DTC skincare brand validated a TikTok launch in 21 days
Bootstrapped direct-to-consumer skincare brand with three SKUs and no TikTok presence.
Challenge
The founders needed to know whether TikTok was a viable channel before committing to a full content team. Cold posts were getting under 200 views and they had no signal on which hook was working.
Approach
We layered TikTok views, likes and follows across six test creatives over three weeks. Each creative ran with a baseline boost so the algorithm had enough signal to push to lookalike audiences. The brand used the resulting view-through data to pick a single winning hook.
Result
Of six tested hooks, one cleared a 14% completion rate and was promoted to organic-only distribution. That single creative compounded to roughly 380k views in the following month with no additional engagement spend.
“Three weeks of structured testing replaced what would have been six months of guessing. We knew which creative to scale before we hired the editor.”
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