How Grind boosted their sales by 50x

Grind?had 11 brick-and-mortar stores in the UK before they dove into ecommerce on Shopify. It was not until the COVID lockdown that they moved from strictly brick-and-mortar to the ecommerce ecosystem. Before then, only half of a percent of their business was online! After they?added subscriptions and built a data stack?to inform the launch of new promotion methods, the business scaled to?50x revenue in just a couple of months.

THE CHALLENGE

Over the years, Grind built an incredible brand through their popular brick-and-mortar stores and newsletters, going?beyond coffee?to become a part of their customers’ lives in a meaningful, authentic way. Grind is gaining awareness not just in their local region of London but celebrating subscribers from around the globe.

After losing their offline (physical location) business practically overnight, Grind needed to quickly pivot to ecommerce and get an accurate picture of their online customer lifetime value (LTV) for “one-time” and “recurring” orders. They needed to see and report on customer behavior happening on their Shopify store to improve the checkout flow, build ideal customer profiles, retarget the right customers using dynamic social ads, and make crucial decisions using accurate data at the core of these efforts.

THE SOLUTION

Littledata’s?Recharge connection?made it easy to get accurate sales data and marketing attribution across the subscriber journey. This smart technology connected Grind’s Recharge checkout with Google Analytics for accurate data about subscription revenue, including first-time payments, recurring transactions, and subscription lifecycle events. They were able to see?LTV by channel?and—critically—to predict where high-value subscriber growth was most likely to happen. It all came down to?“measuring the difference in LTV for subscribers versus one-time purchasers”?says Grind CMO Teddy Robinson.?“Subscription revenue and return on ad spend (ROAS) were really the biggest top-line metrics for us.”

RESULTS

Subscription selling has created an exciting opportunity for the Grind ecommerce store to unlock potential revenue, build long-lasting relationships with their customers, and create a community among consumers.

Building on their existing loyal customer base, Grind’s introduction of sustainable at-home?coffee pods— and?tracking checkout events accurately?with Littledata’s Recharge connection—Grind saw massive subscriber growth across paid and organic channels. They went from ￡10k to ￡500k monthly ecommerce revenue, and have expanded internationally.

A few takeaways from what Grind accomplished with Littledata:

? 50x Subscription revenue in three months

? 100% Recharge orders captured in Google Analytics

? 28 Event types tracked in the checkout

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