About Z9
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Allan Vest Owner / Product Manager Z9 Digital, LLC |
Company
Hello, my name is Allan Vest. I'm the Owner / Product Manager here at Z9.
Z9 was originally founded in 2006 as AllMerchants, LLC and later renamed to Z9 Digital, LLC in 2015.
My passion has always been computers and technology. I graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Computer Engineering.
Misson Statement / Philosophy
Our roots are in building custom Enterprise level applications.
Our niche has always been e-commerce.
Our mission is to help companies leverage web technology to their advantage.
We are always consultants first and developers second.
Our philosophy is to work closely with our clients to build solutions that work for thier business.
We have systems that have been running for 10+ years.
History
2004
Started development of a tool called Server Automation Manager (SAM) that is used to this day to setup and manage web hosting for our clients.
2006
Z9 Digital is founded. Z9 specializes in building custom e-commerce sites.
2008-2016
Z9 worked with a print company to build a system that spins up individually branded online catalog sites for each of their print customers.
2010
Z9 builds our first company brand store site for a promotional product distributor.
2011-2020
Z9 worked with an e-commerce fulfillment company to build a multi-channel order management system. The system harvests orders from hundreds of stores each hour, pushes the orders into an internal fulfillment system, and then updates the stores with current inventory and shipment information several times a day.
2018
Z9 focuses our e-commerce expertise on building a solution that can manage company brand stores at scale. We start with a clean sheet of paper to design a system that can setup and manage hundreds of company brand stores.
2020
Z9 pilots our new "Z9 Commerce 2.0" software. The first release includes a Multi-Channel Order Management System that allows for managing orders from multiple stores in one admin.
2021
Z9 releases a Store Management System that allows for quickly spinning up company brand stores, automatic generation of branded product images (virtuals), and automatic product availability and pricing updates across sites.
2022
Z9 adds support for Employee Rewards / Appreciation in the form of Popup Shops. Z9 adds 100% Do-It-Yourself site setup process eliminating the need for tech support when setting up a new store or shop.
2023
Z9 add support for Promo Standards integration with Suppliers to automate product availability and pricing across sites.
Remote First
Z9 is headquartered in metro Detroit.
Because our clients are spread out across the country and the services we provide are hosted in the cloud, Z9 has a "remote first" philosophy.
With today's online collaboration tools, our development team can work together in real time and be located anywhere as long as they have a computer, a phone, and a reliable Internet connection.
Z9's "remote first" philosophy improves the balance between work and family for our team members and allows Z9 to pull from a much larger talent pool.
Sincerely,
Allan L. Vest
Owner / Product Manager
Direct: (586) 693-2599