumplen con los requisitos del TTB y de cada estado. La verificación se renderiza del lado del servidor, por lo que desactivar JavaScript no permite eludirla. Persiste mediante cookies seguras, bloquea la indexación por motores de búsqueda del contenido restringido e incluye verificación de fecha de nacimiento configurable para los mercados que la exigen -- no solo un botón de sí/no.

¿Pueden desarrollar un sitio de ecommerce para destilados que gestione las restricciones de envío por estado?

Sí. Integramos con ShipCompliant o Avalara para validar cada dirección de envío frente a las leyes de envío de alcohol vigentes en cada estado, en tiempo real. Si un cliente introduce una dirección en un estado con restricciones, recibe un mensaje claro antes de finalizar la compra -- no después del pago. Los cálculos de impuestos, los requisitos de etiquetado y las restricciones de transportistas están completamente automatizados.

¿Cuánto tiempo lleva desarrollar un sitio web personalizado para una marca de destilados?

La mayoría de los sitios web para marcas de destilados se lanzan en 8 a 10 semanas. Este plazo cubre el descubrimiento de marca, diseño, integración de cumplimiento normativo, configuración del ecommerce y un control de calidad exhaustivo de la verificación de edad, la validación de envíos y el rendimiento. Los portafolios más grandes con portales para distribuidores o soporte multiidioma pueden extenderse hasta 12 semanas.

¿Trabajan específicamente con marcas de sake?

Por supuesto. Hemos desarrollado sitios para bodegas de sake que necesitan soporte bilingüe japonés/inglés, narrativa sobre el toji, bases de datos de variedades de arroz y filtrado por SMV y acidez en los catálogos de productos. El sake tiene necesidades de categorización -- clasificaciones junmai, ginjo, daiginjo -- que las plantillas genéricas de ecommerce simplemente no contemplan.

¿Podrá mi equipo actualizar productos y notas de cata sin necesidad de un desarrollador?

Sí. Configuramos Sanity CMS con esquemas personalizados para tu categoría de destilado -- campos para mash bill, fuente de agave, ratio de pulido del arroz, envejecimiento en barrica, notas de cata y ABV. Tu equipo dispone de un editor visual con vista previa en tiempo real. ¿Una nueva expresión? La añades tú mismo y la publicas en minutos, no en días.

¿Cómo gestionan el SEO para marcas de destilados teniendo en cuenta las restricciones publicitarias?

Nos enfocamos en contenido educativo y de descubrimiento que se mantiene al margen de las restricciones publicitarias: recetas de cócteles con datos estructurados, páginas de historia de origen, explicadores del proceso de producción y guías de terruño. Estos contenidos posicionan para búsquedas de alta intención como "mejor tequila reposado para margaritas" y atraen tráfico orgánico que convierte en ventas DTC o visitas a la sala de catas.

Spirits Brand Websites from $12,000
Fixed-fee. Age-gate compliance included. 30-day post-launch support.
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