Cannabis - November - 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.

Cannabis

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

Cannabis

industry, for the month of

December

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 Overview: During November, the Cannabis Gear industry has seen an uptick in email activity. Leading this surge is House Plant, with an impressive average of 18 emails sent, showcasing good performance in email scoring. Following closely, Recess, Proper, and Feals are also in the forefront, demonstrating good email practices. However, Standard Dose appears to be trailing, having sent no emails during this period.

Email Deliverability Insights: In terms of email deliverability, House Plant shines again with a remarkable reduction in spam score, ensuring that their content reaches inboxes effectively. Recess follows suit, showcasing a good balance in email size and deliverability. However, The Honey Pot Company, despite a slight improvement in spam score, still faces challenges, possibly due to larger email sizes.

Ads Performance: The Cannabis industry is heating up in the advertising arena. Beam takes the lead, with a prolific average of 67 new ads detected, exhibiting a diverse range of content. Notably, Proper and Foria stand out with a mix of fair and good performances in ad creativity and volume. On the contrary, Highline Wellness appears to lag, having presented no new ads during this period.

Emails sent on average

13.4

Ads published on average

28

Average Spam Score

1.3

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 13.38 56.42%
House Plant
18

✅ Good

43.0%

❌ Poor

Recess
15

✅ Good

57.6%

⚠️ Fair

Proper
10

❌ Poor

57.0%

⚠️ Fair

The Honey Pot Company
7

❌ Poor

50.14%

❌ Poor

FAB CBD
12

❌ Poor

45.83%

❌ Poor

Sandland Sleep
11

❌ Poor

71.45%

✅ Good

beam
14

⚠️ Fair

53.14%

⚠️ Fair

Plant People
15

✅ Good

59.8%

⚠️ Fair

Highline Wellness
10

❌ Poor

55.0%

⚠️ Fair

Not Pot
10

❌ Poor

60.1%

⚠️ Fair

Feals
16

✅ Good

76.69%

✅ Good

Foria
19

✅ Good

53.16%

⚠️ Fair

Trip
17

✅ Good

52.53%

⚠️ 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 -1.3 2,797.97 kb
House Plant
✅ -0.53

❌ Poor

7,177.42 kb

❌ Poor

Recess
✅ -1.53

✅ Good

2,638.37 kb

⚠️ Fair

Proper
✅ -1.67

✅ Good

477.26 kb

✅ Good

The Honey Pot Company
🟧 0.01

❌ Poor

804.01 kb

✅ Good

FAB CBD
✅ -1.48

✅ Good

5,552.9 kb

❌ Poor

Sandland Sleep
✅ -1.54

✅ Good

728.61 kb

✅ Good

beam
✅ -1.97

✅ Good

2,672.41 kb

⚠️ Fair

Plant People
✅ -2.79

✅ Good

1,960.82 kb

✅ Good

Highline Wellness
✅ -0.61

❌ Poor

1,559.45 kb

✅ Good

Not Pot
- 4,702.92 kb

❌ Poor

Feals
✅ -0.58

❌ Poor

849.08 kb

✅ Good

Foria
✅ -1.34

⚠️ Fair

2,566.81 kb

⚠️ Fair

Trip
✅ -1.16

❌ Poor

2,424.88 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 27.54 10.38
House Plant
45

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Recess
12

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Proper
24

✅ Good

14

❌ Poor

The Honey Pot Company
40

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

FAB CBD
21

✅ Good

11

⚠️ Fair

Sandland Sleep
12

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

beam
67

❌ Poor

17

❌ Poor

Plant People
25

⚠️ Fair

1

✅ Good

Highline Wellness
0

✅ Good

-
Not Pot
3

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Feals
28

⚠️ Fair

0

✅ Good

Foria
37

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Trip
44

❌ Poor

16

❌ 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 235 123 34.36%
House Plant
29

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

35.56%
Recess
4

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

66.67%
Proper
22

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

8.33%
The Honey Pot Company
24

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

40.0%
FAB CBD
8

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

61.9%
Sandland Sleep
1

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

91.67%
beam
38

✅ Good

29

✅ Good

43.28%
Plant People
15

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

40.0%
Highline Wellness
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Not Pot
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Feals
23

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

17.86%
Foria
35

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

5.41%
Trip
33

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

25.0%

Ads detected over time

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