Cats - May - 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.

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

May

2023

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

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

In the month of May, Meowingtons maintained the lead position with 36 emails. Right on their heels, PrettyLitter in the second position with 26 emails.

Shifting to advertising, PrettyLitter takes the lead with 75 new ads. Not only that, but they also exhibit their prowess in ad copies, utilizing a total of 39 unique copies. Close behind is Tuft & Paw with 50 new ads.

Both PrettyLitter and Tuft & Paw prioritize the power of videos. PrettyLitter used 63 videos, complemented by 11 images. Similarly, Tuft & Paw used 49 videos companied by a single image.

Emails sent on average

8.7

Ads published on average

24

Average Spam Score

0.5

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 8.73 53.21%
Caats
1

❌ Poor

42.0%

❌ Poor

Ziggy
6

❌ Poor

60.33%

✅ Good

Tuft & Paw
8

⚠️ Fair

47.88%

❌ Poor

Smalls
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Made by Nacho
13

✅ Good

72.85%

✅ Good

Republic of Cats
5

❌ Poor

59.6%

✅ Good

Pusheen Box
1

❌ Poor

51.0%

⚠️ Fair

Travel Cat
26

✅ Good

41.92%

❌ Poor

Meow Mix
1

❌ Poor

60.0%

✅ Good

9Lives
1

❌ Poor

58.0%

⚠️ Fair

Happy & Polly
4

❌ Poor

26.5%

❌ Poor

Cat Person
3

❌ Poor

60.67%

✅ Good

Meowingtons
36

✅ Good

60.39%

✅ Good

Catalyst
1

❌ Poor

32.0%

❌ Poor

PrettyLitter
25

✅ Good

47.44%

❌ 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 0.46 2,153.25 kb
Caats
✅ -5.1

✅ Good

2,130.36 kb

⚠️ Fair

Ziggy
✅ -3.55

✅ Good

1,490.19 kb

✅ Good

Tuft & Paw
✅ -0.39

✅ Good

4,330.51 kb

❌ Poor

Smalls
- -
Made by Nacho
✅ -2.22

✅ Good

839.47 kb

✅ Good

Republic of Cats
✅ -3.1

✅ Good

668.73 kb

✅ Good

Pusheen Box
🟧 0.1

✅ Good

635.16 kb

✅ Good

Travel Cat
✅ -0.15

✅ Good

1,818.02 kb

✅ Good

Meow Mix
✅ -0.1

✅ Good

1,366.49 kb

✅ Good

9Lives
✅ -0.1

✅ Good

1,243.89 kb

✅ Good

Happy & Polly
🟧 1.6

❌ Poor

3,921.35 kb

❌ Poor

Cat Person
✅ -0.77

✅ Good

1,057.72 kb

✅ Good

Meowingtons
✅ -1.97

✅ Good

3,150.0 kb

❌ Poor

Catalyst
✅ -0.1

✅ Good

7,820.97 kb

❌ Poor

PrettyLitter
⚠️ 8.21

❌ Poor

1,260.39 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 23.93 10.4
Caats
30

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

Ziggy
33

❌ Poor

14

❌ Poor

Tuft & Paw
50

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

Smalls
26

⚠️ Fair

1

✅ Good

Made by Nacho
0

✅ Good

-
Republic of Cats
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Pusheen Box
8

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Travel Cat
30

❌ Poor

23

❌ Poor

Meow Mix
0

✅ Good

-
9Lives
0

✅ Good

-
Happy & Polly
37

❌ Poor

17

❌ Poor

Cat Person
37

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Meowingtons
0

✅ Good

-
Catalyst
26

⚠️ Fair

3

✅ Good

PrettyLitter
75

❌ Poor

21

❌ 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 108 226 62.95%
Caats
0

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

90.0%
Ziggy
12

✅ Good

21

✅ Good

63.64%
Tuft & Paw
1

✅ Good

49

✅ Good

98.0%
Smalls
19

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

26.92%
Made by Nacho
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Republic of Cats
7

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Pusheen Box
8

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Travel Cat
30

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Meow Mix
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
9Lives
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Happy & Polly
4

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

35.14%
Cat Person
11

✅ Good

25

✅ Good

67.57%
Meowingtons
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Catalyst
5

✅ Good

21

✅ Good

80.77%
PrettyLitter
11

✅ Good

63

✅ Good

84.0%

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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