CASE STUDIES  /  ECOM · TEA SUBSCRIPTION
§ NDA · METRICS VERIFIED

eCom · Tea Subscription.
Email 8% → 31% of revenue in 6 months — zero ad spend added.

INDUSTRY eCom Subscription
CHANNEL Email + SMS
SCOPE 28 flows
TIME 6 months
YEAR 2026
eCom · Tea Subscription — 8% → 31% email of revenue.
[ ECOM · KLAVIYO MIGRATION + 28-FLOW LIFECYCLE ]
8% → 31%
EMAIL OF REV
28
FLOWS LIVE
ZERO
ADDED AD SPEND
6 MO
MEASURED
§ 01

Stuck at 8% — running 6 flows on Mailchimp.

eCom tea subscription brand hit a revenue ceiling. Email at 8% of revenue, running 6 standard flows on Mailchimp. Subscriber list strong (185k) but list-only campaigns were the only growth lever pulling.

Mailchimp's segmentation couldn't express their RFM cohorts. Replenishment flow logic too simple. SMS not paired. The whole lifecycle was leaving 20%+ of email-attributable revenue uncaptured.

§ 02

Klaviyo migration + 28-flow build.

WK 01–02

Mailchimp → Klaviyo

185k subscribers + history migrated. BIMI/DMARC validated. IP warming on schedule.

WK 03–06

28-flow architecture

Welcome (4 variants) → cart/browse (5) → post-purchase (6) → replenishment/win-back (5) → VIP/lifecycle (4) → sunset (4).

WK 07–08

RFM + cohort segmentation

Predictive segments. Custom-audience syncs to Meta + Google. Sunset automation.

ONGOING

Optimise

Per-flow A/B testing. Weekly campaign cadence. Quarterly cohort analysis.

§ 03 / CLIENT

Six flows became 28. Email went from 8% to 31% of revenue in 6 months. We didn't add a dollar of ad spend. It was always there in the list — we just hadn't built the architecture to capture it.

F
Founder (anonymised)
eCom Tea Subscription
§ 04
Results

6 months post-migration.

Metric
Before
After
Delta
Email % of revenue
8%
31%
+23pp
Lifecycle flows
6
28
+22
Subscriber list
185k
212k
+15%
SMS opt-ins
~0
47k
new
Replenishment CR
4.2%
9.8%
+133%
Email LTV cohort
$87
$214
+146%
§ METHODOLOGY · HOW WE MEASURED
BASELINE WINDOW
90 days pre-engagement
RESULT WINDOW
90 days post-launch
ATTRIBUTION METHOD
Last-touch from primary platforms

Same measurement method used for both windows. Numbers pulled from primary platform sources at write-up. Editorial standard at /about/editorial-standards/.

§ 05
Stack

Stack we shipped.

ESP
Klaviyo
SMS
Klaviyo SMS
DELIVERABILITY
BIMI + DMARC
ECOM
Shopify
DATA
Hightouch reverse ETL
ANALYTICS
GA4 + Looker Studio
SEGMENTATION
RFM + predictive
REPORTING
Per-flow LTV
§ 06
CASE FAQ

Common questions about this engagement.

How was the eCom · Tea Subscription result measured?+

Per the methodology callout above: a baseline window of 90 days pre-engagement compared against a result window of 90 days post-engagement using last-touch attribution sourced from primary platforms (GA4, Shopify, Stripe, ad-platform UIs, Klaviyo where applicable). The same measurement method is used for both windows; we do not change attribution mid-engagement to make the result look better.

What was the time-to-result?+

For eCom · Tea Subscription, the bulk of the lift landed within the engagement window shown in the approach timeline. Compounding effects on slower-cycle channels (organic SEO, AEO citation share, lifecycle list growth) typically continue accruing for 6–12 months after the active engagement closes. We do not publish "uplift" numbers from a single inflated week; the result is the steady-state measurement window.

Could you replicate this for my brand?+

Honest answer: depends on category fit, current baseline, and execution discipline. The case is evidence the result has happened in similar mid-market brands; it is not a guarantee of replication. Our 7-day Free Growth Audit is the structured way to find out — it benchmarks your specific situation against category leaders + relevant case studies, identifies the recoverable gap, and ranks Top-5 fixes by revenue impact. The audit is delivered free regardless of whether you go on to engage.

Is the brand identifiable, and can I get a reference?+

eCom · Tea Subscription is anonymised under mutual NDA — most mid-market brands will not attach their name to public revenue numbers, and our NDA terms typically prohibit it. Reference contacts (real, reachable people who worked on this engagement) are available on request after counter-NDA, returned within 48 working hours of brief acceptance. The published metrics are pulled from primary platform sources at the time of write-up; the editorial standards are at /about/editorial-standards/ and the case-studies policy is at /about/case-studies-policy/.

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