Snacks - 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.

Snacks

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

Snacks

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 May, Bokksu maintains its leading position in terms of emails sent, sharing the spotlight with Misfits Health, both having sent 16 emails during the month. Verb Energy follows closely with 14 emails.

When it comes to advertising, Magic Spoon claimed the top position with 59 new ads, closely followed by Milk Bar with 39 new ads.

Throughout May, both Magic Spoon and Milk Bar maintained their ad strategies. Magic Spoon emphasized videos, utilizing 58 videos compared to just 1 image. On the other hand, Milk Bar prioritized images, showcasing 29 images and 10 videos.

Emails sent on average

7.8

Ads published on average

18

Average Spam Score

1.9

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 7.8 60.85%
Misfits Health
16

✅ Good

65.31%

⚠️ Fair

Verb Energy
14

✅ Good

64.5%

⚠️ Fair

Feed
6

❌ Poor

60.17%

⚠️ Fair

Partake Foods
3

❌ Poor

47.67%

❌ Poor

Chomps
7

❌ Poor

66.57%

⚠️ Fair

Pulp Pantry
1

❌ Poor

69.0%

✅ Good

Milk Bar
13

✅ Good

48.38%

❌ Poor

Candy Club
1

❌ Poor

50.0%

❌ Poor

Kind Snacks
8

⚠️ Fair

58.13%

⚠️ Fair

Bokksu
16

✅ Good

63.63%

⚠️ Fair

Schoolyard Snacks
7

❌ Poor

68.29%

✅ Good

Outstanding Foods
7

❌ Poor

72.43%

✅ Good

Perfect Snacks
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Magic Spoon
10

✅ Good

55.3%

⚠️ Fair

Aloha
8

⚠️ Fair

54.0%

❌ Poor

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 -1.91 1,840.23 kb
Misfits Health
✅ -1.76

⚠️ Fair

2,915.78 kb

❌ Poor

Verb Energy
✅ -2.81

✅ Good

1,953.91 kb

⚠️ Fair

Feed
✅ -3.43

✅ Good

2,977.92 kb

❌ Poor

Partake Foods
🟧 1.9

❌ Poor

2,841.68 kb

❌ Poor

Chomps
✅ -1.06

❌ Poor

2,522.99 kb

❌ Poor

Pulp Pantry
✅ -5.0

✅ Good

2,034.24 kb

❌ Poor

Milk Bar
✅ -1.13

❌ Poor

2,187.92 kb

❌ Poor

Candy Club
✅ -0.1

❌ Poor

963.76 kb

✅ Good

Kind Snacks
✅ -2.33

✅ Good

1,315.38 kb

✅ Good

Bokksu
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

671.71 kb

✅ Good

Schoolyard Snacks
✅ -2.67

✅ Good

727.17 kb

✅ Good

Outstanding Foods
✅ -2.79

✅ Good

938.8 kb

✅ Good

Perfect Snacks
- -
Magic Spoon
✅ -1.44

❌ Poor

2,084.61 kb

❌ Poor

Aloha
✅ -0.1

❌ Poor

1,503.32 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 18.07 7.13
Misfits Health
13

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Verb Energy
13

✅ Good

11

❌ Poor

Feed
0

✅ Good

-
Partake Foods
0

✅ Good

-
Chomps
16

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Pulp Pantry
6

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Milk Bar
39

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Candy Club
0

✅ Good

-
Kind Snacks
28

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Bokksu
31

❌ Poor

7

⚠️ Fair

Schoolyard Snacks
12

✅ Good

8

❌ Poor

Outstanding Foods
6

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Perfect Snacks
35

❌ Poor

19

❌ Poor

Magic Spoon
59

❌ Poor

6

✅ Good

Aloha
13

✅ 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 97 172 63.47%
Misfits Health
4

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

69.23%
Verb Energy
10

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

23.08%
Feed
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Partake Foods
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Chomps
8

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

50.0%
Pulp Pantry
1

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

83.33%
Milk Bar
29

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

25.64%
Candy Club
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Kind Snacks
28

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Bokksu
6

✅ Good

23

✅ Good

74.19%
Schoolyard Snacks
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

41.67%
Outstanding Foods
0

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

100.0%
Perfect Snacks
3

✅ Good

32

✅ Good

91.43%
Magic Spoon
1

✅ Good

58

✅ Good

98.31%
Aloha
0

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

100.0%

Ads detected over time

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