ECD Digital Strategy wins Klaviyo Agency Partner of the Year for the Americas

ECD Digital Strategy was named Klaviyo Agency Partner of the Year for the Americas at K:BOS 2026 in Boston, a top regional honor tied to client growth and platform results. The award caps a milestone year for the Schenectady, New York-based agency, which also earned Inc. 5000 recognition and holds Klaviyo Master Elite Partner status.

Why it matters: - The award puts ECD Digital Strategy among Klaviyo's top-performing agency partners in the Americas. - The recognition signals measurable client impact in ecommerce marketing, where agencies are judged on growth, execution and retention outcomes. - ECD's win adds external validation to a year of rapid expansion and platform specialization.

What happened: - ECD Digital Strategy was named Klaviyo Agency Partner of the Year for the Americas at K:BOS 2026. - Klaviyo presented the award at its flagship annual conference, held earlier this month at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. - The honor came through Klaviyo's K:Partners Awards program, which recognized 24 agency and technology partners worldwide in its second year. - ECD was selected from a partner ecosystem of more than 6,500 agencies.

The details: - Klaviyo said the award reflected innovation, creativity, customer success and measurable impact for shared clients. - The Americas Agency Partner of the Year is one of Klaviyo's highest distinctions for agency partners in the region. - Founder and CEO Zak Cassady-Dorion said the award reflects the team's work and the brands that trusted ECD with revenue growth. - Klaviyo Partner Manager Tyler Sahlstrom said ECD aligned closely with Klaviyo's channel strategy and internal go-to-market teams. - ECD was also named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 list with 106% three-year revenue growth. - ECD holds Klaviyo Master Elite Partner status, a designation held by roughly 35 agencies globally out of more than 22,000 Klaviyo partners worldwide. - ECD says its client work has driven 49% of total revenue through email and SMS, 8.7x return on ad spend through paid media, a 40% lift in conversion rates after Shopify and CRO improvements, and 538% year-over-year revenue growth through full-funnel strategy. - The agency says it supports DTC and ecommerce brands across email marketing, SMS marketing, paid media, paid search, Shopify development, lifecycle strategy, segmentation and retention. - Klaviyo says it powers more than 205,000 paying customers worldwide and serves as an autonomous B2C CRM platform for ecommerce brands. - K:BOS brings together thousands of marketers, operators and brand builders each year to focus on customer relationships, AI and commerce.

Between the lines: - The award underscores how Klaviyo increasingly rewards agencies that can show quantifiable revenue outcomes, not just channel expertise. - ECD's mix of growth metrics, elite partner status and conference recognition suggests the agency is using Klaviyo as a core part of a broader ecommerce services stack. - The recognition also helps differentiate ECD in a crowded agency market where platform credentials can influence brand selection.

What's next: - ECD is likely to use the recognition to support business development with ecommerce and DTC brands. - Klaviyo will continue highlighting partners through its K:Partners program as it builds toward future K:BOS events and product strategy.