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Client Beauty & Skincare · D2C Naturals · India Market Entry
Industry Beauty & Skincare · D2C naturals · India market entry
Engagement Brand awareness + ecommerce growth · 3 months
Case № 138 · 2024 / 2024

Scaled a new-to-India natural skincare D2C 4× in revenue in 3 months — at stable CPA.

An NZ-formulated, vegan, paraben-free, cruelty-free natural skincare brand entering the Indian market needed two things at once: rapid brand awareness, and aggressive online sales growth without inflating acquisition cost. We delivered both — 1.65M relevant accounts impacted and 4× revenue in 90 days while CPA held flat.

Result 1.65M relevant accounts impacted, — revenue in 3 months, stable CPA across the scale window.
Approach Relevant-audience targeting (not broad reach), brand-awareness creative paired with conversion campaigns, sustained CPA discipline rather than chasing impressions, integration with marketplaces (Amazon India / Myntra / Flipkart) alongside D2C.
Services
Paid Media Brand Awareness Ecommerce Growth Marketplace Integration
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Relevant accounts
1.65M
↗ impacted
Revenue
4×
↗ 3 months
CPA
Stable
↗ no inflation
Revenue · 3-month India launch curve
4×
About the client

A NZ-formulated natural skincare D2C — vegan, paraben-free, cruelty-free — entering the Indian market and needing brand awareness and online sales simultaneously.

A natural skincare brand formulated in New Zealand — vegan, paraben-free, cruelty-free — making its first push into the Indian market. Fairly new to the market, with no brand recognition to lean on locally.

The brief was direct: establish brand awareness fast, and aggressively drive online sales without letting acquisition cost balloon — a hard ask for a new brand in a saturated category.

i The challenge

New brand, saturated market, awareness + revenue + CPA discipline at the same time.

Three competing demands. Awareness needed reach. Revenue needed conversion. CPA discipline meant neither could be solved by simply throwing budget at the broadest possible audience. The brand also needed to coexist across D2C and Indian marketplace channels (Amazon India / Myntra / Flipkart) without channel cannibalization.

Pre-engagement baseline Month 0
Brand recognition —
India sales New
Marketplace presence —
ii The solutions

Relevant-audience targeting, dual awareness + conversion creative, marketplace + D2C in parallel.

We built relevant-audience targeting rather than broad reach — accounts likely to care about natural / vegan / cruelty-free claims. Brand-awareness creative ran alongside conversion campaigns so the same prospect saw both narrative and offer in sequence.

CPA discipline was maintained throughout the scale window — every budget increase was checked against acquisition cost rather than impression volume. Marketplace presence (Amazon India / Myntra / Flipkart) was integrated alongside D2C so the brand met buyers wherever they preferred to purchase.

  1. Relevant-audience targeting
    Built around natural / vegan / cruelty-free affinity rather than broad-reach impressions.
  2. Awareness + conversion in parallel
    Brand narrative creative running alongside offer creative so the same prospect saw both in sequence.
  3. CPA discipline during scale
    Every budget increase checked against acquisition cost — no chasing impression volume at unit-economic expense.
  4. D2C + marketplace coexistence
    Amazon India / Myntra / Flipkart presence integrated alongside D2C to meet buyers in their preferred channel.
  5. New-market positioning playbook
    Repeatable launch architecture for naturals brands entering geographies with no prior brand equity.
Services used
Paid Media Brand Awareness Ecommerce Growth Marketplace Integration

Strength in numbers.

1.65M relevant accounts impacted, 4× revenue inside 90 days, CPA held flat across the scale window — proof that a new-market entry can scale revenue without sacrificing unit economics.

01 · Relevant reach ↗
1.65M
Impacted 1.65M relevant accounts — targeted by naturals / vegan / cruelty-free affinity, not broad reach.
02 · Revenue ↗
4×
Online sales scaled 4× inside the first 90 days of India market push.
03 · CPA ↗
Stable
Acquisition cost held flat throughout the scale window — revenue growth without unit-economic compromise.
↗ Headline result · 4× revenue at stable CPA in 90 days
Reporting cadence · weekly · CPA-tied