Pet Food - 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.

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

May

2023

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

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Highlights & Summary

In May, Made by Nacho took the lead in email marketing, sending a total of 13 impactful emails, closely followed by PetPlate with 10 emails.

When it comes to advertisements, Nom Nom emerges as the frontrunner, creating an impressive collection of 49 new ads in May, while Just Food For Dogs follows closely with 43 new ads.

In terms of ad strategy, Just Food For Dogs places a strong emphasis on images, with 32 images incorporated into their ads alongside 10 videos. On the other hand, Nom Nom focuses on engaging videos, showcasing 29 videos alongside 20 images.

Emails sent on average

5.4

Ads published on average

19

Average Spam Score

1.8

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 5.4 58.06%
Ziggy
6

✅ Good

57.83%

⚠️ Fair

Jinx
7

✅ Good

51.14%

❌ Poor

Smalls
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Maev
1

❌ Poor

65.0%

✅ Good

Nom Nom
7

✅ Good

54.14%

⚠️ Fair

Dandy
9

✅ Good

56.89%

⚠️ Fair

Kabo
1

❌ Poor

42.0%

❌ Poor

Native Pet
6

✅ Good

64.67%

✅ Good

PetPlate
10

✅ Good

49.0%

❌ Poor

Cat Person
3

❌ Poor

60.67%

⚠️ Fair

Sundays
4

❌ Poor

74.0%

✅ Good

Butternut Box
5

⚠️ Fair

36.4%

❌ Poor

Just Food For Dogs
5

⚠️ Fair

66.0%

✅ Good

A Pup Above
4

❌ Poor

46.25%

❌ Poor

Made by Nacho
13

✅ Good

72.85%

✅ 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 -1.76 2,064.39 kb
Ziggy
✅ -3.83

✅ Good

1,593.08 kb

✅ Good

Jinx
✅ -0.46

❌ Poor

3,704.28 kb

❌ Poor

Smalls
- -
Maev
✅ -5.0

✅ Good

7,937.05 kb

❌ Poor

Nom Nom
🟧 0.39

❌ Poor

1,306.48 kb

✅ Good

Dandy
✅ -3.22

✅ Good

4,543.15 kb

❌ Poor

Kabo
✅ -0.1

❌ Poor

1,596.18 kb

✅ Good

Native Pet
✅ -0.7

❌ Poor

1,286.38 kb

✅ Good

PetPlate
✅ -3.0

✅ Good

2,703.17 kb

❌ Poor

Cat Person
✅ -0.77

❌ Poor

1,057.72 kb

✅ Good

Sundays
✅ -1.25

❌ Poor

291.42 kb

✅ Good

Butternut Box
🟧 1.1

❌ Poor

1,379.56 kb

✅ Good

Just Food For Dogs
✅ -4.1

✅ Good

1,906.16 kb

⚠️ Fair

A Pup Above
🟧 0.15

❌ Poor

1,432.32 kb

✅ Good

Made by Nacho
✅ -2.22

✅ Good

839.47 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 18.73 8.47
Ziggy
33

❌ Poor

14

❌ Poor

Jinx
23

❌ Poor

17

❌ Poor

Smalls
26

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Maev
5

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Nom Nom
49

❌ Poor

11

❌ Poor

Dandy
0

✅ Good

-
Kabo
0

✅ Good

-
Native Pet
4

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

PetPlate
6

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Cat Person
37

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Sundays
22

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Butternut Box
20

⚠️ Fair

20

❌ Poor

Just Food For Dogs
43

❌ Poor

8

⚠️ Fair

A Pup Above
13

✅ Good

6

✅ 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 112 167 59.43%
Ziggy
12

✅ Good

21

✅ Good

63.64%
Jinx
9

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

60.87%
Smalls
19

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

26.92%
Maev
0

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

100.0%
Nom Nom
20

✅ Good

29

✅ Good

59.18%
Dandy
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Kabo
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Native Pet
0

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

100.0%
PetPlate
0

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

100.0%
Cat Person
11

✅ Good

25

✅ Good

67.57%
Sundays
0

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

100.0%
Butternut Box
0

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

100.0%
Just Food For Dogs
32

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

23.26%
A Pup Above
9

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

30.77%
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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