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Footwear Ecommerce Brand·Footwear, DTC·2026

Three revenue levers worth a 90-day re-prioritisation

A diagnostic of a $234K Klaviyo program. Compounding revenue locked inside an under-built automation layer, narrow win-back triggers and a silent post-purchase flow.

/ Snapshot

$234K
Email revenue (12mo)
59%
Average open rate
47
Campaigns shipped
5
Active flows audited
$3-5K
Projected cart-flow uplift
12.1%
Winback conversion
/ 01

Business context

A founder-led DTC brand with five years of earned trust, a 59% average open rate, and 47 campaigns delivered across 12 months. The audience was not the problem. The architecture was.

/ 02

Opportunity

Five active flows for a $185 AOV brand leaves compounding revenue uncaptured. 57% of orders sit unattributed, a tracking and click-friction problem hiding in plain sight.

/ 03

Strategic thinking

  • 01Open rates are a genuine asset. 59% reflects five years of earned trust.
  • 02Automation is underbuilt for this list quality. Every additional flow step compounds.
  • 03Revenue concentration in a few months means a single failed launch has outsized impact. Plan major sequences six weeks out.
/ 04

Recommended approach

Step 01

Lever 1, extend abandoned cart to a 3-email series

First email already converts at 3.22%, confirming intent. Add a 24-hour social-proof email and a 72-hour urgency closer with size scarcity. Add 'purchased in last 48h' suppression. Projected $3-5K uplift, low effort.

Step 02

Lever 2, scale winback to real volume

Win-back converts at 12.1% with the highest revenue-per-recipient in the account ($20.55), but reaches only 66 people. The trigger is too narrow. Broaden to 1+ orders AND no order in 90+ days. Founder-voice email 1, light incentive at day 7.

Step 03

Lever 3, rebuild post-purchase

Current post-purchase has zero clickable links and zero tracked clicks. Split into New Customer (Day 3 care guide, Day 7 review, Day 30 cross-sell) vs Returning (skip care guide, review Day 5, cross-sell Day 10). Add UTMs to every link.

Step 04

Constraint scan and 90-day roadmap

Click rate gap (1.8% vs 2.5-3.5%) is a layout problem. Test single-CTA. BFCM competition email sent to a cold list at the end of a sequence: giveaways open sequences, they don't close them. January delivery anomaly: suppress hard bounces before EOFY.

/ 05

Customer & lifecycle insights

  • 57% of orders are unattributed. UTMs across every flow link is a 30-minute fix that makes attribution visible immediately.
  • Top 4 months equal 60%+ of annual revenue. Any single failed launch is structural, not seasonal.
  • 'Life Updates' emails opened at 73.9%, the highest in the program. A single product block at the bottom adds revenue without changing tone.
/ 06

Key takeaways

  1. 01Audit deliverable is a prioritised decision tool, not a metrics summary.
  2. 02Three levers ranked by revenue impact, speed, ease, data confidence and strategic value.
  3. 03Roadmap sequenced into Months 1, 2 and 3, designed to be self-executable.

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