Case Study: Soy candles & home fragrance · United States | Altafar
Case Studies / Soy candles & home fragrance
Total store revenue over time for soy candles & home fragrance, from the client's Shopify dashboard

Total store revenue · Shopify

DTC · E-commerce · United States

From 1.0× to 3.4× ROAS in 12 weeks.

Total store revenue over time for soy candles & home fragrance, from the client's Shopify dashboard

Total store revenue · Shopify

A soy-candle brand with beautiful product photography but scroll-stopping problems — polished studio shots that never earned attention on cold feeds.

3.4×
final ROAS
from 1.0× baseline
$260K
Revenue generated
in 12 weeks
$24
Cost per purchase
from $58 baseline
Soy candles & home fragrance · United States
Managed on Meta Ads
First results in weeks

Beautiful shots, no scroll-stop.

Every ad was a gorgeous flat-lay that looked like an ad and got treated like one. Without motion, sensory hooks or UGC, breakeven at 1.0× was as far as the polished catalog imagery could go.

Static flat-lays that read as ads and got skipped
No sensory or ASMR-style hooks for scent
Zero UGC despite a loyal gifting audience
One angle — 'pretty candle' — repeated endlessly

Our photos were stunning and that was the trap. They looked like ads, so people scrolled right past them.

Founder · Candle Brand · US

What we built in 12 weeks.

01
Creative audit & angle map
Mapped scent-story, gifting, cozy-ritual and burn-time angles to move beyond 'pretty candle'.
Scent-story hooks
Gifting & ritual angles
Burn-time proof
02
Sensory UGC pipeline
Briefed creators for ASMR pour, first-light and cozy-home clips that make scent feel tangible.
ASMR pour footage
First-light moments
Cozy-home UGC
03
Hook & format testing
Ran motion-first variants against the old flat-lays with a weekly test cell.
Motion vs static tests
Hook-first 3s edits
Weekly test cadence
04
Scale & reporting
Consolidated winners into CBO and tracked scent-line CAC twice weekly.
CBO winner scaling
Per-scent CAC view
Mon/Wed reviews

From 1.0× to 3.4× in 12 weeks.

The first ASMR-style pour video tripled CTR against the flat-lays in week two. Motion-led UGC carried the account to 3.4×.

Timeline
Week 1–2 Audit and restructure
Week 3–4 First new creatives live
Week 6 Breakeven crossed
Week 6 ROAS 2.2×
Week 12 ROAS 3.4×, budget scaled
ROAS
Before: 1.0×
3.4×
+240% ROAS
Cost per purchase
Before: $58
$24
−59% CPP
Revenue generated
Before: baseline
$260K
in 12 weeks
Avg. CTR
Before: 0.7%
3.1%
+343% CTR
Landing page CVR
Before: 1.1%
3.4%
+209% conversion
Creatives tested
Before: few
26
active testing system

"The moment we stopped posting perfect photos and started showing the candle in real life, everything changed. Same product, completely different result."

Founder · Soy candles & home fragrance
United States · DTC · E-commerce
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