Shaving - November - 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

November

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

Email Brilliance: In the Shaving industry, FFS leads with an impressive email strategy, sending 6.73 emails on average, striking a balance between frequency and performance. Supply closely follows, excelling in both quantity and email scoring, proving its efficacy. Manscaped, while maintaining good frequency, faces challenges in email scoring, signaling room for improvement. Hanni and OneBlade, though commendable, show a slight performance dip. Notably, Flamingo and Billie struggle, grappling with both frequency and performance metrics. To dominate this space, a harmonious blend of engaging content and optimal email frequency is imperative.

Deliverability Dynamics: Deliverability-wise, Harrys emerges as a star with an excellent spam score and well-optimized email size. In contrast, Leaf Shave faces challenges with a higher spam score and subpar email size. Manscaped and Flamingo struggle, indicating issues with both spam score and email size optimization. The Shaving industry must refine strategies to ensure emails not only reach inboxes but also offer a seamless user experience, with an ideal balance between spam scores and email size.

Ads Variety and Vigor: In the advertising arena, Manscaped takes the lead with a robust strategy, featuring 91 new ads, showcasing both diversity and frequency. Harrys closely follows, demonstrating a rich variety with 55 new ads. Billie, OneBlade, and Hanni maintain a good balance. However, FFS and Supply struggle in this aspect, indicating a need for more diverse and frequent ad campaigns. The Shaving market demands a dynamic ad approach with a blend of captivating images and engaging videos to maintain consumer interest and interaction.

Emails sent on average

6.7

Ads published on average

18

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 6.73 59.27%
Leaf Shave
3

❌ Poor

45.0%

❌ Poor

Harrys
7

⚠️ Fair

73.14%

✅ Good

Manscaped
14

✅ Good

30.93%

❌ Poor

Supply
15

✅ Good

81.53%

✅ Good

Bevel
3

❌ Poor

54.67%

⚠️ Fair

Boldking - EN
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Hanni
9

✅ Good

51.33%

❌ Poor

Dollar Shave Club
1

❌ Poor

82.0%

✅ Good

Billie
6

❌ Poor

54.83%

⚠️ Fair

Flamingo
7

⚠️ Fair

55.29%

⚠️ Fair

OneBlade
8

✅ Good

53.5%

⚠️ Fair

Balls
6

❌ Poor

59.0%

⚠️ Fair

Estrid - UK
2

❌ Poor

66.0%

✅ Good

BigMoustache
2

❌ Poor

59.5%

⚠️ Fair

FFS
18

✅ Good

68.11%

✅ 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 -1.7 1,488.42 kb
Leaf Shave
✅ -2.23

✅ Good

2,777.72 kb

❌ Poor

Harrys
✅ -2.81

✅ Good

445.21 kb

✅ Good

Manscaped
🟧 1.7

❌ Poor

2,186.6 kb

❌ Poor

Supply
✅ -1.79

⚠️ Fair

481.27 kb

✅ Good

Bevel
✅ -1.57

⚠️ Fair

996.38 kb

✅ Good

Boldking - EN
- -
Hanni
✅ -0.38

❌ Poor

1,935.28 kb

❌ Poor

Dollar Shave Club
- 14.89 kb

✅ Good

Billie
✅ -0.97

❌ Poor

1,689.8 kb

❌ Poor

Flamingo
✅ -2.96

✅ Good

4,285.29 kb

❌ Poor

OneBlade
✅ -2.4

✅ Good

1,433.71 kb

⚠️ Fair

Balls
✅ -1.57

⚠️ Fair

1,823.79 kb

❌ Poor

Estrid - UK
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

2,151.78 kb

❌ Poor

BigMoustache
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

1,315.44 kb

✅ Good

FFS
✅ -2.96

✅ Good

619.15 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 17.87 7.73
Leaf Shave
4

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Harrys
55

❌ Poor

7

⚠️ Fair

Manscaped
91

❌ Poor

23

❌ Poor

Supply
17

⚠️ Fair

5

✅ Good

Bevel
13

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Boldking - EN
0

✅ Good

-
Hanni
18

⚠️ Fair

4

✅ Good

Dollar Shave Club
0

✅ Good

-
Billie
29

❌ Poor

0

✅ Good

Flamingo
0

✅ Good

-
OneBlade
26

❌ Poor

11

❌ Poor

Balls
0

✅ Good

-
Estrid - UK
0

✅ Good

-
BigMoustache
11

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

FFS
4

✅ 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 114 154 57.46%
Leaf Shave
1

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

75.0%
Harrys
20

✅ Good

35

✅ Good

63.64%
Manscaped
36

✅ Good

55

✅ Good

60.44%
Supply
11

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

35.29%
Bevel
4

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

69.23%
Boldking - EN
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Hanni
3

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

83.33%
Dollar Shave Club
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Billie
19

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

34.48%
Flamingo
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
OneBlade
13

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

50.0%
Balls
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Estrid - UK
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
BigMoustache
6

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

45.45%
FFS
1

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

75.0%

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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