Pet Food - 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.

Pet Food

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

Pet Food

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 past month, the Pet Food industry witnessed a notable uptick in email activity, averaging 7.27 emails per brand. Just Food For Dogs and PetPlate lead with 19 and 15 emails, respectively. However, PetPlate struggles with promotions, signaling a potential improvement area. Cat Person's performance stands out with a stellar 66.75% scoring, positioning it as a strong performer. A Pup Above and Ziggy, while showing potential, need refinements in promotions and engagement strategies to compete effectively.

Email Deliverability Insights: Deliverability, a critical aspect, faces varied challenges. While Cat Person and Ziggy demonstrate excellent spam scores, Butternut Box faces challenges with a high spam score and substantial email size. PetPlate shines with good deliverability but should address email size concerns. Executives should prioritize refining deliverability for brands facing challenges to ensure consistent, reliable communication.

Ads Performance: Advertising, a cornerstone for brand visibility, averaged 25.93 ads per brand. Cat Person and Just Food For Dogs dominate with 81 and 77 ads, respectively, showcasing both volume and diversity. Sundays performs well with a balanced mix of images and videos. In contrast, Dandy lags behind with no advertising presence. Executives are urged to prioritize a diverse advertising strategy to maintain a competitive edge in the Pet Food market.

Emails sent on average

5.5

Ads published on average

26

Average Spam Score

1.7

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 5.53 55.22%
Ziggy
6

⚠️ Fair

57.33%

⚠️ Fair

Jinx
5

⚠️ Fair

55.6%

⚠️ Fair

Smalls
2

❌ Poor

40.0%

❌ Poor

Maev
2

❌ Poor

63.5%

✅ Good

Nom Nom
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Dandy
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Kabo
2

❌ Poor

68.0%

✅ Good

Native Pet
12

✅ Good

55.58%

⚠️ Fair

PetPlate
13

✅ Good

54.23%

⚠️ Fair

Cat Person
7

✅ Good

66.14%

✅ Good

Sundays
4

❌ Poor

59.0%

⚠️ Fair

Butternut Box
4

❌ Poor

45.75%

❌ Poor

Just Food For Dogs
13

✅ Good

40.77%

❌ Poor

A Pup Above
5

⚠️ Fair

51.0%

⚠️ Fair

Made by Nacho
8

✅ Good

72.38%

✅ Good

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 -1.65 2,082.54 kb
Ziggy
✅ -0.93

❌ Poor

1,242.14 kb

✅ Good

Jinx
🟧 0.28

❌ Poor

3,158.02 kb

❌ Poor

Smalls
- 6,001.04 kb

❌ Poor

Maev
✅ 0.0

❌ Poor

2,189.23 kb

⚠️ Fair

Nom Nom
- -
Dandy
- -
Kabo
✅ -0.1

❌ Poor

300.4 kb

✅ Good

Native Pet
✅ -0.64

❌ Poor

2,402.2 kb

❌ Poor

PetPlate
✅ -2.71

✅ Good

1,712.88 kb

✅ Good

Cat Person
✅ -3.23

✅ Good

1,070.94 kb

✅ Good

Sundays
✅ -4.7

✅ Good

744.31 kb

✅ Good

Butternut Box
- 3,789.58 kb

❌ Poor

Just Food For Dogs
- 2,313.83 kb

❌ Poor

A Pup Above
✅ -0.34

❌ Poor

1,365.05 kb

✅ Good

Made by Nacho
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

2,374.42 kb

❌ Poor

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 25.8 7.6
Ziggy
4

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Jinx
24

⚠️ Fair

12

❌ Poor

Smalls
14

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Maev
10

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Nom Nom
41

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Dandy
0

✅ Good

-
Kabo
0

✅ Good

-
Native Pet
14

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

PetPlate
20

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Cat Person
81

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

Sundays
47

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Butternut Box
36

❌ Poor

30

❌ Poor

Just Food For Dogs
92

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

A Pup Above
4

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Made by Nacho
0

✅ 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 120 267 68.99%
Ziggy
3

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

25.0%
Jinx
4

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

83.33%
Smalls
1

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

92.86%
Maev
6

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

40.0%
Nom Nom
32

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

21.95%
Dandy
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Kabo
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Native Pet
1

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

92.86%
PetPlate
4

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

80.0%
Cat Person
2

✅ Good

79

✅ Good

97.53%
Sundays
23

✅ Good

24

✅ Good

51.06%
Butternut Box
1

✅ Good

35

✅ Good

97.22%
Just Food For Dogs
42

✅ Good

50

✅ Good

54.35%
A Pup Above
1

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

75.0%
Made by Nacho
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-

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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