Shaving - 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.

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

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, Supply claimed the top spot in email Marketing with a total of 11 emails sent. Not far behind, Flamingo and Manscaped both in the second position with 10 emails sent each.

Turning our attention to ad creation, Harrys emerged as the leader by crafting an impressive 118 new ads. Manscaped showcased their advertising prowess by securing the second position with 87 new ads, boasting the highest number of unique ad copies among all the shaving brands in our Benchmark, with a total of 44 variations.

When it comes to ad strategy, Harrys showcased a preference for utilizing images, incorporating 68 images alongside 50 videos in their new ads for May. On the other hand, Manscaped adopted a balanced approach by employing 44 images in conjunction with 42 videos.

Emails sent on average

4.4

Ads published on average

28

Average Spam Score

1.3

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 4.4 60.23%
Leaf Shave
6

✅ Good

56.0%

⚠️ Fair

Harrys
5

✅ Good

69.8%

✅ Good

Manscaped
10

✅ Good

45.1%

❌ Poor

Supply
11

✅ Good

57.18%

⚠️ Fair

Bevel
3

❌ Poor

52.0%

❌ Poor

Boldking - EN
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Hanni
5

✅ Good

62.2%

⚠️ Fair

Dollar Shave Club
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Billie
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Flamingo
10

✅ Good

66.1%

⚠️ Fair

OneBlade
8

✅ Good

74.88%

✅ Good

Balls
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Estrid - UK
1

❌ Poor

56.0%

⚠️ Fair

BigMoustache
1

❌ Poor

70.0%

✅ Good

FFS
6

✅ Good

59.5%

⚠️ 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 -1.3 1,817.59 kb
Leaf Shave
✅ -0.2

❌ Poor

2,987.11 kb

❌ Poor

Harrys
✅ -1.34

⚠️ Fair

451.98 kb

✅ Good

Manscaped
🟧 2.94

❌ Poor

1,311.07 kb

✅ Good

Supply
✅ -2.83

✅ Good

3,487.78 kb

❌ Poor

Bevel
✅ -0.87

❌ Poor

1,676.58 kb

⚠️ Fair

Boldking - EN
- -
Hanni
✅ -1.56

✅ Good

799.53 kb

✅ Good

Dollar Shave Club
- -
Billie
- -
Flamingo
✅ -3.1

✅ Good

1,745.96 kb

⚠️ Fair

OneBlade
✅ -1.33

⚠️ Fair

723.97 kb

✅ Good

Balls
- -
Estrid - UK
✅ -5.1

✅ Good

2,014.56 kb

❌ Poor

BigMoustache
✅ -5.1

✅ Good

267.03 kb

✅ Good

FFS
✅ -2.17

✅ Good

2,290.25 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 27.53 7.53
Leaf Shave
13

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Harrys
118

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Manscaped
87

❌ Poor

28

❌ Poor

Supply
19

✅ Good

9

❌ Poor

Bevel
18

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Boldking - EN
0

✅ Good

-
Hanni
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Dollar Shave Club
0

✅ Good

-
Billie
56

❌ Poor

7

⚠️ Fair

Flamingo
60

❌ Poor

0

✅ Good

OneBlade
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Balls
0

✅ Good

-
Estrid - UK
0

✅ Good

-
BigMoustache
10

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

FFS
22

✅ Good

5

✅ 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 205 205 49.64%
Leaf Shave
6

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

38.46%
Harrys
68

✅ Good

50

✅ Good

42.37%
Manscaped
44

✅ Good

42

✅ Good

48.28%
Supply
9

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

52.63%
Bevel
7

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

61.11%
Boldking - EN
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Hanni
2

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

60.0%
Dollar Shave Club
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Billie
34

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

39.29%
Flamingo
20

✅ Good

40

✅ Good

66.67%
OneBlade
1

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

80.0%
Balls
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Estrid - UK
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
BigMoustache
3

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

70.0%
FFS
11

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

50.0%

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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