Sports Tech - 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.

Sports Tech

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

Sports Tech

industry, for the month of

December

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 Overview: The Sports Tech domain saw a robust 81.55% surge in weekly emails, averaging 10.53. Hydrow emerges as the leader, sending 33 emails with stellar scores. Peloton and Oru Kayak follow, exhibiting commendable email practices. In ads, Crossnet leads with 122 ads, showcasing remarkable diversity. Peloton and Theragun also shine, maintaining a balance between quantity and quality.

Email Deliverability Insights: In terms of email deliverability, Tempo Fit struggles with high spam scores and large email sizes. Contrarily, Theragun excels in both aspects, optimizing emails for delivery. Oru Kayak shows proficiency in email practices but faces deliverability challenges. Hydrow maintains a good balance, excelling in email deliverability and size optimization.

Ads Performance: Brands surged in ad production by 45.05%, averaging 50.0 weekly. Crossnet, Peloton, and Theragun lead with diverse content. Crossnet boasts 122 ads with engaging diversity, showcasing its prowess. Peloton, a consistent performer, excels in both email and ad domains. Tempo Fit, despite struggling in emails, shows potential for improvement in ad diversity.

Emails sent on average

10.5

Ads published on average

50

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 10.33 51.23%
Tempo Fit
13

✅ Good

37.15%

❌ Poor

Theragun
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Oru Kayak
22

✅ Good

43.77%

❌ Poor

Quell
6

❌ Poor

48.83%

⚠️ Fair

Joovv
12

✅ Good

59.75%

✅ Good

Supersapiens
3

❌ Poor

59.67%

✅ Good

Clmbr
2

❌ Poor

50.0%

⚠️ Fair

Echelon
17

✅ Good

41.29%

❌ Poor

Wahoo Fitness
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Hydrow
33

✅ Good

66.09%

✅ Good

Peloton
18

✅ Good

51.78%

⚠️ Fair

FightCamp
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Ergatta
13

✅ Good

40.38%

❌ Poor

Tonal
16

✅ Good

54.06%

⚠️ Fair

Crossnet
0

❌ Poor

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 -1.67 2,912.02 kb
Tempo Fit
🟧 1.53

❌ Poor

5,292.0 kb

❌ Poor

Theragun
- -
Oru Kayak
✅ -2.1

✅ Good

2,381.55 kb

✅ Good

Quell
✅ -1.98

✅ Good

10,712.55 kb

❌ Poor

Joovv
✅ -3.33

✅ Good

1,567.69 kb

✅ Good

Supersapiens
✅ -3.03

✅ Good

4,547.44 kb

❌ Poor

Clmbr
✅ -1.4

❌ Poor

3,813.3 kb

❌ Poor

Echelon
🟧 0.19

❌ Poor

3,629.18 kb

❌ Poor

Wahoo Fitness
- -
Hydrow
✅ -2.18

✅ Good

1,357.9 kb

✅ Good

Peloton
✅ -6.92

✅ Good

3,524.5 kb

❌ Poor

FightCamp
- -
Ergatta
- 3,720.68 kb

❌ Poor

Tonal
🟧 0.6

❌ Poor

468.77 kb

✅ Good

Crossnet
- -

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 49.33 23.47
Tempo Fit
16

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Theragun
89

❌ Poor

22

⚠️ Fair

Oru Kayak
75

❌ Poor

2

✅ Good

Quell
44

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Joovv
13

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Supersapiens
0

✅ Good

-
Clmbr
0

✅ Good

-
Echelon
46

⚠️ Fair

7

✅ Good

Wahoo Fitness
35

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Hydrow
85

❌ Poor

12

✅ Good

Peloton
127

❌ Poor

44

❌ Poor

FightCamp
31

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Ergatta
21

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Tonal
48

⚠️ Fair

13

✅ Good

Crossnet
110

❌ Poor

75

❌ Poor

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 328 412 55.68%
Tempo Fit
7

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

56.25%
Theragun
67

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

24.72%
Oru Kayak
14

✅ Good

61

✅ Good

81.33%
Quell
17

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

61.36%
Joovv
9

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

30.77%
Supersapiens
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Clmbr
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Echelon
40

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

13.04%
Wahoo Fitness
25

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

28.57%
Hydrow
62

✅ Good

23

✅ Good

27.06%
Peloton
31

✅ Good

96

✅ Good

75.59%
FightCamp
6

✅ Good

25

✅ Good

80.65%
Ergatta
10

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

52.38%
Tonal
30

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

37.5%
Crossnet
10

✅ Good

100

✅ Good

90.91%

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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