How do you move sunscreen buyers from marketplaces to your site?
To move sunscreen buyers from marketplaces to your own store, you must intercept them on social media with engaging video content. Marketplace buyers rarely visit independent sites unless a compelling video draws them in first. By posting your product clips across a network of brand-owned social pages, you capture attention early and direct shoppers straight to your web checkout.
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Sunscreen brand, launch stage: moving buyers from marketplaces to the own store.
The challenge of capturing direct traffic as a new brand
When you launch a new mineral sunscreen, most early transactions happen on established marketplaces because that is where shoppers search. However, those platforms keep your customer data, making repeat purchases harder to secure. Getting someone to type your web URL directly into a browser is tough when you are unknown. You need a constant stream of organic video touchpoints to build enough trust for a direct purchase.
Why standard conversion tactics drain startup cash
Many new founders try to solve this by offering steep discounts on marketplaces with inserts in the box, or by buying expensive retargeting ads. Discounts train your buyers to expect cheap prices, destroying your unit economics. Retargeting ads get expensive quickly when your initial traffic is low. You burn cash trying to chase people who already found you on a marketplace.
Using a managed content network to build direct paths
A reliable way to drive direct traffic is through a managed content network. A managed content network is a set of many brand-owned Instagram pages, for example fifty pages like @brand.daily or @brand.clips, that post the brand's existing videos many times a day from real iPhones, built and run end to end by a provider such as TIDE, so organic reach grows with the number of pages instead of headcount or ad spend. Because this involves automated posting across multiple accounts, some pages will get banned, which TIDE replaces for you.
Assets to share with your network provider
Provide your partner with simple video assets you shot on your phone. Include texture tests showing the sunscreen blending into different skin tones, unboxing clips of your packaging, and quick founder videos explaining why you started the brand. The provider takes these assets and distributes them across the network to draw shoppers away from marketplaces and onto your independent store.
One account vs a network
| One brand account | Managed content network | |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | 1 | Dozens, each with its own angle on sunscreen |
| Posts a day | 1 to 3 | Over 100 |
| Reach | The same followers | New pockets of buyers every day |
| Who runs it | Your team | The provider, end to end |
| Your part | Everything | Send content |
What you would send
Anything you already make for sunscreen counts.
Convert marketplace shoppers into direct web buyers by distributing simple sunscreen videos across a managed network of social pages.
Put your products on 50 pages.
Tell us what your sunscreen brand sells and how you get customers today. We'll show you a live network and tell you straight if it fits. About the cost of one marketing hire.
Questions brands ask next
Can I put a QR code in my marketplace orders to drive traffic?
Most marketplaces have strict rules against inserts that direct customers away from their platform. Social video is a safer path to acquire direct buyers.
How many videos do I need to get started?
Start with ten to fifteen short clips showing application, texture, and unboxing. Your provider will reuse these across the network.
Will account bans disrupt my traffic flow completely?
No. Since the network consists of dozens of pages, losing a single page has a minimal impact, and the provider quickly replaces it.