Swimwear - 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.

Swimwear

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

Swimwear

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, Frankies Bikinis fell short of securing the top position, as Cupshe claimed the lead. Frankies Bikinis sent a total of 30 emails, whereas Cupshe surpassed them with 33 emails during the month.

Maintaining its dominance in the advertising realm, Cupshe continued to shine with an impressive 120 new ads created. Summersalt closely followed with 112 new ads, boasting the highest number of ad copies with a total of 64 unique variations.

Both Cupshe and Summersalt showcase their brands predominantly through images in their advertisements. Cupshe leverages 79 images alongside 40 videos, while Summersalt used 80 images and 26 videos.

Emails sent on average

21.1

Ads published on average

62

Average Spam Score

1.8

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 21.07 56.74%
Kitty & Vibe
12

❌ Poor

54.92%

⚠️ Fair

Dippin Daisy's
22

⚠️ Fair

68.95%

✅ Good

Beach Bunny Swimwear
29

✅ Good

54.17%

⚠️ Fair

Four Three Seven
10

❌ Poor

64.1%

✅ Good

Andie
21

⚠️ Fair

56.76%

⚠️ Fair

Fair Harbor
21

⚠️ Fair

56.52%

⚠️ Fair

Beach Riot
25

✅ Good

51.56%

⚠️ Fair

Vitamin A Swim
26

✅ Good

59.31%

⚠️ Fair

Frankies Bikinis
30

✅ Good

42.6%

❌ Poor

Left On Friday
14

❌ Poor

51.79%

⚠️ Fair

Solid & Striped
15

❌ Poor

54.93%

⚠️ Fair

Monday Swimwear
12

❌ Poor

67.58%

✅ Good

Summersalt
28

✅ Good

62.71%

✅ Good

Kenny Flowers
18

❌ Poor

58.5%

⚠️ Fair

Cupshe
33

✅ Good

57.15%

⚠️ 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 -1.78 4,352.83 kb
Kitty & Vibe
✅ -0.78

❌ Poor

4,746.45 kb

⚠️ Fair

Dippin Daisy's
✅ -3.18

✅ Good

4,162.33 kb

⚠️ Fair

Beach Bunny Swimwear
✅ -1.93

⚠️ Fair

2,623.13 kb

✅ Good

Four Three Seven
✅ -2.09

✅ Good

5,751.69 kb

❌ Poor

Andie
✅ -1.71

⚠️ Fair

7,667.45 kb

❌ Poor

Fair Harbor
✅ -1.44

❌ Poor

4,787.05 kb

⚠️ Fair

Beach Riot
✅ -1.7

⚠️ Fair

3,651.25 kb

✅ Good

Vitamin A Swim
✅ -0.28

❌ Poor

3,112.53 kb

✅ Good

Frankies Bikinis
✅ -0.43

❌ Poor

7,009.74 kb

❌ Poor

Left On Friday
✅ -2.41

✅ Good

12,315.54 kb

❌ Poor

Solid & Striped
✅ -1.77

⚠️ Fair

4,829.56 kb

❌ Poor

Monday Swimwear
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

1,018.61 kb

✅ Good

Summersalt
✅ -2.59

✅ Good

1,528.48 kb

✅ Good

Kenny Flowers
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

4,972.44 kb

❌ Poor

Cupshe
✅ -2.08

✅ Good

1,816.64 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 62.0 23.2
Kitty & Vibe
40

✅ Good

22

⚠️ Fair

Dippin Daisy's
67

⚠️ Fair

8

✅ Good

Beach Bunny Swimwear
24

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Four Three Seven
64

⚠️ Fair

20

✅ Good

Andie
103

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

Fair Harbor
88

❌ Poor

6

✅ Good

Beach Riot
37

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

Vitamin A Swim
33

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Frankies Bikinis
67

⚠️ Fair

27

❌ Poor

Left On Friday
88

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

Solid & Striped
31

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Monday Swimwear
42

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Summersalt
112

❌ Poor

41

❌ Poor

Kenny Flowers
14

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Cupshe
120

❌ Poor

14

✅ 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 565 338 36.34%
Kitty & Vibe
14

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

45.0%
Dippin Daisy's
35

✅ Good

32

✅ Good

47.76%
Beach Bunny Swimwear
16

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

29.17%
Four Three Seven
28

✅ Good

36

✅ Good

56.25%
Andie
81

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

21.36%
Fair Harbor
33

✅ Good

54

✅ Good

61.36%
Beach Riot
18

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

45.95%
Vitamin A Swim
17

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

42.42%
Frankies Bikinis
57

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

14.93%
Left On Friday
64

✅ Good

24

✅ Good

27.27%
Solid & Striped
14

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

35.48%
Monday Swimwear
27

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

35.71%
Summersalt
80

✅ Good

26

✅ Good

23.21%
Kenny Flowers
2

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

85.71%
Cupshe
79

✅ Good

40

✅ Good

33.33%

Ads detected over time

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