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Kinvara Skincare
Case StudyNatural Skincare8 min read

How Kinvara Skin Generated 2,789 (High Converting) Leads With Their Quiz

Learn how this Irish natural skincare brand achieved 5X their previous opt-in rate by implementing a personalized quiz funnel with Octane AI and Ecom Mails.

2,789
New Subscribers
43%
Opt-In Rate
76%
Completion Rate
5X
Opt-In Increase
Kinvara Skincare Homepage

About Kinvara Skincare

Kinvara Skincare is a leading skincare brand based out of Ireland, offering natural and organic skincare products. With a passionate customer base and an over 80% returning customer rate, Kinvara had a loyal and deeply engaged customer base.

However, they wanted to further grow their subscriber list and deepen their understanding of customers' specific skincare needs. Their primary challenge was acquiring new qualified leads and collecting zero-party data to gain insights directly from consumers.

While Kinvara had an email marketing program in place, it was not optimized for lead generation or personalized engagement. To help address these challenges, Kinvara brought in Lukas Brack and Ecom Mails, a specialized Ecommerce email marketing agency.

Company Info

Industry
Natural Skincare
Headquarters
Ireland
Returning Customers
80%+
Agency Partner
Ecom Mails

The Challenge

Despite having an established customer base and brand, Kinvara struggled to grow its subscriber list and lacked deep insights into its customers' specific skincare needs and interests. Relying solely on basic opt-in forms, Kinvara's email subscriber growth had plateaued. Their opt-in rates remained low at around 8-10%, even when offering generous discounts.

Stalled Subscriber Growth
Basic opt-in forms only achieved 8-10% conversion rate
Limited Customer Insights
No way to understand specific skincare concerns and needs
Difficulty Creating Targeted Campaigns
Generalized demographic data failed to provide actionable insights for marketing
Overwhelmed Visitors
Multiple products targeting different skincare issues confused shoppers

The Solution

To help Kinvara capture zero-party data and drive subscriber growth, Ecom Mails proposed implementing a multi-branched, customized quiz funnel using the robust segmentation capabilities of Octane AI.

Strategic Placement in Navigation

The quiz was strategically placed in a highly visible place in the header navigation on each page. This helped engage visitors earlier in their journey to provide more personalized recommendations.

Kinvara Quiz in Header Navigation

Four Categories of Questions

The quiz consisted of questions covering four key categories: demographic questions (age, skin type, concerns), lifestyle questions (habits, climate, diet), key pain point questions, and open-ended feedback. This comprehensive approach ensured Kinvara could truly understand each visitor.

37 Unique Results Pages

Based on responses to the key pain point question, visitors were funneled to one of 37 unique results pages showcasing tailored products.

Klaviyo Integration

Quiz integrated with Klaviyo to capture contact information and create highly segmented email lists based on quiz responses.

Zero-Party Data Collection

Comprehensive customer attributes stored as Custom Properties for ongoing personalization and targeted campaigns.

Open-Ended Feedback

Allowed visitors to provide additional context about their needs, uncovering valuable insights for product development.

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The Full Story

Kinvara Skincare is a leading skincare brand based out of Ireland, offering natural and organic skincare products. With a passionate customer base and an over 80% returning customer rate, Kinvara had a loyal and deeply engaged customer base.

However, they wanted to further grow their subscriber list and deepen their understanding of customers' specific skincare needs. Their primary challenge was acquiring new qualified leads and collecting zero-party data to gain insights directly from consumers.

Challenges: List Growth Had Stalled

Despite having an established customer base and brand, Kinvara struggled to grow its subscriber list and lacked deep insights into its customers' specific skincare needs and interests.

Relying solely on basic opt-in forms, Kinvara's email subscriber growth had plateaued. Their opt-in rates remained low at around 8-10%, even when offering generous discounts.

Furthermore, Kinvara's current subscribers purchased frequently, but the brand desired to expand its audience and attract new customers.

Without a clear picture of customers' skincare concerns, Kinvara found it difficult to create targeted marketing campaigns. They wanted better segmentation to engage subscribers with content and offers tailored to their profiles. However, generalized demographic data failed to provide actionable insights.

With multiple products targeting different skincare issues, visitors often felt overwhelmed when exploring solutions on Kinvara's website. Ultimately, Kinvara needed a way to capture zero-party data directly from consumers to identify their biggest skincare concerns, better segment their audience, and provide personalized recommendations to match people with the right products.

The Solution: An Engaging and Customized Quiz Experience

To help Kinvara capture zero-party data and drive subscriber growth, Ecom Mails built out an in-depth, multi-branching quiz funnel using the robust segmentation capabilities of Octane AI.

The quiz was strategically placed in a highly visible place in the header navigation on each page. This helped engage visitors earlier in their journey to provide more personalized recommendations.

Kinvara Quiz in Header Navigation
The quiz was prominently placed in the header navigation

The quiz consisted of questions covering four key categories:

1. Demographic Questions

Captured customer attributes like age range, skin type, skin concerns, etc. This zero-party data was stored as a Custom Property in Klaviyo for ongoing personalization.

Kinvara Quiz Age Question
Demographic questions capture key customer attributes

2. Lifestyle Questions

General questions about habits, climate, diet, and other factors that influence skin. This question is more for the customer to feel that they are getting a personalized experience, and ultimately less impactful on the final product recommendation. An example question is “What does an average day look like for you?”

Kinvara Quiz Lifestyle Question
Lifestyle questions help personalize the experience

3. Key Pain Point Question

The most critical question asking visitors to select their top two skincare concerns. This response dictated the customized results page they would receive. Ultimately, this question serves as the guiding light for how Kinvara can contact and connect with customers, and speak specifically to their challenges.

Kinvara Quiz Pain Point Question
The key pain point question determines product recommendations

4. Open-Ended Feedback

Allowed visitors to provide additional context about their needs and interests. This uncovered valuable insights for product development.

37 Unique Results Pages

Based on the responses to the key pain point question, Octane AI's logic funneled visitors to one of 37 unique results pages showcasing products tailored to their concerns.

Each results page provided a detailed overview of the visitor's selected skin concerns, explaining common reasons for the issues and ingredients that can help resolve them. This built credibility and established Kinvara as a trusted skincare adviser.

The results then suggested 2-3 ideal products from Kinvara's line to address the visitor's needs, along with customized testimonials for social proof. Call-to-actions encouraged visitors to purchase recommended items.

We had a 76% completion rate. Which is not crazy high, but if you're getting 3 out of 4 people who start a quiz to complete a quiz and opt in, that's pretty good!

Lukas Brack, Ecom Mails

Klaviyo Integration for Personalized Follow-ups

Notably, the quiz integrated with Kinvara's email service provider, Klaviyo, to capture contact information. This allowed Kinvara to import data as custom properties and create highly segmented email lists based on quiz responses.

Follow-up emails continued to engage subscribers with content and offers tailored to their profiles. This further personalized the experience while driving conversions.

Overall, the in-depth quiz funnel approach helped Kinvara gather comprehensive zero-party data, understand customers' needs, increase opt-ins, and boost conversions through a personalized journey.

Results: Exponential Growth and Actionable Insights

The implementation of the customized quiz funnel provided significant benefits and ROI for Kinvara Skincare:

  • 76% quiz completion rate - indicating high engagement
  • 43% of visitors opted into Kinvara's email list - a 5X increase from their previous opt-in rate
  • 2,789 new email subscribers in just 7 days through the quiz funnel
  • 14% conversion rate from some customized quiz result pages
  • Over $1,200 in revenue generated directly from follow-up emails to quiz opt-ins

In addition to exponential subscriber growth, the zero-party data captured through the quiz allowed Kinvara to better understand its customers and identify their biggest skincare concerns.

Having this demographic and psychographic data enabled Kinvara to segment subscribers and serve them more relevant content and offers.

I would suggest all brands test a quiz. You don't need to get aggressive from the start and build out 37 custom pages like I did. That's not necessary. But I think it's worth at least having a quiz set up and seeing the power and then further down the line, you can still do crazy stuff on that.

Lukas Brack, Ecom Mails

The highly personalized post-quiz emails also kept subscribers engaged, driving stronger retention and higher conversions compared to generalized email campaigns.

Overall, the customized quiz funnel became a valuable lead generation and data collection channel for Kinvara. It provided actionable insights while significantly increasing opt-in rates and boosting revenue through personalized recommendations matching customers with the right products.

The Results

The implementation of the customized quiz funnel provided significant benefits and ROI for Kinvara Skincare.

76%
Quiz Completion Rate

High engagement indicating visitors found the quiz valuable and worth their time.

43%
Email Opt-In Rate

A 5X increase from their previous opt-in rate of 8-10%.

2,789
New Email Subscribers

Generated in just 7 days through the quiz funnel.

14%
Conversion Rate

From some customized quiz result pages, driving direct revenue.

"We had a 76% completion rate. Which is not crazy high, but if you're getting 3 out of 4 people who start a quiz to complete a quiz and opt in, that's pretty good!"
LB
Lukas Brack
Ecom Mails

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