Marketing Agency for
Pet Ecommerce Brands

We work with pet food, accessories and pet care ecommerce brands that need to professionalise their marketing in a sector with one of the highest repeat rates in ecommerce, an intense emotional bond with the product, and exceptional subscription potential.

We bring paid media, email marketing, CRO and international scaling together and run them against the same view of the business, building acquisition and retention systems for brands with recurring consumable product, loyal customers and very high customer lifetime value potential.

Why pet ecommerce needs its own playbook

Exceptional repeat rate and subscription potential

The pet sector has one of the highest repeat rates in ecommerce: food and care products are consumed and replenished constantly. That makes subscription and replenishment the central lever of the business, and LTV the metric that defines everything. A pet brand that builds its recurrence well has predictable revenue and a customer value well above most verticals.

An emotional bond with the product

Pet owners treat their animals as part of the family, which makes the purchase an emotional, involved decision. Quality, ingredients, safety and animal wellbeing carry enormous weight. Brands that connect with that emotional bond and show they care for the animal build loyalty well above average.

Trust in animal food and health

Much of the sector (food, supplements, care) touches the animal's health, which gives huge weight to trust, ingredient transparency and, in some cases, veterinary recommendation. Communication has to convey competence and care, and respect the regulation that applies to animal food and health products.

High loyalty and community

Once a pet owner finds a brand they trust for their animal, they are among the most loyal customers in ecommerce: switching food or product carries friction (the animal gets used to it, there is a risk of rejection). That rewards well-executed retention enormously and turns community and content into powerful brand-bond levers.

Average results across pet clients (first 12 months)

140%

Revenue growth

89%

POAS improvement

-26%

CAC reduction

3,6x

Repeat orders

Our services applied to pet ecommerce

We apply the four pillars of growth to the dynamics of the pet sector: exceptional recurrence, emotional bond, subscription at the core and high loyalty. Each service is designed around replenishment and LTV. This is how we approach each front.

Paid media for pet brands

We run campaigns across Meta Ads, Google Ads, TikTok Ads and Pinterest Ads adapted to the sector: targeting by animal type and owner profile, creative that connects with the emotional bond and shows quality and care, and using Google to capture searches for specific products. Because recurrence is so high, the key is acquiring the customer efficiently, knowing the real value is built in replenishment. We measure in POAS, factoring in the sector's high LTV.
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Email marketing and automation for pet brands

We build retention systems in Klaviyo and Omnisend specific to pet: welcome flows that build trust and connection, automatic replenishment synchronised with how quickly food and product are used up, subscription at the core, cross-sell across categories (food, accessories, care) and valuable content on caring for the animal. Scheduled replenishment and subscription are where most of the LTV is built in this vertical, one of the highest-retention categories in ecommerce.
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CRO and Shopify development for pet brands

We optimise conversion on Shopify pet stores at the points that decide the sector: native subscribe and save options configured properly as the core of the business, product pages with ingredient, composition and usage information by animal type and size, reviews from other owners, a product recommender based on the pet, and a checkout optimised for recurring purchase. In pet, a well-built, frictionless subscription is the single most important profitability lever in the store.
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International scaling for pet brands

The pet sector has good international potential, with regulatory barriers in animal food and health. We handle market validation with test budgets, adaptation to each country's animal food and product regulation, creative and messaging localisation, the technical setup of Shopify Markets, and logistics for heavy, bulky product. Animal food regulation and bulky-product logistics are the factors that most shape international expansion in this vertical.
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Why STRAT for your pet brand?

We do not work with pet brands on the side. We work only with ecommerce, and within ecommerce, pet is a sector we have run in real depth: building high-performance subscription and replenishment programmes with Klaviyo and Omnisend, acquiring efficiently for an exceptionally recurring product, and a working understanding of how loyalty and LTV are built in a vertical with an intense emotional bond.

We apply that specialisation with a team officially certified by Meta, Google, Shopify, Klaviyo and Omnisend. Every decision on your account is made against tested sector criteria and reported against your P&L, not against isolated platform metrics.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Three main factors.

First, the repeat rate is among the highest in ecommerce, which makes subscription and replenishment the core of the business and LTV the decisive metric.

Second, the emotional bond with the animal makes the purchase highly involved, giving weight to quality, trust and animal wellbeing.

Third, loyalty is very high once trust is earned, which rewards well-executed retention enormously.

Because the main product (food, care products) is consumed and replenished constantly and predictably, which makes it ideal for subscription. A well-built subscription turns that recurring consumption into predictable revenue, amortises acquisition cost across many orders, and lifts LTV sharply. It also reduces friction for the owner and increases loyalty. We configure native Shopify subscriptions and integrate them with flows that reduce cancellation and maximise retention. It is the most important profitability lever in the vertical.

Very high, given the combination of recurrence and loyalty. Replenishment flows synchronised with consumption, subscription management, cross-sell across categories and valuable content on caring for the animal generate a very significant share of revenue. It is one of the verticals where retention works best, because predictable consumption lets you automate replenishment and because customer loyalty, once earned, is exceptional. Email and SMS are the core tools for capturing that value.

Loyalty in pet is among the highest in ecommerce because switching product carries real friction (the animal gets used to a food, there is a risk of rejection). It is built through: trust in the quality and safety of the product, connection with the owner-animal bond, a comfortable and frictionless subscription, valuable content on caring for the animal, and a careful post-purchase experience. Once an owner trusts a brand for their pet, they tend to stay, which makes investment in retention especially profitable.

We work with brands at different points in their life cycle, from those building their acquisition and retention structure for the first time to established accounts looking to professionalise their growth or launch and optimise their subscription model. Fit depends less on size than on the match between the stage of the business and the operational depth we bring. Each case needs a different architecture given the catalogue, the recurrence potential and the product’s subscription model.

Yes. The pet sector has good international potential thanks to its high recurrence. We handle market validation with test budgets, adaptation to each country’s animal food and health product regulation, creative and messaging localisation, the technical setup of Shopify Markets, and logistics for heavy, bulky product (such as food). Animal food regulation and bulky-product logistics are the factors that most shape and distinguish international expansion in this vertical.