▲ GROWTH STRATEGY · Chainsself · Tbilisi · 2024 – 2026

E-COMMERCE CHANNEL FROM ZERO

0 TO 20% OF COMPANY REVENUE

MY ROLE: HEAD OF DIGITAL MARKETING

◉ CONTEXT

Chainsself is a D2C brand of handmade silver jewelry with a strong offline presence and no online sales. The job was to build the online channel as a business asset with its own unit economics.

◇ PROBLEM

PROFITABLE FROM THE FIRST ORDER

Build e-commerce that sells internationally and pays for itself from day one, with clear unit economics per product.

⬡ EXECUTION

01LEGAL AND FINANCIAL BASE

  • Set up a UK entity for Stripe and Shopify Payments
  • A financial model per product: commissions, packaging, shipping
  • Owned the channel's P&L

02STORE AND CONVERSION

  • Built the Shopify store: UX, SEO, conversion
  • Lifted site conversion from 0.5% to 1.3% in five months; the CRO sprint itself took 3 weeks
  • 10% off the first purchase, and a QR insert in the packaging leading to a post-purchase survey with a discount on the next order

03TRAFFIC

  • Launched and ran Meta Ads, and Google Ads with Performance Max and Merchant Center
  • Expanded the mix to TikTok and Pinterest
  • Content adapted for YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram

◆ RESULTS AT A GLANCE

0 → 20%

OF COMPANY REVENUE

0.5% → 1.3%

SITE CONVERSION

3 weeks

CRO SPRINT

★ RESULT

E-COMMERCE GREW TO 20% OF COMPANY REVENUE

  • E-commerce grew from 0 to 20% of company revenue
  • Site conversion from 0.5% to 1.3% in five months
  • Profitable at every stage of growth

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