Elena Marchetti

Elena Marchetti

Ecommerce data research

Writes the Brandsearch data reports: ad spend, reach and revenue pulled from the live index, refreshed monthly.

19 articles
5 Reasons Product Research Fails, and What the Data Shows Instead
Store Research

5 Reasons Product Research Fails, and What the Data Shows Instead

Five ways product research goes wrong, each shown against one live beauty brand: 30 products, 983 live ads, and the 197 stores already selling the same thing.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 13, 2026•9 min read
5 Things the Brandsearch Chrome Extension Tells You About Any Shopify Store
Store Research

5 Things the Brandsearch Chrome Extension Tells You About Any Shopify Store

See the five numbers the free Chrome extension puts on any Shopify store, and what each one looks like once you read it properly on a real brand.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 13, 2026•9 min read
Storeleads Alternative for Product Hunters
Store Research

Storeleads Alternative for Product Hunters

See what six Shopify stores actually sell the most of, and what they spend to sell it. Bestseller rank, live ad counts and the pages behind them.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 13, 2026•12 min read
SpySales Alternatives for Shopify Stores
Store Research

SpySales Alternatives for Shopify Stores

See what a Shopify sales tracker cannot: ten stores with live revenue, the ad spend behind it, worldwide ad rank, and the pages doing the selling.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 13, 2026•20 min read
Facebook Ad Examples Still Running Today
Advertising

Facebook Ad Examples Still Running Today

See 16 Facebook ads that were still serving this week, each with its disclosed spend, the people it reached, how long it has run and its worldwide rank.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•22 min read
20 Email Marketing Examples
Store Research

20 Email Marketing Examples

See 20 ecommerce email programmes as they actually run. Each example is a real archived send with its date, sender and subject, plus the cadence behind it.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•23 min read
DTC Brands: The Biggest in 17 Categories
Store Research

DTC Brands: The Biggest in 17 Categories

See the biggest DTC brand in 17 categories, ranked by live monthly revenue, with the active ad count and the worldwide ad rank behind each one.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•25 min read
PiPiADS Review: What 30,000 Credits Buy
Tool Comparison

PiPiADS Review: What 30,000 Credits Buy

See what PiPiADS costs per look. $49 buys 30,000 credits, and opening one ad costs 20 of them. Then six live stores, run on the questions it answers.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•17 min read
Mushroom Coffee Revenue: What the Top 10 Brands Make a Month
Store Research

Mushroom Coffee Revenue: What the Top 10 Brands Make a Month

See what mushroom coffee brands actually earn. Ten brands ranked by live monthly revenue, with traffic, active ad counts and 30-day movement.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•12 min read
Ecommerce Landing Page Examples: Where the Ad Money Actually Goes
Advertising

Ecommerce Landing Page Examples: Where the Ad Money Actually Goes

See the 20 ecommerce landing pages with the most ad spend behind them: the real page, how many ads point at it, and what each brand spent.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•16 min read
Black Friday Ad Examples: What 20 DTC Brands Actually Spent
Advertising

Black Friday Ad Examples: What 20 DTC Brands Actually Spent

See 20 real Black Friday ads with the numbers attached: what each brand spent, how many people it reached, how long it ran and the day it switched on.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•20 min read
23 DTC Ad Examples With the Spend and Reach Attached
Advertising

23 DTC Ad Examples With the Spend and Reach Attached

See 23 DTC ads with the numbers attached: what each one spent, how many people it reached, how long it ran and the page it sent the click to.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 12, 2026•29 min read
25 Fastest-Growing DTC Brands in 2026
Store Research

25 Fastest-Growing DTC Brands in 2026

The 25 DTC brands growing fastest right now, ranked by 30-day revenue growth from live store data, with traffic and active ads for each. Updated monthly.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 11, 2026•27 min read
Top 25 Shopify Stores by Revenue in 2026
Store Research

Top 25 Shopify Stores by Revenue in 2026

See which Shopify stores actually make the most money. 25 brands ranked by live monthly revenue, with traffic and active ad counts, updated monthly.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Sep 11, 2026•25 min read
How Many Facebook Ads Should You Run
Advertising

How Many Facebook Ads Should You Run

See how many Meta ads real Shopify stores run at your revenue level. Live counts from 1,436 stores across six revenue tiers, with a screenshot behind every figure.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Apr 21, 2026•17 min read
How to Find Competitors Scaling Without Meta Ads
Advertising

How to Find Competitors Scaling Without Meta Ads

See which Shopify stores are scaling with no Meta ads running: 12 brands doing $62.5M a month on zero live ads, the filter that finds them, and a screenshot behind every number.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Apr 21, 2026•28 min read
Free Competitor Research: What a Chrome Extension Shows in 10 Seconds
Store Research

Free Competitor Research: What a Chrome Extension Shows in 10 Seconds

See what a free Chrome extension shows on any Shopify store: traffic, revenue band, active Meta ads and real EU and UK ad spend, on nine live stores.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Apr 20, 2026•18 min read
Best Ad Spy Tools for Ecommerce in 2026
Store Research

Best Ad Spy Tools for Ecommerce in 2026

Compare ad spy tools on what they actually cost. Nine tools with prices read off each vendor's own page, and the four that would not show one.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
•Apr 11, 2026•15 min read

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