Supplement - 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.

Supplements

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

Supplements

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

Supplements Industry Email Marketing Overview: The Supplements industry witnesses a notable surge in email engagement, led by Onnit with a 24.42% increase in emails sent. Onnit showcases commendable email marketing performance, classified as "Good," although improvement is needed in avoiding promotions. Inno Supps follows closely, demonstrating a balance between good email practices and the need for promotional refinement. O Positiv stands out with a robust 69.05% email scoring, emphasizing the effectiveness of their email strategies.

Deliverability Metrics: In the realm of deliverability, Dose and Heights stand out with consistent "Good" ratings. Dose notably achieves a -1.53 average spam score, optimizing email size for efficient delivery. Conversely, beam faces challenges with a consistently high spam score, indicating potential hurdles in reaching subscribers' inboxes. On the other hand, Ritual showcases robust performance in managing spam scores and optimizing email size, contributing to a positive user experience.

Advertising Performance: The advertising landscape sees notable activity from Cuure, Onnit, and Inno Supps, with impressive ad velocities of 121, 116, and 105, respectively. Cuure's diverse ad copies contribute to an impactful social presence. On the downside, Happy Tuesdays lags in both ad velocity and diversity, highlighting an area for potential improvement in expanding their advertising reach and creativity. Cuure's strong performance in social ads further establishes its position as a key player in the industry.

Emails sent on average

14.1

Ads published on average

70

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 14.14 57.45%
Care/Of
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

O Positiv
20

✅ Good

69.05%

✅ Good

Dose
17

✅ Good

73.82%

✅ Good

Heights
5

❌ Poor

58.2%

⚠️ Fair

beam
20

✅ Good

52.45%

⚠️ Fair

The Nue Co
15

⚠️ Fair

62.53%

⚠️ Fair

Onnit
53

✅ Good

48.0%

❌ Poor

Ritual
7

❌ Poor

64.0%

✅ Good

HUM Nutrition
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

OLLY
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Cuure
4

❌ Poor

60.5%

⚠️ Fair

Happy Tuesdays
7

❌ Poor

70.57%

✅ Good

Amp Human / Momentous
12

❌ Poor

53.92%

⚠️ Fair

Inno Supps
38

✅ Good

54.92%

⚠️ 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 -2.13 1,880.4 kb
Care/Of
- -
O Positiv
✅ -1.88

❌ Poor

870.33 kb

✅ Good

Dose
✅ -1.53

❌ Poor

424.76 kb

✅ Good

Heights
✅ -2.62

✅ Good

985.13 kb

✅ Good

beam
✅ -1.88

❌ Poor

4,247.68 kb

❌ Poor

The Nue Co
✅ -3.63

✅ Good

2,008.15 kb

⚠️ Fair

Onnit
✅ -2.17

⚠️ Fair

3,116.1 kb

❌ Poor

Ritual
✅ -2.96

✅ Good

1,029.57 kb

✅ Good

HUM Nutrition
- -
OLLY
- -
Cuure
✅ -1.9

❌ Poor

1,394.86 kb

✅ Good

Happy Tuesdays
✅ -3.57

✅ Good

780.38 kb

✅ Good

Amp Human / Momentous
✅ -0.63

❌ Poor

1,087.83 kb

✅ Good

Inno Supps
✅ -2.02

⚠️ Fair

821.92 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 69.71 30.79
Care/Of
43

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

O Positiv
34

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Dose
137

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Heights
57

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

beam
59

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

The Nue Co
67

⚠️ Fair

25

✅ Good

Onnit
116

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

Ritual
77

❌ Poor

25

✅ Good

HUM Nutrition
44

✅ Good

31

⚠️ Fair

OLLY
59

✅ Good

43

❌ Poor

Cuure
121

❌ Poor

29

⚠️ Fair

Happy Tuesdays
20

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Amp Human / Momentous
37

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Inno Supps
105

❌ Poor

72

❌ 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 519 457 46.82%
Care/Of
10

✅ Good

33

✅ Good

76.74%
O Positiv
16

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

52.94%
Dose
52

✅ Good

85

✅ Good

62.04%
Heights
41

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

28.07%
beam
40

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

32.2%
The Nue Co
36

✅ Good

31

✅ Good

46.27%
Onnit
41

✅ Good

75

✅ Good

64.66%
Ritual
32

✅ Good

45

✅ Good

58.44%
HUM Nutrition
43

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

2.27%
OLLY
22

✅ Good

37

✅ Good

62.71%
Cuure
60

✅ Good

61

✅ Good

50.41%
Happy Tuesdays
20

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Amp Human / Momentous
27

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

27.03%
Inno Supps
79

✅ Good

26

✅ Good

24.76%

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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