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Here’s what you’ll find in today’s DTC:
1️⃣ How offer testing improved ad performance for this supplement brand
2️⃣ Use Claude to uncover your customers' exact language
3️⃣ A password-protected launch that broke through the noise and increased conversions
You’re reading this newsletter along with new subscribers from: NutJar, Nordic Pet Care, and Paula’s Choice. 👋
💰 The Power of A Strong Offer (Plus Results)
Once evergreen messaging and creative are dialled in, a well-constructed offer can significantly accelerate scale on Meta.
Evergreen creative and messaging are essential for capturing attention and driving prospecting, but the offer is what converts.
The Pilothouse Meta team recently demonstrated this by scaling spend for a $5M/year supplement brand by nearly 5x in seven days, off the back of a single, well-structured offer.
The offer was an entry bundle with a steep first-month discount and a smaller ongoing discount for subsequent months.
Results across all campaigns were immediate and dramatic:
What drove the results?
1️⃣ A high-value offer. The bundle combined a significant discount with free shipping, lowering the barrier to a first purchase while anchoring subscribers to an ongoing relationship.
2️⃣ Urgency built into every touchpoint. Copy, creative, and the post-click landing page all reinforced scarcity: a limited bundle count, a countdown timer, and strikethrough pricing in the ad creative.
3️⃣ Aggressive, adaptive scaling. The team moved fast, increasing spend incrementally day over day and adjusting in real time based on performance signals.
When planning your next Meta campaign, offer testing is one of the highest-leverage moves available for turning warm interest into purchases.
Speaking of strong offers… 👇
🛒 22,400+ Shopify Stores Are Selling More with Smarter Bundles
Most shoppers are willing to buy more. The challenge is giving them an offer that makes sense.
That's where smarter bundling comes in. Thousands of Shopify stores use Fast Bundle to turn single-item purchases into higher-value carts with:
Fast Bundle brings it all together without messy app stacking: flexible bundling first, with built-in upsell tools for stores selling online and through Shopify POS.
It’s the easier way to increase AOV, move inventory, and make every cart work better.
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🔎 Your Reviews Are a Research Database
Sarah Levinger shared a smart use case for AI this week: feed your reviews into Claude and look for patterns.
The list goes on.
Mining this data will help you uncover the language your customers naturally use when describing the problem, the outcome, the product, and its benefits.
You'll also find objections, buying triggers, use cases, and positioning angles that show up repeatedly across hundreds of reviews.
Those answers can become ad hooks, PDP copy, email messaging, and entirely new creative angles.
Your best-performing copy may already be sitting in your review section.
The $54K Password Campaign
This TWBERP episode features Henry, Ecommerce Strategist at Pilothouse, breaking down one of the most interesting email campaigns we've seen all year.
A seven-figure men's jewelry brand selling an $800 product was facing a familiar challenge: long consideration cycles and slowing campaign performance. Instead of running another standard sale, the team created a password-protected VIP launch that subscribers had to unlock themselves.
The result? A single email generated $54,000 and helped drive a $65,000 day.
In this episode:
🛒 AI is the new front door to shopping, can your customers find you inside? Peec AI asked 12 experts to weigh in on what brands should do in this playbook. Grab your free copy here. *
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Instagram expands access to post-view ads in Reels. Now all advertisers can display a promo video after an organic Reel. Read more →
Meta’s content personalization update. The platform will use off-site activity to personalize content like ads and AI responses beginning in July. Read more →
Uber Eats’ World Cup campaign. Starring Gordon Ramsay, the cheeky campaign “Who Could Cook At A Time Like This?” urges football fans to drop the pans or miss out on key moments. Read more →
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DTC Newsletter is written by Rebecca Knight and Frances Du. Edited by Eric Dyck.
Please note that items in this newsletter marked with * contain sponsored content.
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