Bikes & Bicycles - 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.

Bikes & Bicycles

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

Bikes & Bicycles

industry, for the month of

January

2024

. 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: Aventon stands out as the leader in email marketing, sending 28 emails with a solid performance score of 52.32%. Lectric eBikes and The Pro's Closet follow closely, showcasing good performances with a fair balance of promotions. Rad Power Bikes also maintains a competitive position with 12 impactful emails and a performance score of 52.33%. In contrast, Ribble Cycles, Ampler Bikes, and Trek Bikes face challenges with fewer emails sent and lower performance scores. Magicycle Bike, Ride1UP, and Solé Bicycles demonstrate potential but need strategic adjustments to compete more effectively.

Email Deliverability Insights: Rad Power Bikes leads in email deliverability with the best spam score improvement, coupled with a moderate email size. Ampler Bikes and The Pro's Closet also exhibit good deliverability. On the contrary, Ribble Cycles, Trek Bikes, and Propella Electric Bikes face challenges in both deliverability and spam scores, indicating areas for improvement. Jetson, VanMoof, and Priority Bicycles show poor deliverability and need focused efforts to enhance their strategies for better market impact.

Ads Performance: Ribble Cycles emerges as the advertising champion, with 84 impactful ads and 16 unique copies, showcasing a robust and diverse advertising strategy. Ampler Bikes, Rad Power Bikes, and Ride1UP also demonstrate strong advertising impact with a combination of substantial ad volumes and engaging content. Canyon, Trek Bikes, and Solé Bicycles maintain fair advertising impact. Magicycle Bike, The Pro's Closet, and Aventon lag behind and need to enhance their advertising strategies for better market penetration. The industry's average ad volume stands at 20.87, indicating a competitive landscape where brands must strategically position themselves in the market.

Emails sent on average

7.9

Ads published on average

21

Average Spam Score

2.4

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 7.87 56.03%
Ampler Bikes
6

❌ Poor

47.0%

❌ Poor

Rad Power Bikes
12

✅ Good

52.33%

⚠️ Fair

The Pro's Closet
12

✅ Good

61.75%

✅ Good

Canyon
3

❌ Poor

50.33%

❌ Poor

Trek Bikes
7

❌ Poor

55.86%

⚠️ Fair

Priority Bicycles
5

❌ Poor

67.2%

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
5

❌ Poor

40.4%

❌ Poor

Aventon
28

✅ Good

52.32%

⚠️ Fair

Propella Electric Bikes
2

❌ Poor

76.5%

✅ Good

Solé Bicycles
9

✅ Good

60.44%

⚠️ Fair

Jetson
3

❌ Poor

70.67%

✅ Good

VanMoof
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Ride1UP
3

❌ Poor

76.0%

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
16

✅ Good

58.06%

⚠️ Fair

Ribble Cycles
7

❌ Poor

50.0%

❌ Poor

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 -2.37 2,019.47 kb
Ampler Bikes
✅ -2.27

⚠️ Fair

3,714.84 kb

❌ Poor

Rad Power Bikes
✅ -2.72

✅ Good

2,715.08 kb

❌ Poor

The Pro's Closet
✅ -2.68

✅ Good

1,950.87 kb

⚠️ Fair

Canyon
✅ -2.93

✅ Good

1,795.12 kb

✅ Good

Trek Bikes
✅ -4.1

✅ Good

2,002.83 kb

⚠️ Fair

Priority Bicycles
✅ -1.16

❌ Poor

711.53 kb

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
✅ -0.74

❌ Poor

2,945.35 kb

❌ Poor

Aventon
✅ -2.78

✅ Good

1,815.4 kb

✅ Good

Propella Electric Bikes
✅ -2.6

⚠️ Fair

296.27 kb

✅ Good

Solé Bicycles
✅ -1.21

❌ Poor

1,611.58 kb

✅ Good

Jetson
✅ -3.33

✅ Good

2,076.09 kb

⚠️ Fair

VanMoof
- -
Ride1UP
✅ -1.67

❌ Poor

812.18 kb

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
✅ -2.0

❌ Poor

2,142.59 kb

⚠️ Fair

Ribble Cycles
✅ -2.57

⚠️ Fair

1,921.83 kb

⚠️ Fair

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 20.87 9.07
Ampler Bikes
50

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Rad Power Bikes
34

❌ Poor

0

✅ Good

The Pro's Closet
0

✅ Good

-
Canyon
14

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Trek Bikes
7

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Priority Bicycles
0

✅ Good

-
Magicycle Bike
23

❌ Poor

23

❌ Poor

Aventon
29

❌ Poor

14

❌ Poor

Propella Electric Bikes
10

✅ Good

10

❌ Poor

Solé Bicycles
11

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Jetson
0

✅ Good

-
VanMoof
0

✅ Good

-
Ride1UP
31

❌ Poor

12

❌ Poor

Lectric eBikes
20

⚠️ Fair

10

❌ Poor

Ribble Cycles
84

❌ Poor

2

✅ 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 192 121 38.66%
Ampler Bikes
31

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

38.0%
Rad Power Bikes
34

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
The Pro's Closet
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Canyon
14

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Trek Bikes
5

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

28.57%
Priority Bicycles
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Magicycle Bike
12

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

47.83%
Aventon
15

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

48.28%
Propella Electric Bikes
2

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

80.0%
Solé Bicycles
6

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

45.45%
Jetson
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
VanMoof
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Ride1UP
28

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

9.68%
Lectric eBikes
17

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

15.0%
Ribble Cycles
28

✅ Good

56

✅ Good

66.67%

Ads detected over time

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