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📦 Five reasons why you should be jumping on eCommerce subscriptions.
📦 How to provide a VIP experience for your loyalty members with SMS.
📦 The Pilothouse team on how to "TikTokify" your ads.
📦 Level up your marketing skills with the help of real experts at DTC Day.
Even before a global pandemic brought the world to a screeching halt, subscription eCommerce has seen rapid growth.
While online shopping reached an all-time high, with 900 million more digital buyers in 2021 vs. 2020, SUBTA predicts 75% of DTC brands will offersubscriptions by 2023.
On top of this, global eCommerce subscriptions will make up 18% of the total market share.
Loyalty members expect a higher level of exclusivity and personalization from your customer experience, and SMS marketing makes that easy to deliver.
Each step can be customized to fit every unique personality, preference, and purchase behavior.
This way, you can send the right text at the right time to the right customer, building revenue-driving relationships as you go.
📱 63% of loyalty members are already signed up to engage with brands via SMS.
🚀 76% of loyalty members want to sign up to receive text messages.
💰 80% of consumers say they’d be even more loyal to brands that delivered tailored experiences.
With Yotpo’s combined SMS and loyalty solutions, your brand can rise to meet this consumer demand today.
👉 Check out these three ways you can combine SMS and loyalty to drive retention.
A replenishment subscription allows customers to buy essentials and consumables on repeat. Categories that benefit from this model include toiletries, groceries, pet food, vitamins, etc.
Dollar Shave Club is an excellent example of this model.
Since this model puts replenishables on autopilot, it has the advantage of higher retention rates.
However, making these subscriptions valuable to consumers means giving a lot of discounts, resulting in lower profit margins. But the higher volumes often offset lower margins.
The curation model is probably the most well-known application of subscriptions in the DTC and ecommerce world.
It includes providing a collection of products and services personalized to the customer’s preferences.
Birchbox is a great example. Customers receive a handpicked collection of products in categories selected by them.
Subscribers look for highly personalized product curation, and they’re prepared to pay a premium price.
However, retaining customers can be a challenge and a brand should be prepared for additional expenses with creative packaging and personalized touches.
Just as the name suggests, subscribers pay a membership fee for access to an exclusive community or early access to products.
NatureBox sells organic and healthy food options and follows this model. Notice the "member discount" on each item 👇
If subscriptions is a topic you’re interested in learning more about, reply to this email and let us know!
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Getting started on TikTok?
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Join Eric and Pilothouse media buyers Spencer Hay and Nikita Pickard as they go over the basics of advertising on TikTok ads.
One way to do this, is to modify or "TikTokify" your existing creative:
Then use the "text to voice" feature. Download, then use that "text to voice" audio on top of your creative edit.
This will grab attention on TikTok and feel organic to the platform!
🎧 Listen to the full pod for:
📦 How to think about the platform
📦 TikTokify your existing ads
📦 Why TikTok is a platform you need to be thinking about already
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Check out this eye-catching creative from vitamin and supplements brand, Ritual:
Any time you’re "re-imagining" a product, include your exact ingredients to build credibility with your audience.
This ad does a great job of taking something super familiar (protein powder) and repositioning it with higher quality ingredients.
The animation is simple and stark, and draws the eye nicely.
Notice the words that fulfill the promise of re-imagination: "plant-based," "handcrafted," "clean," "sugar-free," and "complete."
Wait, are my amino acids not complete? 😕 Better grab some.
Bonus points for the scoop pun! 😬
Price: $899-$999
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