Cats

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Cats
industry. Our goal is to provide for free insights and benchmarks on their digital marketing strategy, email practices and advertising velocity. We'll compare at least 15 brands every month with thresholds. If you want more detailed insights, you can subscribe to our newsletter.

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Cats

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Cats - February - 2024

Created on
April 21, 2024
Latest update on
April 21, 2024
8.4
Emails published on average
24
Ads launched on average
1.5
Average Spam Score

Email Marketing Performance: Dope Dog leads the industry in email marketing performance, exhibiting strong engagement with 10 emails sent, a good email scoring, and a noteworthy percentage of promotions, indicating effective communication and promotional strategies. Native Pet closely follows with 15 emails sent, boasting a good email scoring and a high percentage of promotions, showcasing consistent engagement and promotional activities. Front Of The Pack demonstrates commendable email marketing performance with 15 emails sent, coupled with a good email scoring, albeit with a relatively high percentage of promotions, suggesting potential areas for optimization in promotional strategies.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Dope Dog showcases exceptional email deliverability with a good spam score and email size performance, indicating efficient content optimization and inbox placement. Jinx demonstrates mixed results in email deliverability, displaying a fair spam score and poor email size, suggesting potential challenges in content optimization and management practices. Good Trouble Pets exhibits limited data on email deliverability, necessitating further assessment to understand its performance in content optimization and inbox placement.

Advertising Impact and Diversity: Dog is Human stands out in advertising impact and diversity, with 89 impactful ads demonstrating both volume and variety in content, highlighting its robust market presence in the cats brands industry. Furbo Dog Camera closely follows with 72 impactful ads, showcasing a strong advertising presence and engagement diversity, effectively positioning itself in the competitive market. The Farmer's Dog maintains a solid advertising impact with 63 impactful ads, although with limited diversity in unique copy, suggesting potential areas for content variation and innovation.

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Cats - January - 2024

Created on
February 11, 2024
Latest update on
February 11, 2024
8.4
Emails published on average
33
Ads launched on average
2.1
Average Spam Score

Email Marketing Performance: Meowingtons leads the cat brands industry with 38 emails, demonstrating a good performance score of 59.03% despite a fair promotion ratio (13%). PrettyLitter follows closely, sending 30 emails with a good performance score of 57.6% but showing a higher promotion ratio (76%). Travel Cat and Tuft & Paw exhibit potential with 10 emails each, showcasing good performance but needing improvement in promotion strategies. Caats, Cat Person, Ziggy, Catalyst, Happy & Polly, Republic of Cats, Smalls, Made by Nacho, Pusheen Box, and Meow Mix face challenges in email marketing performance and promotion strategies, requiring significant enhancements to engage consumers effectively and remain competitive.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Caats leads in email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management. Ziggy exhibits a positive spam score but faces challenges in email size management. Made by Nacho, Republic of Cats, Pusheen Box, Happy & Polly, Cat Person, Catalyst, and PrettyLitter demonstrate effective email deliverability with positive spam scores and efficient email size management. Tuft & Paw, Smalls, Travel Cat, and Meow Mix show promise in spam scores but require improvements in email size management for optimal deliverability. The remaining brands, including Meowingtons, face challenges in both spam scores and email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to optimize email deliverability.

Advertising Performance: Cat Person leads in advertising with 135 impactful ads, emphasizing both volume and diversity in ad content. PrettyLitter closely follows with 118 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of unique copies and strong advertising volume. Caats, Smalls, Tuft & Paw, Travel Cat, Happy & Polly, Republic of Cats, and Ziggy exhibit potential in advertising but require enhancements in both volume and diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness in the Cat Brands industry. Catalyst, Meow Mix, Pusheen Box, and Made by Nacho struggle with advertising impact and diversity, needing significant improvements to effectively engage consumers.

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Cats - December - 2023

Created on
December 27, 2023
Latest update on
December 27, 2023
9.4
Emails published on average
16
Ads launched on average
1.2
Average Spam Score

Email Marketing Overview: In the Cats industry, email marketing demonstrates a 17.65% uptick, averaging 9.8 emails. Meowingtons leads with an impressive 40 emails, sustaining a balance of frequency and engagement. Travel Cat and Tuft & Paw also perform well, showcasing effective outreach. However, Travel Cat needs to enhance its scoring to compete effectively. Lagging brands, like Smalls and 9Lives, exhibit poor engagement and scoring, suggesting a need for strategic overhaul.

Email Deliverability Insights: Email deliverability, measured by spam scores, improved by 5.26% on average. Meow Mix and Republic of Cats excel in deliverability, achieving -2.6 and -4.27 scores, respectively. However, Pusheen Box struggles with a large email size, potentially affecting engagement. Executives should focus on optimizing email sizes, with Tuft & Paw needing significant improvement. A focus on spam scores ensures messages land in inboxes, maintaining brand reputation.

Ads Performance: Advertising strategies see a diversity score of 72.16%, crucial for engagement. Caats and Ziggy lead with visually appealing ads and comprehensive video content. Meow Mix, while excelling in email deliverability, lacks in advertising diversity. Brands like Republic of Cats and Pusheen Box, though strong in images, need to introduce video content for a more dynamic approach. To stay competitive, brands should prioritize a balanced mix of images and videos in their advertising strategies.

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Cats - November - 2023

Created on
November 18, 2023
Latest update on
November 18, 2023
8.1
Emails published on average
20
Ads launched on average
1.1
Average Spam Score

Email Marketing Summary: Meowingtons dominates the Cats industry, leading with 8.13 emails on average, scoring well in email practices (54.47%) despite a fair promotion rate. Travel Cat and Tuft & Paw follow suit, exhibiting solid email strategies. Ziggy and Caats perform decently but need improvement. Brands like Catalyst and PrettyLitter trail with lower engagement and scoring.

Email Deliverability Summary: Caats shines in email deliverability with a strong spam score of -1.34 and effective email size management. Ziggy needs improvement in spam scores and email size. PrettyLitter faces challenges with a higher spam score but excels in email size optimization. Travel Cat, Meow Mix, and Happy & Polly show good deliverability but should refine their email size strategies.

Ads Performance Summary: Caats leads in advertising with a high ad velocity, presenting 70 new ads and diverse content. PrettyLitter also excels, with 62 new ads and a variety of copies. Cat Person performs well but needs more diverse ad content. Ziggy and Tuft & Paw show potential but require increased ad velocity. Meow Mix and 9Lives lag in this competitive space with minimal ad presence.

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Cats - October - 2023

Created on
October 19, 2023
Latest update on
October 19, 2023
7.5
Emails published on average
26
Ads launched on average
1.4
Average Spam Score

Email Marketing Summary: Meowingtons leads the cat industry in email marketing, consistently delivering good-performing emails with a high score and a balanced promotion strategy. Travel Cat, Made by Nacho, and Happy & Polly show promise with good scores, although they need to refine their promotions. Tuft & Paw, Ziggy, and Caats fall in a fair category and should enhance both scoring and promotional aspects. Smalls, Republic of Cats, Pusheen Box, Meow Mix, Catalyst, and PrettyLitter need significant improvements, especially in scoring and promotions, to compete effectively in the market.

Email Deliverability Summary: Caats excels in email deliverability, maintaining a good spam score and optimal email size. Ziggy, Made by Nacho, Republic of Cats, and Happy & Polly also show promising deliverability performance. Tuft & Paw, Travel Cat, and Meow Mix need improvements in both spam scores and email sizes. Smalls faces challenges and should enhance both spam scores and email sizes for better deliverability. PrettyLitter, Cat Person, 9Lives, and Pusheen Box are lagging behind and need a significant overhaul in both spam scores and email sizes.

Ads Performance Summary: Cat Person, PrettyLitter, and Caats lead in ads performance, demonstrating high velocity and a diverse range of unique copies. Happy & Polly, Travel Cat, Republic of Cats, and Meow Mix also maintain commendable ad strategies. Ziggy, Tuft & Paw, and Catalyst show potential but need improvements. Meowingtons, Pusheen Box, Made by Nacho, 9Lives, and Smalls are lagging behind and need to enhance their ads strategies for better overall performance.

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Cats - September - 2023

Created on
September 14, 2023
Latest update on
September 14, 2023
7.1
Emails published on average
29
Ads launched on average
1.3
Average Spam Score

Email Marketing Summary: Meowingtons is the leader in the Cats industry for email marketing. It sends a high number of emails with good email scoring, but there are too many promotions. Made by Nacho and Travel Cat also perform well in email marketing with good email scores and lower promotion rates. Brands like PrettyLitter need to reduce promotions and improve email scoring.

Email Deliverability Summary: Caats leads in email deliverability with an excellent spam score and optimized email size. Ziggy and Tuft & Paw also perform well in email deliverability with good spam scores and reasonable email sizes. Brands like Smalls and Catalyst need to work on their email deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: PrettyLitter excels in advertising with the highest number of new ads detected and good unique copy performance. Cat Person and Caats also perform well in advertising. Brands like 9Lives and Smalls need to focus more on their advertising efforts.

In summary, Meowingtons leads in email marketing, while Caats excels in email deliverability. PrettyLitter dominates advertising, with Cat Person and Caats also performing well. Brands like Smalls need to improve both email deliverability and advertising efforts.

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Cats - August - 2023

Created on
August 18, 2023
Latest update on
August 18, 2023
8.7
Emails published on average
30
Ads launched on average
0.2
Average Spam Score

In August, Meowingtons and PrettyLitter continued to maintain their prominent email presence, while PrettyLitter and Cat Person held their ground in ads.

In the realm of emails, Meowingtons sent a total of 38 emails, while PrettyLitter followed with 24 emails, of which 45% were promotional.

Shifting our focus to advertising, PrettyLitter stood out by creating 100 new ads, achieving the highest count of ad copies at 38. In contrast, Cat Person generated 80 new ads.

Exploring their ad media approach for the month, both PrettyLitter and Cat Person remained steadfast in prioritizing videos over images. Specifically, PrettyLitter showcased 89 videos and a mere 8 images, while Cat Person featured 59 videos and 21 images.

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Cats - July - 2023

Created on
July 20, 2023
Latest update on
July 20, 2023
8.3
Emails published on average
25
Ads launched on average
0.2
Average Spam Score

In July, Meowingtons and PrettyLitter maintained their positions as leaders in emails, with Meowingtons sending 39 emails and PrettyLitter following with 22 emails.

In terms of advertising, PrettyLitter takes the lead with 119 new ads created, boasting the highest number of ad copies (42). Cat Person secures the second position with 69 new ads.

Regarding their ad strategy, both PrettyLitter and Cat Person favored videos over images. PrettyLitter utilized 101 videos compared to 18 images, while Cat Person opted for 56 videos and 13 images.

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Cats - June - 2023

Created on
June 20, 2023
Latest update on
June 20, 2023
8.9
Emails published on average
32
Ads launched on average
0.2
Average Spam Score

During June, Meowingtons takes the lead again in emails with 37 emails sent, followed by PrettyLitter with 23 emails.

Shifting to new ads, Cat Person created 109 new ads, securing the first position. PrettyLitter comes in second with 108 new ads and boasts the highest number of ad copies with a total of 42 unique copies.

Regarding ad strategy, both Cat Person and PrettyLitter prioritize videos in their ad media for the month of June. Cat Person utilized 88 videos and 19 images, while PrettyLitter relied on 85 videos and 23 images.

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Cats - May - 2023

Created on
May 16, 2023
Latest update on
May 16, 2023
8.7
Emails published on average
24
Ads launched on average
0.5
Average Spam Score

In the month of May, Meowingtons maintained the lead position with 36 emails. Right on their heels, PrettyLitter in the second position with 26 emails.

Shifting to advertising, PrettyLitter takes the lead with 75 new ads. Not only that, but they also exhibit their prowess in ad copies, utilizing a total of 39 unique copies. Close behind is Tuft & Paw with 50 new ads.

Both PrettyLitter and Tuft & Paw prioritize the power of videos. PrettyLitter used 63 videos, complemented by 11 images. Similarly, Tuft & Paw used 49 videos companied by a single image.

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Cats - April - 2023

Created on
April 15, 2023
Latest update on
April 15, 2023
8.6
Emails published on average
20
Ads launched on average
0.4
Average Spam Score

Comparing to March's results, Meowingtons and Travel Cat maintained their lead in email marketing, with Meowingtons sending 38 emails and Travel Cat sending 26 emails in April. When it comes to new ads, Cat Person took the lead with 57 new ads launched. PrettyLitter closely followed with 49 new ads, but with the highest number of ad copies used in this period, with a total of 34 ad copies. In terms of advertising strategy, Travel Cat prioritized images in its new ads with 25 new images compared to only 2 new videos. Meanwhile, PrettyLitter was focused on videos, with 39 new videos compared to 10 new images.

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Cats - March - 2023

Created on
April 3, 2023
Latest update on
April 3, 2023
8.7
Emails published on average
19
Ads launched on average
0.1
Average Spam Score

During the month of March, Meowingtons took the lead in sending the highest number of emails with 39 emails, followed by Travel Cat with 28 emails. In terms of new ads launched, Ziggy created 73 ads, followed by Travel Cat with 51 ads, having the highest number of ad copies with 49 ad copies used in its new ads.

Travel Cat's new ads primarily used images instead of videos, with 44 new images compared to only 4 new videos during March. On the other hand, Ziggy used almost an equal number of images and videos, with a slight preference for images with 36 images and 34 videos used in their ads.

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Purr-fectly Effective: Email and Promotion Standards of Top DTC Brands in the Cats Industry

These cat-related’s brands offer products from food and litter to toys and accessories. Convincing cat owners, providing the best care possible and make their business stand out in a crowded market are the main everyday challenges for these brands. Discover how these brands promote to cat lovers their high-quality products to pamper their feline friend.

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