The short versionMarketplace sales were falling, but reviews showed that people wanted and appreciated the products. We proposed an online store of their own, built it and launched advertising on Meta, Google and TikTok.
We read the reviews.
And saw a different problem.
The client wanted to continue selling through the marketplace, even as sales there declined and the business became more dependent on the platform. Before discussing advertising, we looked at what buyers were saying.
The reviews pointed to home and decor products people sought out and valued. That gave us a reason to discuss another direction. A decline in one channel did not, by itself, explain the value of the products.