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Home, Kitchen & Garden

marketing for home, kitchen & garden brands

Nobody wakes up wanting a sharpener, a storage system or a cleaning product. They notice a problem. We build creative around that moment, demonstrate the product in-house, and fix the pages that have to close the sale.

+175%revenue, Sharp Pebble
10/10months with ROAS ahead of the year before
~3xDecember purchases

why do home and kitchen products struggle on paid social?

the buyer isn’t shopping yet

Most people with the problem would replace the item or pay someone to fix it. Ads that demonstrate features only reach the small group already looking for one.

demonstration does the selling

These products sell when people see them work. Without a clear demo, the claim sounds like every other gadget in the feed.

‘will it work on mine?’

Compatibility questions about sizes, models and materials stop the sale on the product page if nobody answers them there.

infrequent purchases

Many home products are bought once every few years, so each order has to fund the reach that finds the next buyer.

what we do for home, kitchen & garden brands

Strategy, creator briefs, video editing and design are done by our own team. We bring in production partners only for TV-scale shoots.

creative strategy

We find the moments that come before the search, such as the chain that chews instead of cuts or the ragged lawn, and build a separate creative stream for each hero product.

brand & creative strategy →

demo & creator video

Creators briefed to show the problem, then the fix, in real settings. Edited in-house into noise-hook, comparison and testimonial cuts.

ad creative production →

static & design production

Before-and-after, comparison and problem-led statics produced by our team.

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meta, google & youtube

Meta to create the demand, Google Shopping and Search to catch it, YouTube for the longer demonstrations that answer ‘will it work on mine?’.

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pages that answer fit

Product and landing pages built around compatibility, ease of use and proof, one per creative stream.

conversion optimisation →

bundles & order value

Bundles and add-ons that raise the order so extra reach pays for itself.

conversion optimisation →

home & garden creative we’ve made

Creative we briefed, directed or made for these brands.

demo video

A noise-hook demonstration for the lawn mower sharpener: 350 purchases.

creator comparison

Hand file versus the cordless chainsaw sharpener: 109 purchases.

problem static: The ragged lawn as the hook. 2.13 ROAS.

problem static

The ragged lawn as the hook. 2.13 ROAS.

situation static: A situation every lawn owner recognises.

situation static

A situation every lawn owner recognises.

results for home & garden brands

Sharp Pebble+175%revenue, year on year

Chainsaw and lawn mower sharpeners sold on Shopify and Amazon. Two hero products, each with its own creative stream and landing page, selling the symptom before the sharpener. Meta ROAS beat the prior year in 10 of 10 comparable months.

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A laundry brand (strategy work)6buyer types found in 197 reviews

Coding 569 ads against 197 reviews found six buyer types, separated by what triggered the search and what they compared the product with, inside a category that briefs them all as one ‘eco household’.

“Thrive has worked like our own internal team from day one. They’ve helped us grow our DTC channel with fresh creative angles and aggressive Meta ads account management.”

Aki B., Director, Sharp Pebble
quick answers

frequently asked questions

How do you advertise a product people don't know they need?

Advertise the problem they can already see. For Sharp Pebble that meant the chain that chews and the torn-looking lawn, which reaches far more people than an ad about sharpening angles.

Do home and kitchen brands need video?

Usually. Demonstration is what makes the claim believable. We edit creator and demo footage in-house into short hooks for Meta and longer cuts for YouTube.

Should we sell on Amazon as well as our own store?

Sharp Pebble sells on both. We plan creative and Google Shopping so demand created on Meta isn’t simply handed to a marketplace listing.

How do you lift order value on low-frequency products?

Bundles and add-ons that make sense together, presented on the product page, so each order funds more reach.

services for home & garden brands

Ad Creative Production

UGC, creator, static and TV ads, briefed from customer language and tested on purchases.

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Google Ads

Shopping, Search and Performance Max, with brand searches and new demand reported apart.

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Conversion Optimisation

Product pages, landing pages and offers rebuilt around the reasons people don’t buy.

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