Socks - 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.

Socks

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

Socks

industry, for the month of

June

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, Bombas emerges as the frontrunner, dominating the email landscape by sending a total of 24 emails. Comrad Socks and Stance Socks closely follow suit, with both brands delivering 14 emails throughout the month.

Shifting our focus to advertising, Happy Socks claims the top spot, unleashing 90 new ads in May. Comrad Socks trails behind with 64 new ads.

When it comes to ad strategy, both Happy Socks and Comrad Socks exhibit a preference for images. Happy Socks utilized 67 images, complemented by 23 videos while Comrad Socks relies on 39 images and 23 videos.

Emails sent on average

10.6

Ads published on average

24

Average Spam Score

1.6

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 10.6 54.03%
Sporcks
10

⚠️ Fair

49.4%

⚠️ Fair

Stzy
6

❌ Poor

73.33%

✅ Good

Bombas
24

✅ Good

59.96%

✅ Good

Stance Socks
14

✅ Good

33.14%

❌ Poor

Comrad Socks
14

✅ Good

68.21%

✅ Good

Stand4 Socks
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Happy Socks
8

❌ Poor

56.63%

⚠️ Fair

Hot Sox
11

⚠️ Fair

56.64%

⚠️ Fair

Fox River
9

❌ Poor

51.56%

⚠️ Fair

Nice Laundry
7

❌ Poor

68.43%

✅ Good

Wigwam Socks
8

❌ Poor

42.13%

❌ Poor

Sock Shop
12

✅ Good

49.33%

⚠️ Fair

Socks Addict
13

✅ Good

60.31%

✅ Good

John's Crazy Socks
12

✅ Good

41.08%

❌ Poor

K. Bell Socks
11

⚠️ Fair

52.18%

⚠️ 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 -1.63 2,870.41 kb
Sporcks
✅ -1.9

✅ Good

2,602.67 kb

⚠️ Fair

Stzy
✅ -1.77

⚠️ Fair

863.93 kb

✅ Good

Bombas
✅ -2.18

✅ Good

2,811.3 kb

⚠️ Fair

Stance Socks
🟧 0.5

❌ Poor

4,884.09 kb

❌ Poor

Comrad Socks
✅ -1.44

❌ Poor

702.43 kb

✅ Good

Stand4 Socks
- -
Happy Socks
✅ -6.96

✅ Good

2,087.14 kb

✅ Good

Hot Sox
✅ -1.45

❌ Poor

3,263.05 kb

❌ Poor

Fox River
✅ -2.04

✅ Good

2,581.62 kb

✅ Good

Nice Laundry
✅ -0.21

❌ Poor

930.55 kb

✅ Good

Wigwam Socks
✅ -0.7

❌ Poor

4,247.7 kb

❌ Poor

Sock Shop
✅ -2.2

✅ Good

2,033.81 kb

✅ Good

Socks Addict
✅ -1.14

❌ Poor

728.64 kb

✅ Good

John's Crazy Socks
🟧 0.43

❌ Poor

3,991.18 kb

❌ Poor

K. Bell Socks
✅ -2.36

✅ Good

7,400.87 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 24.0 11.6
Sporcks
38

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Stzy
6

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Bombas
10

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Stance Socks
0

✅ Good

-
Comrad Socks
64

❌ Poor

17

❌ Poor

Stand4 Socks
4

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Happy Socks
90

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Hot Sox
21

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Fox River
11

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Nice Laundry
38

❌ Poor

6

✅ Good

Wigwam Socks
2

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Sock Shop
39

❌ Poor

23

❌ Poor

Socks Addict
19

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

John's Crazy Socks
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

K. Bell Socks
11

✅ Good

2

✅ 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 206 134 37.22%
Sporcks
23

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

36.84%
Stzy
0

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

100.0%
Bombas
4

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

60.0%
Stance Socks
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Comrad Socks
39

✅ Good

23

✅ Good

35.94%
Stand4 Socks
3

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

25.0%
Happy Socks
67

✅ Good

23

✅ Good

25.56%
Hot Sox
19

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

9.52%
Fox River
11

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Nice Laundry
4

✅ Good

30

✅ Good

78.95%
Wigwam Socks
0

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

100.0%
Sock Shop
22

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

10.26%
Socks Addict
2

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

89.47%
John's Crazy Socks
1

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

85.71%
K. Bell Socks
11

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%

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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