Sleeping - August - 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.

Sleeping

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

Sleeping

industry, for the month of

September

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 Summary: In the sleep industry, Sutera Sleep takes the lead with the highest email scoring and a significant number of emails sent. Eight Sleep also performs well with a strong email scoring. Casper, although sending a substantial number of emails, needs improvement in email scoring. Brands like Purple and Brooklinen should focus on both quantity and quality in their email marketing efforts.

Email Deliverability Summary: Sleepy Cat excels in email deliverability with the lowest average spam score and an optimized email size. Eight Sleep and Manta Sleep also perform well in email deliverability. Brands like Baloo and Layla Sleep need to improve their email deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: Casper leads in advertising with the highest number of new ads detected and a variety of unique copies. Purple and Brooklinen also perform well in ads. Brands like Eight Sleep and Bearaby lag behind in ad performance.

Social Ads Diversity Summary: Eight Sleep stands out in social ad diversity with a high proportion of videos. Buffy and Manta Sleep also perform well in this aspect. Many brands need to diversify their social ads with more videos.

In summary, Sutera Sleep leads in email marketing and has good email deliverability. Casper excels in advertising but needs to improve its email marketing quality. Eight Sleep stands out in social ad diversity. Sleepy Cat has the best email deliverability. Brands like Layla Sleep and Baloo need to enhance their email marketing and deliverability to compete effectively in the sleep industry.

Emails sent on average

14.5

Ads published on average

45

Average Spam Score

2.1

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 14.53 57.7%
Sleepy Cat
1

❌ Poor

63.0%

⚠️ Fair

Eight Sleep
23

✅ Good

68.17%

✅ Good

Buffy
10

❌ Poor

53.8%

⚠️ Fair

Bearaby
18

✅ Good

65.94%

✅ Good

Manta Sleep
13

❌ Poor

50.31%

❌ Poor

Baloo
6

❌ Poor

51.0%

❌ Poor

Layla Sleep
6

❌ Poor

43.17%

❌ Poor

Casper
27

✅ Good

48.96%

❌ Poor

Sutera Sleep
30

✅ Good

66.33%

✅ Good

Purple
18

✅ Good

36.56%

❌ Poor

The Sleep Code
11

❌ Poor

50.0%

❌ Poor

Brooklinen
20

✅ Good

44.35%

❌ Poor

Parachute Home
22

✅ Good

78.18%

✅ Good

Oura
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Coop
13

❌ Poor

67.46%

✅ 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 -2.14 2,267.09 kb
Sleepy Cat
✅ -5.0

✅ Good

5,557.01 kb

❌ Poor

Eight Sleep
✅ -2.38

✅ Good

405.53 kb

✅ Good

Buffy
✅ -1.61

❌ Poor

4,279.58 kb

❌ Poor

Bearaby
✅ -1.9

❌ Poor

5,709.81 kb

❌ Poor

Manta Sleep
✅ -2.14

⚠️ Fair

2,064.92 kb

⚠️ Fair

Baloo
🟧 0.37

❌ Poor

1,393.86 kb

✅ Good

Layla Sleep
✅ -1.73

❌ Poor

3,164.87 kb

❌ Poor

Casper
✅ -2.14

⚠️ Fair

4,668.9 kb

❌ Poor

Sutera Sleep
✅ -3.43

✅ Good

358.02 kb

✅ Good

Purple
✅ -1.82

❌ Poor

2,682.26 kb

❌ Poor

The Sleep Code
✅ -1.92

❌ Poor

2,362.28 kb

⚠️ Fair

Brooklinen
✅ -2.05

⚠️ Fair

1,957.99 kb

✅ Good

Parachute Home
✅ -1.86

❌ Poor

705.13 kb

✅ Good

Oura
- -
Coop
✅ -1.91

❌ Poor

1,064.09 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 44.73 16.6
Sleepy Cat
7

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Eight Sleep
47

⚠️ Fair

2

✅ Good

Buffy
70

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

Bearaby
27

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Manta Sleep
65

❌ Poor

23

❌ Poor

Baloo
3

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Layla Sleep
33

✅ Good

19

❌ Poor

Casper
93

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Sutera Sleep
74

❌ Poor

24

❌ Poor

Purple
84

❌ Poor

13

✅ Good

The Sleep Code
6

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Brooklinen
75

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

Parachute Home
46

⚠️ Fair

14

✅ Good

Oura
28

✅ Good

17

⚠️ Fair

Coop
13

✅ Good

8

✅ 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 328 319 47.54%
Sleepy Cat
1

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

71.43%
Eight Sleep
3

✅ Good

44

✅ Good

93.62%
Buffy
52

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

25.71%
Bearaby
13

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

51.85%
Manta Sleep
30

✅ Good

31

✅ Good

47.69%
Baloo
0

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

100.0%
Layla Sleep
26

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

21.21%
Casper
37

✅ Good

56

✅ Good

60.22%
Sutera Sleep
2

✅ Good

72

✅ Good

97.3%
Purple
51

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

21.43%
The Sleep Code
3

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

50.0%
Brooklinen
61

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

18.67%
Parachute Home
29

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

36.96%
Oura
14

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

39.29%
Coop
6

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

46.15%

Ads detected over time

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