Shaving - 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.

Shaving

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

Shaving

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: FFS emerges as the top performer in email marketing, sending out 24 emails with a high email scoring rate of 52.79%. Manscaped follows closely with 13 emails, though it needs improvement in email scoring and promotional content engagement. Supply, Bevel, and Harrys demonstrate strong performances with 10, 7, and 6 emails, respectively, showcasing effective email scoring rates and well-balanced promotional content. However, Harrys needs enhancements in email scoring to optimize promotional effectiveness.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Leaf Shave stands out in email deliverability with a positive spam score and effective email size management, positioning itself as a notable player in this aspect. Harrys exhibits strong email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management, contrasting with other brands in the industry. Manscaped excels in email deliverability with a positive spam score but requires improvements in email size management to enhance user experience. Flamingo faces challenges in both spam scores and email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to improve email deliverability.

Advertising Performance: Harrys leads in advertising with 117 impactful ads, emphasizing both volume and diversity in ad content, reflecting its strong market presence. Estrid follows closely with 69 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of images and strong advertising volume. Manscaped demonstrates potential in advertising but requires enhancements in both volume and diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness in the Shaving Brands industry. Supply and Bevel face challenges in advertising volume and diversity, necessitating strategic adjustments to effectively engage consumers and remain competitive.

Emails sent on average

5.6

Ads published on average

32

Average Spam Score

0.6

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 5.6 56.35%
Leaf Shave
3

❌ Poor

58.67%

⚠️ Fair

Harrys
6

⚠️ Fair

76.33%

✅ Good

Manscaped
13

✅ Good

38.54%

❌ Poor

Supply
10

✅ Good

69.5%

✅ Good

Bevel
7

✅ Good

76.71%

✅ Good

Boldking - EN
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Hanni
4

❌ Poor

52.0%

⚠️ Fair

Dollar Shave Club
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Billie
4

❌ Poor

55.0%

⚠️ Fair

Flamingo
4

❌ Poor

29.25%

❌ Poor

OneBlade
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Balls
4

❌ Poor

57.25%

⚠️ Fair

Estrid - UK
5

❌ Poor

65.0%

✅ Good

BigMoustache
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

FFS
24

✅ Good

52.79%

⚠️ 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 -0.56 1,765.83 kb
Leaf Shave
🟧 1.13

❌ Poor

1,406.94 kb

✅ Good

Harrys
✅ -1.6

✅ Good

221.52 kb

✅ Good

Manscaped
🟧 2.81

❌ Poor

1,545.92 kb

✅ Good

Supply
✅ -0.51

⚠️ Fair

711.25 kb

✅ Good

Bevel
✅ -3.5

✅ Good

1,280.45 kb

✅ Good

Boldking - EN
- -
Hanni
✅ -1.55

✅ Good

1,255.12 kb

✅ Good

Dollar Shave Club
- -
Billie
✅ -0.8

✅ Good

9,595.97 kb

❌ Poor

Flamingo
⚠️ 7.45

❌ Poor

1,870.4 kb

⚠️ Fair

OneBlade
- -
Balls
✅ -2.3

✅ Good

1,213.12 kb

✅ Good

Estrid - UK
✅ -2.1

✅ Good

3,110.29 kb

❌ Poor

BigMoustache
- -
FFS
✅ -1.58

✅ Good

1,471.55 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 31.8 8.47
Leaf Shave
39

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

Harrys
117

❌ Poor

13

❌ Poor

Manscaped
68

❌ Poor

14

❌ Poor

Supply
7

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Bevel
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Boldking - EN
0

✅ Good

-
Hanni
54

❌ Poor

15

❌ Poor

Dollar Shave Club
0

✅ Good

-
Billie
52

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Flamingo
36

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

OneBlade
4

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Balls
0

✅ Good

-
Estrid - UK
69

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

BigMoustache
0

✅ Good

-
FFS
24

✅ Good

1

✅ 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 213 264 55.35%
Leaf Shave
22

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

43.59%
Harrys
73

✅ Good

44

✅ Good

37.61%
Manscaped
35

✅ Good

33

✅ Good

48.53%
Supply
5

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

28.57%
Bevel
4

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

42.86%
Boldking - EN
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Hanni
23

✅ Good

31

✅ Good

57.41%
Dollar Shave Club
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Billie
22

✅ Good

30

✅ Good

57.69%
Flamingo
23

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

36.11%
OneBlade
1

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

75.0%
Balls
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Estrid - UK
1

✅ Good

68

✅ Good

98.55%
BigMoustache
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
FFS
4

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

83.33%

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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