Our humble beginnings, the HomeWetBar story... Originally started in 2001, HomeWetBar.com is a true homegrown business, built and staffed by people who use the products, know the product line, and each new product we carry is still hand-selected by the original founder Keith Winter for uniqueness, function, value, and of course fun factor!
The HomeWetBar.com story starts in 2001 with a bar the founder, Keith, built while in college at Oklahoma State University. Every weekend friends and family would come over and admire his redwood bar complete with a see-through bottle cap top, liquor cabinet, refrigerator, and fish tank in the front. Soon people were asking where he got the plans to build it and where they could get them, to this he simply replied, “there is no kit or plans, I made it from scratch.” After countless people asking about the plans he decided to formally draw the plans up and open a small bar plans site on the internet to sell them; he named it HomeWetBar.com. Throughout the rest of his college career he sold the plans on the Internet for extra spending money. A couple of years went by and he graduated from college with dual degrees in Marketing and MIS, leaving Stillwater to pursue a management training program at a new job in Oklahoma City, OK.
After about a year of the management program, things were going well and Keith had worked his way up into management, the entire while still earning a extra money off selling plans to build his bar on the internet. Then, one evening inspiration hit. If he could sell over a dozen of these bar plans to people every month, didn't they need accessories too? They were building bars in their homes after all and would need supplies, he already knew more than most people about bar and wine items, why couldn't he provide them with supplies too? So he went to work in his spare time and a few months later in September of 2004, HomeWetBar.com was reborn as a full e-commerce site.
He started slow, only selling a few items out of his closet in his one-bedroom apartment, but he soon needed more space and moved into a two-bedroom apartment. Not long after that, he had filled his new “warehouse” (second bedroom) completely full with items, and all of the products and boxes soon started overflowing into his living room. Still only working on HomeWetBar.com part-time during the evening and early morning hours, he realized he no longer could work 50+ hours a week at his main job and then spend all of the rest of his evenings and mornings working his second job at HomeWetBar.com. He knew he had to make a decision. So he took the leap, and left his management position with his full time employer, and went to work on HomeWetBar.com full time. A few months later, he moved the business to a 2,800 sq ft warehouse, where the business really took off. Shortly thereafter he found himself hiring new team members to help with orders, customer service, and the day to day operations; all the while adding hundreds of new products. Finally, in 2008 HomeWetBar outgrew that warehouse and moved into a new, much larger fully renovated warehouse and office building located at 4132 Will Rogers Parkway, Oklahoma City, OK where the business continues to grow today, fueled by the passion Keith and his team members have for finding new, innovative home entertaining products, and their dedication to treating each customer like family.
Why Shop at HomeWetBar.com?
You are going to love every gift you receive from us, guaranteed. What that means for you is worry-free shopping, if any item you receive is defective, broken, or not of high quality, let us know immediately and we will refund the purchase price or exchange it. For more see our easy returns page. Besides our 100% satisfaction guarantee, if you've never shopped with us before here are just a few of the top reasons why you are going to love shopping with us.
Extraordinary Customer Service See for yourself, look at what our customers have been saying. We pride ourselves in providing the very best customer service, whether it is helping you pick out the perfect gift for a loved one, or scheduling a return we are here to help. Just use our handy Contact Us form to send us your questions and we will promptly reply with an answer and a smile.
Safe Shopping Guaranteed Our top goal is your security and privacy, that is why we do not store credit card information and all transactions are encrypted with the highest levels of security by VeriSign, the nation's largest secure certificate company. Additionally, we are independantly audited by AlertSite for security. You can verify this at anytime by clicking on the VeriSign Secured or AlertSite logo on the bottom of our page, so you know your information is safe with us. For more details visit our Privacy Protection & Security Notice page.
Unique Items HomeWetBar.com prides itself in finding unique entertainment items that you, your family, and your friends can enjoy for years to come. Found an item you think we should carry? Then let us know, we are always eager to hear from you. Just visit our Contact Us page and let us know what you want to see more of on our site!
Free Gift Messages & Gift Envelopes Have a special gift message you want to share? Then do it! On all orders you can enter a free gift message to be included with the package. (special order items excluded) Just enter your message in the comment box during checkout, and your gift message will be printed directly on a gift receipt without item prices and tucked inside our signature "exclusively for you" gift envelope; it makes a spectacular gift presentation!
Easy Returns Whether you buy the item for yourself or for a gift, returns are easy at HomeWetBar.com. Just click on the item you want to return in your order history and we will reply promptly to schedule your return, it's just that easy! Plus you get 45 days to return any item, so you have plenty of time to decide if that item is right for you after it arrives! For more details visit our Easy Returns page.
Our Goal Our goal is to create a unique destination providing great items for leisure and everyday life; we want to be the first place you come to when you are searching for great home entertainment items and for unique gift ideas. We, like many of you, have searched for those perfect items for hours to no avail and that is why we created this web site and company, because we know others share our passion for upscale entertaining and unique gifts that are just plain fun!
We hope you enjoy shopping our unique selection of gifts and that you get as much joy from shopping our web site as we did in creating it. Welcome to HomeWetBar.com where your complete satisfaction is 100% guaranteed.
Cheers!
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