A DTC glass brand competes in a high-visual, high-competition category where Meta is table stakes. AppLovin AXON, seeded with Shopify purchase history, found an incremental buyer Meta wasn't reaching — and now drives 18.7% of total store revenue since launch.
73% of AXON purchases are net-new customers. New-customer revenue since launch: $450k. A 61% order overlap with Meta confirms the channels are finding different buyers.
AXON is not just a direct acquisition channel — it is also a discovery channel. In multi-touch paths, we see customers first enter through AXON, then convert later through Klaviyo, organic traffic, or Meta within a few hours to a few days, often inside a seven-day window. That means the 18.7% revenue figure likely understates AXON's true impact.

