Sleeping - September - 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

October

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: Sutera Sleep leads the Sleeping industry in email marketing with a robust strategy. Casper and Eight Sleep follow, but Casper needs improvement in email scoring, while Eight Sleep excels in both email scoring and promotions. Parachute Home, Brooklinen, and Purple maintain good email practices but Brooklinen and Purple should enhance promotions. Bearaby and Buffy show potential but need improvements, especially Buffy in promotions. The Sleep Code, Coop, Manta Sleep, Baloo, Layla Sleep, Oura, and Sleepy Cat lag in various aspects of email marketing.

Email Deliverability Summary: Sutera Sleep achieves top marks in email deliverability with a low spam score and optimal email size. Eight Sleep and Bearaby also perform well but need to address email size. Buffy and Brooklinen face challenges in deliverability due to higher spam scores and email size. Baloo exhibits a fair performance with room for improvement. Layla Sleep, Casper, Purple, and The Sleep Code need strategic enhancements in both spam score and email size. Oura, Coop, Manta Sleep, and Sleepy Cat require significant improvements in multiple aspects for better deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: Oura dominates the Sleeping industry in ads performance, displaying a high number of new ads and diverse copies. Brooklinen and Sutera Sleep also exhibit strong ad performance, showcasing both velocity and diversity. Buffy, Manta Sleep, Layla Sleep, Bearaby, and Purple demonstrate potential but need improvements, particularly in ad velocity. Casper, Parachute Home, and The Sleep Code lag behind and need to enhance their ads strategies. Coop, Eight Sleep, and Baloo require significant improvements in both ad velocity and diversity for better overall performance.

Emails sent on average

13.1

Ads published on average

39

Average Spam Score

2.5

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 13.13 58.45%
Sleepy Cat
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Eight Sleep
22

✅ Good

72.23%

✅ Good

Buffy
12

⚠️ Fair

46.92%

❌ Poor

Bearaby
18

✅ Good

69.0%

✅ Good

Manta Sleep
6

❌ Poor

33.5%

❌ Poor

Baloo
4

❌ Poor

41.5%

❌ Poor

Layla Sleep
2

❌ Poor

51.5%

❌ Poor

Casper
25

✅ Good

51.8%

❌ Poor

Sutera Sleep
30

✅ Good

64.53%

✅ Good

Purple
20

✅ Good

39.55%

❌ Poor

The Sleep Code
9

❌ Poor

50.11%

❌ Poor

Brooklinen
20

✅ Good

45.4%

❌ Poor

Parachute Home
21

✅ Good

76.33%

✅ Good

Oura
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Coop
8

❌ Poor

83.25%

✅ 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 -2.48 2,509.55 kb
Sleepy Cat
- -
Eight Sleep
✅ -2.79

✅ Good

510.25 kb

✅ Good

Buffy
✅ -1.38

❌ Poor

5,187.32 kb

❌ Poor

Bearaby
✅ -3.23

✅ Good

7,133.13 kb

❌ Poor

Manta Sleep
🟧 0.55

❌ Poor

3,139.65 kb

❌ Poor

Baloo
🟧 1.48

❌ Poor

2,294.73 kb

⚠️ Fair

Layla Sleep
✅ -2.6

⚠️ Fair

3,576.98 kb

❌ Poor

Casper
✅ -2.3

⚠️ Fair

4,078.15 kb

❌ Poor

Sutera Sleep
✅ -3.22

✅ Good

565.81 kb

✅ Good

Purple
✅ -2.25

⚠️ Fair

2,514.75 kb

⚠️ Fair

The Sleep Code
✅ -1.53

❌ Poor

1,884.89 kb

✅ Good

Brooklinen
✅ -1.86

❌ Poor

2,424.28 kb

⚠️ Fair

Parachute Home
✅ -3.16

✅ Good

837.77 kb

✅ Good

Oura
- -
Coop
✅ -3.59

✅ Good

634.45 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 38.53 19.87
Sleepy Cat
15

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

Eight Sleep
0

✅ Good

-
Buffy
69

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Bearaby
29

✅ Good

21

⚠️ Fair

Manta Sleep
58

❌ Poor

27

❌ Poor

Baloo
4

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Layla Sleep
36

⚠️ Fair

9

✅ Good

Casper
15

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Sutera Sleep
79

❌ Poor

33

❌ Poor

Purple
60

❌ Poor

15

✅ Good

The Sleep Code
5

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Brooklinen
81

❌ Poor

12

✅ Good

Parachute Home
21

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Oura
82

❌ Poor

19

⚠️ Fair

Coop
24

✅ Good

6

✅ 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 310 248 42.91%
Sleepy Cat
3

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

60.0%
Eight Sleep
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Buffy
45

✅ Good

24

✅ Good

34.78%
Bearaby
16

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

44.83%
Manta Sleep
47

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

15.52%
Baloo
0

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

100.0%
Layla Sleep
22

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

38.89%
Casper
5

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

66.67%
Sutera Sleep
3

✅ Good

76

✅ Good

96.2%
Purple
37

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

23.33%
The Sleep Code
4

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

20.0%
Brooklinen
54

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

33.33%
Parachute Home
20

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

4.76%
Oura
42

✅ Good

36

✅ Good

43.9%
Coop
12

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

41.67%

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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