Supplement - 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.

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

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: Inno Supps stands out in the supplements industry with the highest number of emails sent and a good email performance. Onnit follows closely, showcasing a strong email strategy. However, Cuure and Standard Dose need improvement, displaying poor email performance and a high percentage of promotions.

Email Deliverability Summary: Heights excels in email deliverability with an outstanding spam score and optimized email size. Inno Supps and Care/Of also perform well in this aspect. Conversely, brands like Onnit and Ritual need to enhance their email optimization to improve deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: Heights dominates the advertising arena within the supplements industry with the highest number of new ads and excellent unique copy performance. Inno Supps and Cuure also perform well in advertising. However, brands like Dose and Standard Dose need to increase their advertising presence.

In conclusion, Inno Supps leads in email marketing and advertising, while Heights excels in email deliverability within the supplements industry. Brands like Cuure and Onnit show promise but need enhancements in specific areas.

Emails sent on average

12.0

Ads published on average

37

Average Spam Score

2.6

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 12.0 59.73%
Standard Dose
10

❌ Poor

75.7%

✅ Good

Care/Of
11

⚠️ Fair

69.73%

✅ Good

O Positiv
16

✅ Good

69.25%

✅ Good

Dose
8

❌ Poor

63.13%

⚠️ Fair

Heights
9

❌ Poor

55.33%

⚠️ Fair

beam
8

❌ Poor

65.75%

✅ Good

The Nue Co
14

✅ Good

54.71%

⚠️ Fair

Onnit
26

✅ Good

55.54%

⚠️ Fair

Ritual
9

❌ Poor

67.22%

✅ Good

HUM Nutrition
13

⚠️ Fair

56.38%

⚠️ Fair

OLLY
2

❌ Poor

70.5%

✅ Good

Cuure
10

❌ Poor

52.3%

❌ Poor

Happy Tuesdays
5

❌ Poor

52.8%

❌ Poor

Amp Human / Momentous
8

❌ Poor

47.63%

❌ Poor

Inno Supps
31

✅ Good

55.94%

⚠️ 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 -2.6 1,557.9 kb
Standard Dose
✅ -2.47

⚠️ Fair

979.63 kb

✅ Good

Care/Of
✅ -3.55

✅ Good

1,327.08 kb

✅ Good

O Positiv
✅ -1.71

❌ Poor

922.0 kb

✅ Good

Dose
✅ -1.1

❌ Poor

932.91 kb

✅ Good

Heights
✅ -2.57

⚠️ Fair

1,360.5 kb

✅ Good

beam
✅ -3.13

✅ Good

1,276.96 kb

✅ Good

The Nue Co
✅ -2.06

❌ Poor

2,319.94 kb

❌ Poor

Onnit
✅ -3.77

✅ Good

2,027.92 kb

❌ Poor

Ritual
✅ -2.04

❌ Poor

1,637.73 kb

⚠️ Fair

HUM Nutrition
✅ -1.57

❌ Poor

1,936.45 kb

❌ Poor

OLLY
- 81.98 kb

✅ Good

Cuure
✅ -2.9

✅ Good

2,000.64 kb

❌ Poor

Happy Tuesdays
✅ -2.8

⚠️ Fair

1,761.89 kb

❌ Poor

Amp Human / Momentous
✅ -1.49

❌ Poor

2,406.21 kb

❌ Poor

Inno Supps
✅ -3.04

✅ Good

1,225.94 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 36.93 20.6
Standard Dose
0

✅ Good

-
Care/Of
11

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

O Positiv
0

✅ Good

-
Dose
25

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Heights
111

❌ Poor

36

❌ Poor

beam
23

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

The Nue Co
32

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

Onnit
44

❌ Poor

6

✅ Good

Ritual
30

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

HUM Nutrition
40

⚠️ Fair

18

✅ Good

OLLY
51

❌ Poor

30

❌ Poor

Cuure
62

❌ Poor

21

⚠️ Fair

Happy Tuesdays
11

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Amp Human / Momentous
24

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Inno Supps
90

❌ Poor

90

❌ 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 304 241 43.5%
Standard Dose
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Care/Of
0

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

100.0%
O Positiv
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Dose
16

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

36.0%
Heights
81

✅ Good

30

✅ Good

27.03%
beam
15

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

34.78%
The Nue Co
10

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

68.75%
Onnit
14

✅ Good

29

✅ Good

65.91%
Ritual
8

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

73.33%
HUM Nutrition
25

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

30.0%
OLLY
25

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

43.14%
Cuure
26

✅ Good

36

✅ Good

58.06%
Happy Tuesdays
10

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Amp Human / Momentous
24

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Inno Supps
50

✅ Good

40

✅ Good

44.44%

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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