To get you prepped for Black Friday, we analyzed 2019 & 2020 FB Ads data from ~200 DTC brands, who are spending between $50k and $1m per month in the US market.
The data was compiled by Varos, the leading real-time KPI benchmarking software for DTC brands. Our platform has some of the highest visibility into digital marketing trends so we pulled some surprising and informative metrics to help you prep for Black Friday.
Based on 2019 & 2020 data, ecomm stores have a breakthrough sales opportunity leading up to Black Friday.
We can reach some actionable insights by looking at the data week-by-week (see charts below). Historically, FB ads have been profitable two weeks prior to and the week of black Friday. However, one week prior to Black Friday has been less profitable.
Overall, Cost Per Purchase decreased an avg. of 15% in 2019 & 2020 in the runup to Black Friday.
What are the driving forces? Well first, we see a big increase in conversion rates of about 60%. Shoppers are much more likely to buy and merchants are heavily investing in closing leaky funnels.
However, the CVR increase is offset by increased CPCs of about 35%, leading to the more modest decrease in CPP noted above.
In the weekly breakdown below, you can see the avg. Cost Per Purchase drops in the two weeks prior to Black Friday and the week of Black Friday, though it increases in the week prior to Black Friday.
CPC increases due to skyrocketing CPM, slightly offset by increased CTR
In the weeks leading up to Black Friday, CPCs have spiked by 35%.
The main cause was an avg. CPM increase of 52%. CTRs have been mixed the past couple years (+25% in 2020 and -15% in 2019).
On a weekly basis, CPMs & CPCs spike on the week of two weeks before Black Friday, then actually drop one week before black Friday and finally spike even sharper during the week of Black Friday.
ROAS increased by +20% and +60% in the few weeks before Black Friday in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
This increase is driven by a lower Cost per Purchase. AOV actually stayed relatively flat.
On a weekly basis, ROAS increases a bit two weeks before Black Friday, then down one week before Black Friday, and finally goes skyrockets on the week of Black Friday.
If you'd like to see all of these metrics in real time for companies in your industry with similar AOV and ad spend levels, get in touch with us at hello@varos.com for access.
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Varos allows thousands merchants to upload anonymize marketing data across meta and google and aggregating it to show what the average is across different categories and ad spend
With varos.com, I can see exactly how our performance across channels stacks up against our competitors in our space.
Compare your ad performance to benchmarks of companies just like yours, anonymously.
I would've killed for this tool years ago and now it's here and oh it's free. Amazing.
I've been seeing some content about @Varos_com so we decided to check it out.
One underrated feature of theirs is the Shopify Benchmarking, which is FREE btw.
Literally impossible to access this data anywhere else. Check out what we're seeing at @my_obvi 👇
I'm loving what @Varos_com is doing with providing much more relevant benchmarks for #ecommerce... especially since it shows that we are absolutely DOMINATING @Elumynt on #facebookads!
This is in the Baby and Children vertical.#fbads #ppcchat #retail #dtc
Bottom line: I’m recommending Varos to you all because it’s FREE (for now) and it’s already added a ton of value for myself and my clients.Check it out 👇
I would definitely recommend checking out Varos. With Varos you can easily see how your peers are performing, for free. You get insights into not only TikTok Ads benchmarks, but also similar data for Facebook Ads, Google Ads, and more. #VarosAmbassador
Varos allows thousands merchants to upload anonymize marketing data across meta and google and aggregating it to show what the average is across different categories and ad spend
With varos.com, I can see exactly how our performance across channels stacks up against our competitors in our space.
Compare your ad performance to benchmarks of companies just like yours, anonymously.
I would've killed for this tool years ago and now it's here and oh it's free. Amazing.
I've been seeing some content about @Varos_com so we decided to check it out.
One underrated feature of theirs is the Shopify Benchmarking, which is FREE btw.
Literally impossible to access this data anywhere else. Check out what we're seeing at @my_obvi 👇
I'm loving what @Varos_com is doing with providing much more relevant benchmarks for #ecommerce... especially since it shows that we are absolutely DOMINATING @Elumynt on #facebookads!
This is in the Baby and Children vertical.#fbads #ppcchat #retail #dtc
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