Bikes & Bicycles - June - 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

July

2023

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

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

During the month of June, Aventon and The Pro's Closet maintained their positions as the leaders in emails, with Aventon sending 19 emails and The Pro's Closet sending 15.

In terms of advertising, Magicycle Bike took the top spot with 81 new ads created, showcasing the highest number of ad copies (51) among all brands of the benchmark this month. Following closely in the second position, Ribble Cycles produced a total of 56 new ads.

When it comes to ad strategy, both Magicycle Bike and Ribble Cycles gave more emphasis to images rather than videos. Magicycle Bike utilized 59 images and 19 videos, while Ribble Cycles employed 51 images and only 3 videos in their advertising campaigns.

Emails sent on average

8.9

Ads published on average

32

Average Spam Score

2.0

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 8.87 51.31%
Ampler Bikes
2

❌ Poor

29.5%

❌ Poor

Rad Power Bikes
14

✅ Good

55.29%

⚠️ Fair

The Pro's Closet
15

✅ Good

34.73%

❌ Poor

Canyon
8

⚠️ Fair

43.13%

❌ Poor

Trek Bikes
13

✅ Good

49.46%

⚠️ Fair

Priority Bicycles
4

❌ Poor

61.5%

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
13

✅ Good

51.0%

⚠️ Fair

Aventon
19

✅ Good

49.63%

⚠️ Fair

Propella Electric Bikes
5

❌ Poor

77.0%

✅ Good

Solé Bicycles
7

❌ Poor

53.43%

⚠️ Fair

Jetson
6

❌ Poor

56.0%

⚠️ Fair

VanMoof
2

❌ Poor

66.5%

✅ Good

Ride1UP
8

⚠️ Fair

71.75%

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
11

✅ Good

47.64%

⚠️ Fair

Ribble Cycles
6

❌ Poor

50.67%

⚠️ 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 -1.95 3,257.18 kb
Ampler Bikes
🟧 1.9

❌ Poor

3,095.09 kb

⚠️ Fair

Rad Power Bikes
✅ -2.13

⚠️ Fair

4,615.66 kb

❌ Poor

The Pro's Closet
🟧 2.44

❌ Poor

6,334.0 kb

❌ Poor

Canyon
✅ -2.72

✅ Good

2,583.26 kb

✅ Good

Trek Bikes
✅ -2.32

✅ Good

5,186.32 kb

❌ Poor

Priority Bicycles
✅ -3.0

✅ Good

1,127.11 kb

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
✅ -3.75

✅ Good

2,365.44 kb

✅ Good

Aventon
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

4,033.89 kb

❌ Poor

Propella Electric Bikes
✅ -4.1

✅ Good

400.22 kb

✅ Good

Solé Bicycles
✅ -1.01

❌ Poor

1,642.19 kb

✅ Good

Jetson
🟧 0.9

❌ Poor

900.22 kb

✅ Good

VanMoof
✅ -4.8

✅ Good

1,653.17 kb

✅ Good

Ride1UP
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

824.06 kb

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
✅ -0.32

❌ Poor

2,408.74 kb

✅ Good

Ribble Cycles
✅ -3.43

✅ Good

2,016.83 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 32.2 16.4
Ampler Bikes
2

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Rad Power Bikes
51

❌ Poor

19

❌ Poor

The Pro's Closet
27

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

Canyon
6

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Trek Bikes
28

✅ Good

16

⚠️ Fair

Priority Bicycles
41

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
81

❌ Poor

38

❌ Poor

Aventon
36

❌ Poor

9

✅ Good

Propella Electric Bikes
24

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Solé Bicycles
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Jetson
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

VanMoof
25

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Ride1UP
44

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
54

❌ Poor

27

❌ Poor

Ribble Cycles
56

❌ Poor

4

✅ 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 308 149 30.85%
Ampler Bikes
0

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

100.0%
Rad Power Bikes
38

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

25.49%
The Pro's Closet
5

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

81.48%
Canyon
4

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

33.33%
Trek Bikes
2

✅ Good

24

✅ Good

85.71%
Priority Bicycles
16

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

26.83%
Magicycle Bike
59

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

23.46%
Aventon
25

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

27.78%
Propella Electric Bikes
0

✅ Good

24

✅ Good

100.0%
Solé Bicycles
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Jetson
5

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
VanMoof
25

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Ride1UP
32

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

18.18%
Lectric eBikes
43

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

20.37%
Ribble Cycles
51

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

5.36%

Ads detected over time

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