Cats - January - 2024


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.

Cats

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

Cats

industry, for the month of

February

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 Performance: Meowingtons leads the cat brands industry with 38 emails, demonstrating a good performance score of 59.03% despite a fair promotion ratio (13%). PrettyLitter follows closely, sending 30 emails with a good performance score of 57.6% but showing a higher promotion ratio (76%). Travel Cat and Tuft & Paw exhibit potential with 10 emails each, showcasing good performance but needing improvement in promotion strategies. Caats, Cat Person, Ziggy, Catalyst, Happy & Polly, Republic of Cats, Smalls, Made by Nacho, Pusheen Box, and Meow Mix face challenges in email marketing performance and promotion strategies, requiring significant enhancements to engage consumers effectively and remain competitive.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Caats leads in email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management. Ziggy exhibits a positive spam score but faces challenges in email size management. Made by Nacho, Republic of Cats, Pusheen Box, Happy & Polly, Cat Person, Catalyst, and PrettyLitter demonstrate effective email deliverability with positive spam scores and efficient email size management. Tuft & Paw, Smalls, Travel Cat, and Meow Mix show promise in spam scores but require improvements in email size management for optimal deliverability. The remaining brands, including Meowingtons, face challenges in both spam scores and email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to optimize email deliverability.

Advertising Performance: Cat Person leads in advertising with 135 impactful ads, emphasizing both volume and diversity in ad content. PrettyLitter closely follows with 118 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of unique copies and strong advertising volume. Caats, Smalls, Tuft & Paw, Travel Cat, Happy & Polly, Republic of Cats, and Ziggy exhibit potential in advertising but require enhancements in both volume and diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness in the Cat Brands industry. Catalyst, Meow Mix, Pusheen Box, and Made by Nacho struggle with advertising impact and diversity, needing significant improvements to effectively engage consumers.

Emails sent on average

8.4

Ads published on average

33

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 8.4 56.59%
Caats
8

⚠️ Fair

61.63%

⚠️ Fair

Ziggy
5

❌ Poor

54.0%

⚠️ Fair

Tuft & Paw
10

✅ Good

60.6%

⚠️ Fair

Smalls
4

❌ Poor

46.5%

❌ Poor

Made by Nacho
3

❌ Poor

73.67%

✅ Good

Republic of Cats
4

❌ Poor

57.0%

⚠️ Fair

Pusheen Box
1

❌ Poor

52.0%

⚠️ Fair

Travel Cat
10

✅ Good

46.6%

❌ Poor

Meow Mix
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

9Lives
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Happy & Polly
4

❌ Poor

53.75%

⚠️ Fair

Cat Person
5

❌ Poor

59.2%

⚠️ Fair

Meowingtons
38

✅ Good

59.03%

⚠️ Fair

Catalyst
4

❌ Poor

31.5%

❌ Poor

PrettyLitter
30

✅ Good

57.6%

⚠️ 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 -2.09 2,778.14 kb
Caats
✅ -1.35

❌ Poor

592.74 kb

✅ Good

Ziggy
✅ -2.12

⚠️ Fair

1,825.26 kb

✅ Good

Tuft & Paw
✅ -1.24

❌ Poor

3,317.54 kb

❌ Poor

Smalls
✅ -1.8

❌ Poor

4,359.82 kb

❌ Poor

Made by Nacho
✅ -1.67

❌ Poor

598.36 kb

✅ Good

Republic of Cats
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

1,656.02 kb

✅ Good

Pusheen Box
✅ 0.0

❌ Poor

1,142.6 kb

✅ Good

Travel Cat
✅ -1.18

❌ Poor

3,929.63 kb

❌ Poor

Meow Mix
- -
9Lives
- -
Happy & Polly
✅ -5.1

✅ Good

2,178.74 kb

✅ Good

Cat Person
✅ -2.56

✅ Good

2,246.61 kb

✅ Good

Meowingtons
✅ -2.34

✅ Good

4,595.95 kb

❌ Poor

Catalyst
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

2,118.35 kb

✅ Good

PrettyLitter
- 1,121.26 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 32.53 11.2
Caats
56

❌ Poor

46

❌ Poor

Ziggy
9

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Tuft & Paw
37

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Smalls
48

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Made by Nacho
0

✅ Good

-
Republic of Cats
15

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Pusheen Box
3

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Travel Cat
34

⚠️ Fair

21

❌ Poor

Meow Mix
3

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

9Lives
0

✅ Good

-
Happy & Polly
25

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Cat Person
135

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Meowingtons
0

✅ Good

-
Catalyst
5

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

PrettyLitter
118

❌ Poor

15

❌ Poor

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 181 307 62.91%
Caats
21

✅ Good

35

✅ Good

62.5%
Ziggy
5

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

44.44%
Tuft & Paw
4

✅ Good

33

✅ Good

89.19%
Smalls
10

✅ Good

38

✅ Good

79.17%
Made by Nacho
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Republic of Cats
15

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Pusheen Box
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Travel Cat
23

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

32.35%
Meow Mix
0

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

100.0%
9Lives
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Happy & Polly
21

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

16.0%
Cat Person
54

✅ Good

81

✅ Good

60.0%
Meowingtons
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Catalyst
4

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

20.0%
PrettyLitter
21

✅ Good

97

✅ Good

82.2%

Ads detected over time

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Some of the assets (emails, ads) used in this benchmark to measure performance

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