Beverages - 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.

Beverages

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

Beverages

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 last 30 days, the beverages industry shows an 8.17% uptick in email campaigns, averaging 8.87 emails per brand. Javy Coffee leads with 20 emails, demonstrating consistent and engaging outreach. Magic Mind and Athletic Brewing Co. closely follow, maintaining high engagement with 16 emails each. Meanwhile, Drink Prime and Nuun struggle, requiring a reevaluation of their email strategies to match industry standards.

Email Deliverability Insights: The industry observes a commendable 33.33% drop in average spam scores, indicating improved email deliverability. Grind leads with a low spam score, ensuring its messages reach the target audience effectively. Conversely, Health-Ade struggles with larger email sizes, impacting deliverability. Notably, Aarke needs attention, as it fails to deliver emails effectively. Executives should focus on optimizing email sizes and content for better outreach and customer satisfaction.

Ads Performance: Advertising strategies showcase a 53.43% mix of images and videos. Javy Coffee and Magic Mind excel in diverse content, with engaging images and videos capturing consumer attention. However, Drink Prime and Better Booch 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

7.6

Ads published on average

22

Average Spam Score

1.6

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 7.6 55.61%
Grind
13

✅ Good

54.92%

⚠️ Fair

Nuun
2

❌ Poor

26.5%

❌ Poor

Cure
10

✅ Good

51.8%

⚠️ Fair

Good Mylk
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Caleno Drinks
2

❌ Poor

58.0%

⚠️ Fair

Athletic Brewing Co.
15

✅ Good

51.13%

⚠️ Fair

JUST Water
8

⚠️ Fair

49.5%

❌ Poor

MatchaBar
2

❌ Poor

60.0%

⚠️ Fair

Magic Mind
14

✅ Good

64.5%

✅ Good

Olipop
7

⚠️ Fair

57.0%

⚠️ Fair

Aarke
1

❌ Poor

82.0%

✅ Good

Javy Coffee
13

✅ Good

53.08%

⚠️ Fair

Health-Ade
14

✅ Good

60.86%

⚠️ Fair

Drink Prime
3

❌ Poor

40.67%

❌ Poor

Better Booch
10

✅ Good

60.8%

⚠️ Fair

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 -1.58 4,424.51 kb
Grind
✅ -1.75

✅ Good

2,315.58 kb

✅ Good

Nuun
🟧 1.4

❌ Poor

1,833.69 kb

✅ Good

Cure
✅ -1.88

✅ Good

8,347.78 kb

❌ Poor

Good Mylk
- -
Caleno Drinks
✅ -2.0

✅ Good

1,981.65 kb

✅ Good

Athletic Brewing Co.
✅ -2.03

✅ Good

3,544.21 kb

✅ Good

JUST Water
✅ -1.98

✅ Good

8,169.5 kb

❌ Poor

MatchaBar
✅ 0.0

❌ Poor

621.65 kb

✅ Good

Magic Mind
✅ -3.06

✅ Good

2,910.33 kb

✅ Good

Olipop
🟧 0.64

❌ Poor

1,362.11 kb

✅ Good

Aarke
- 14.43 kb

✅ Good

Javy Coffee
🟧 0.32

❌ Poor

1,558.52 kb

✅ Good

Health-Ade
✅ -2.37

✅ Good

11,674.3 kb

❌ Poor

Drink Prime
🟧 0.3

❌ Poor

3,121.95 kb

✅ Good

Better Booch
✅ -2.33

✅ Good

2,006.02 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 22.2 11.6
Grind
31

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Nuun
22

⚠️ Fair

5

✅ Good

Cure
18

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Good Mylk
0

✅ Good

-
Caleno Drinks
0

✅ Good

-
Athletic Brewing Co.
20

⚠️ Fair

8

✅ Good

JUST Water
0

✅ Good

-
MatchaBar
1

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Magic Mind
32

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

Olipop
8

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Aarke
29

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

Javy Coffee
111

❌ Poor

68

❌ Poor

Health-Ade
13

✅ Good

11

⚠️ Fair

Drink Prime
46

❌ Poor

13

❌ Poor

Better Booch
2

✅ Good

1

✅ 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 152 181 54.35%
Grind
23

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

25.81%
Nuun
18

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

18.18%
Cure
4

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

77.78%
Good Mylk
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Caleno Drinks
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Athletic Brewing Co.
10

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

50.0%
JUST Water
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
MatchaBar
0

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

100.0%
Magic Mind
1

✅ Good

31

✅ Good

96.88%
Olipop
6

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

25.0%
Aarke
22

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

24.14%
Javy Coffee
20

✅ Good

91

✅ Good

81.98%
Health-Ade
4

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

69.23%
Drink Prime
43

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

6.52%
Better Booch
1

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

50.0%

Ads detected over time

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