Baby & Kids - December - 2023


The result? A comparative analysis that highlight the best performers of any ecommerce DTC niche, for any given month.

This benchmark analyze the behaviour of 15 Direct-To-Consumers (DTC) brands in the Supplement industry. Our goal is to compare their marketing velocity (how active they are in their digital marketing strategy) and how to they perform vs. each other.

Baby & Kids

This report is free to read and takes into consideration between 15 and 20 brands we compare month after month in the

Baby & Kids

industry, for the month of

December

2023

. We review data over their email marketing and advertising practices. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exclusive reports.

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

Email Marketing Overview: In the past 30 days, the Baby & Kids industry witnesses a robust 36.97% increase in email outreach, averaging 8.67 emails. buybuy BABY leads with 26 emails, achieving a good balance of frequency and relevance. Burt's Bees Baby and Tubby Todd follow closely, showcasing strong engagement metrics. Lagging behind, brands like Yumble and Little Spoon need to reassess their email strategies for better performance and customer connection.

Email Deliverability Insights: The industry demonstrates an overall improvement in email deliverability, with a 6.96% decrease in spam scores. Brands like Tubby Todd and Burt's Bees Baby excel in this aspect, ensuring emails reach the audience effectively. Notably, Ezpz struggles with larger email sizes, impacting deliverability. Executives should focus on optimizing email sizes, with Bambi Baby and Happiest Baby needing significant improvements. A proactive approach to reducing spam scores enhances brand reputation and customer trust.

Ads Performance: Advertising strategies showcase a diverse approach with a 58.43% mix of images and videos. Little Spoon, Doona, and Ezpz lead with creative and varied content, fostering engagement. In contrast, Baby Jogger and Yumble lag in the diversity of their advertising content. Executives should emphasize a balanced mix of images and videos to maintain a dynamic and captivating advertising strategy. Brands must adapt to evolving consumer preferences for a competitive edge in the market.

Emails sent on average

7.3

Ads published on average

22

Average Spam Score

2.1

Email Marketing Benchmark Breakdown

Email Marketing Performances

In this table, we benchmark how many emails brands have send and their average email scores, which we calculate using over 50 datapoints that measure how much best practices are ensured (spam score, email authenticiation & certificates, email size, subject line lenght, word & links count etc.)

Brand # Emails Sent Performance Email Scoring Performance
Average 7.33 57.18%
Mamamade
1

❌ Poor

82.0%

✅ Good

Tubby Todd
17

✅ Good

67.35%

✅ Good

Ezpz
5

❌ Poor

58.4%

⚠️ Fair

Baby Jogger
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

buybuy BABY
23

✅ Good

53.26%

⚠️ Fair

Albee Baby
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Baby Bunting
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Bambi Baby
8

⚠️ Fair

45.63%

❌ Poor

Burt's Bees Baby
21

✅ Good

66.62%

✅ Good

Oobi
11

✅ Good

51.0%

❌ Poor

Doona
2

❌ Poor

39.0%

❌ Poor

Happiest Baby
16

✅ Good

44.69%

❌ Poor

Little Spoon
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Mockingbird
2

❌ Poor

68.5%

✅ Good

Yumble
4

❌ Poor

72.75%

✅ Good

Email Deliverability Performances

In this table, we benchmark how much the emails are optimized for delivery ie. if they're likely to pass spam filters and not land in the Promotions tab.

Brand Average Spam Score Performance Email Size Performance
Average -2.07 1,857.05 kb
Mamamade
- 24.36 kb

✅ Good

Tubby Todd
✅ -2.54

✅ Good

1,444.43 kb

✅ Good

Ezpz
✅ -2.36

✅ Good

2,736.23 kb

❌ Poor

Baby Jogger
- -
buybuy BABY
✅ -1.52

❌ Poor

2,117.67 kb

❌ Poor

Albee Baby
- -
Baby Bunting
- -
Bambi Baby
✅ -1.25

❌ Poor

2,909.42 kb

❌ Poor

Burt's Bees Baby
✅ -2.61

✅ Good

519.72 kb

✅ Good

Oobi
✅ -2.83

✅ Good

1,725.98 kb

⚠️ Fair

Doona
- 1,359.42 kb

✅ Good

Happiest Baby
✅ -1.16

❌ Poor

3,415.87 kb

❌ Poor

Little Spoon
- -
Mockingbird
✅ -4.5

✅ Good

2,239.75 kb

❌ Poor

Yumble
- 570.14 kb

✅ Good

Email sent over time

Advertising performances and activity

Ad Velocity

In this table, we benchmark the brands velocity and performances - how much ads they've been publishing, and how many different copy has been used.

Brand New Ads Detected Performance Unique Copy Performance
Average 22.0 13.4
Mamamade
0

✅ Good

-
Tubby Todd
28

❌ Poor

9

✅ Good

Ezpz
32

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

Baby Jogger
0

✅ Good

-
buybuy BABY
18

✅ Good

15

❌ Poor

Albee Baby
13

✅ Good

13

⚠️ Fair

Baby Bunting
23

⚠️ Fair

15

❌ Poor

Bambi Baby
9

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Burt's Bees Baby
31

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

Oobi
5

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Doona
15

✅ Good

13

⚠️ Fair

Happiest Baby
38

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Little Spoon
105

❌ Poor

38

❌ Poor

Mockingbird
13

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Yumble
0

✅ Good

-

Ad Diversity (Images vs. Videos ratio)

In this table, we benchmark the brands diversity of assets when it comes to Social Ads - especially the images vs. videos ratio.

Brand New Images Performance New Videos Performance Video Proportion
Average 138 192 58.18%
Mamamade
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Tubby Todd
1

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

96.43%
Ezpz
13

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

59.38%
Baby Jogger
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
buybuy BABY
11

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

38.89%
Albee Baby
0

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

100.0%
Baby Bunting
7

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

69.57%
Bambi Baby
0

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

100.0%
Burt's Bees Baby
26

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

16.13%
Oobi
2

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

60.0%
Doona
5

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

66.67%
Happiest Baby
21

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

44.74%
Little Spoon
47

✅ Good

58

✅ Good

55.24%
Mockingbird
5

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

61.54%
Yumble
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-

Ads detected over time

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