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Building Brilliance: How Pilothouse Scaled Revenue and Retention for a Jewelry Brand

How Pilothouse Helped a Fast-Growing Jewelry Brand Optimize Meta, Email, and CRO for Scalable, Sustainable Growth

Industry
Jewelry & Apparel
Company Size
1-5M

What Powered the Growth

Pilothouse Digital executed a rigorous, multi-channel strategy focused on high-impact testing across Meta, Email, and CRO. Growth wasn’t driven by a single bullet, but rather by disciplined execution and persistent optimization.

Here’s what we did:

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

  • Optimized the brand’s Rebuy setup to improve LTV
  • Assisted in reworking their return policy to reduce shopper hesitation
  • Implemented tactics to increase customer reviews post-purchase
  • Suggested and tested tiered cart upsells and promotional messaging
  • Optimized the cart experience to better surface USPs and FAQs
  • Updated PDPs using Pilothouse ecommerce best practices
  • A/B tested homepage and navigation bar layout for better flow and UX

Meta Advertising Enhancements

  • Conducted a full account audit and rebuilt campaigns to align with best practices
  • Added proper UTMs across all assets for clean tracking and reporting
  • Shifted budget toward top-of-funnel acquisition to increase volume
  • Focused on improving click-through attribution vs. view-through conversions
  • Executed creative and product testing at each funnel stage
  • Used historic LTV data from Lifetimely to guide TOF vs MOF/BOF product strategy

Email Program Overhaul After spotting low review counts on high-volume SKUs, we suspected a weak post-purchase flow. Once we gained access to their Klaviyo account, we:

  • Rebuilt 30+ flows to better align with customer journey touchpoints
  • A/B tested welcome offers and send times to lift conversions
  • Repaired and optimized the post-purchase sequence, which significantly boosted PDP review volume
  • Focused on increasing deliverability, flow conversion rates, and long-term retention

The Outcome

What started as a high-potential brand experiencing temporary slowdowns is now a revitalized growth engine. Pilothouse transformed a -20% YoY trend into +13% growth. July 2025 alone was up 30% YoY, with momentum building into Q4.

Their acquisition funnel is more efficient. Email flows are revenue-generating machines. Creative is tested, targeted, and tailored to the funnel stage. The brand is no longer reacting—it’s growing with intention.

Performance Highlights

Ecosystem-Wide  (YTD, YoY)

  • Net Sales: +13%
  • AOV: +16%
  • Sessions: +26%
  • CVR: -14% (a byproduct of scaling TOF acquisition)

Meta (YTD, YoY)

  • Spend: +12%
  • ROAS (7dc): +32%
  • CPC: -11%
  • CTR: +41%
  • Revenue: +49%

Email (Flows YoY)

  • Flow Revenue: +124.99%
  • Flow Conversions (Last 6 Months): +90.75%
  • Deliverability: +161.25%
  • Q2 Conversions YoY: +63.69%
  • Email Subscribers (Q1+Q2 YoY): +134.79%

What’s Next

With growth unlocked and foundational strategies humming, the next frontier is deeper persona segmentation, enhanced merchandising, and higher-level strategic positioning.

Pilothouse is helping this jewelry brand evolve beyond growth restoration and into long-term leadership in its category. The foundation is solid—the future is bright.

We’ve built the momentum. Now we scale with intention.