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Instagram as a sustained sales channel

Project
NDA
Industry
E-commerce
Period of cooperation
March 2020 – August 2023 · 42 mo.
Purchases
25.3K
Inquiry → purchase rate
35%
Actual inquiries
71.9K

A fashion project selling through Direct, Stories and comments. Purchases, rather than reactions, are the focus.

Goal

Make Instagram communication a clear sales channel and review its results regularly.

Challenge

Size questions, new collections, promotions and repeat purchases call for different conversations.

What Rainext did

The work combined assortment communication with tracking inquiries and sales through Direct and Stories. Responses to new collections and promotions were considered separately.

Strategy and funnel

Discover the assortment → ask about a product → get advice → purchase. Inquiries and recorded sales were the outcome measures.

  1. 71.9KActual inquiries
  2. 25.3KPurchases35%

Context for the result

Key finding
Over 42 months, 25.3K purchases and 71.9K inquiries were recorded. These are events, not unique people.
Business lesson
In fashion, an attractive offer needs convenient advice on size and availability.

Business results

Purchases
25.3K

Conversion metrics

Inquiry → purchase rate
35%

Cost per patient, purchase or payment covers advertising spend in this period.

Advertising results

Actual inquiries
71.9K

Conclusion: what changed

The extended project history demonstrates Instagram as an operating sales channel. Completed purchases and inquiry handling matter; these figures do not establish advertising ROAS.

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