• Industry-standard overall conversion rate of ~2%;
• Old-school product pages;
• No upsells, no bundles, no post-purchase emails.

Advertising CBD products online is always a challenge, but the challenge is even bigger when a brand has a smaller budget they wish to scale as sales grow. Mad Ritual wanted to raise brand awareness and drive sales without risking the long-term viability of brand assets, particularly on Facebook, by triggering ad violations.

Before selling on Amazon, Kappa was mainly focused on D2C via Shopify and brick & mortar retail locations. The pandemic changed everything and they needed to adjust their business and focus more on online sales.

I was tasked with the challenge of launching Kappa products on Amazon. This required me to develop a strategic plan to launch a brand on Amazon at the height of a pandemic. One of the main challenges that I faced was that Kappa products have a high price point and that doesn't always perform well on Amazon, especially in the clothing category.

With the increasing demand for the brand and expanding, as a result of our marketing efforts, it's become challenging keeping up with the expansion to new locations around the country. We are now working on marketing calendars, new strategies, and incorporating all new locations into this to have a unified brand.