Case File No. 002 · Rope & Cordage
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SGT Knots
→ 41x ROI in the first 60 days

A top-tier U.S. rope manufacturer that started with a minimal setup installed by another agency. Unhappy with the work, they hired us to build out the whole flow infrastructure. Within 60 days of everything going live: a 41x ROI, the previous flows beaten by 73%, and total revenue up 32%.

Industry
Rope & Cordage
Business size
$5M–$15M
Years in business
15
Timeframe
60 days
// About the client

The account that walked in

Intake memo · File No. 002

SGT Knots built its business as a top-tier U.S. manufacturer and seller of rope and cordage, thriving primarily on Amazon and eager to make its own site the destination. They started with a minimal setup installed by another agency and, after not being happy with the work, hired us to build out their whole flow infrastructure and take ownership of retention end to end.

Filed by R. Strader · Dead Letter Office
// The brief

What they hired us to do

01
Goal 01

Attributed revenue

Grow the revenue driven by email into a predictable, reliable stream the business can count on.

02
Goal 02

Product reviews

Increase on-site reviews and feedback to make the products better and give them more credibility.

03
Goal 03

Retention

The products are so good they don't break, so we mapped a retention strategy built around prolonging the customer reorder journey.

// The autopsy

Where the revenue hid — THE STARTING POINT —

The channel came to us with a minimal setup that wasn't earning its keep. Revenue that should have been captured through nurture and re-engagement was leaking out of the funnel while the brand's hard-won site traffic went to waste.

// The outcome

Where they ended up

41x
ROI, first 60 days
+73%
Vs. the previous flows
+32%
Total revenue
+26%
Attributed revenue
// The route

What we shipped

01
Stop 01 · Cleanup

Replace the old setup

Audited and rebuilt what the previous agency left behind, restoring deliverability and getting the foundation solid before scaling anything.

02
Stop 03 · Core flows

Nurture & retention system

The full lifecycle built to convert the new site traffic: welcome, abandonment, post-purchase, and winback working around the clock.

03
Stop 04 · Campaign calendar

Reviews & reorders by design

Post-purchase sequences engineered to gather product reviews and campaigns timed to prolong the reorder journey for products that refuse to wear out.

04
Stop 06 · Feedback loop

A predictable revenue stream

Weekly reporting turned email from an untrusted line item into the store's most reliable channel.

// The receipts

Straight from the dashboard

No agency math, no creative accounting. This is the Klaviyo business performance summary for the period, exactly as the account shows it.

Official record
Klaviyo · business performance summary · Apr 1 to May 31, 2026
Klaviyo business performance summary for this account
Dollar figures blurred for client confidentiality
// Exhibits

Work from this project

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// On the record

The client's verdict

The founder's feedback

"Dead Letter did exactly what we hired them to do. We brought them on as our dedicated retention team after a few bad experiences with other agencies and freelancers. They nearly doubled our list size, built out full lifecycle flows, and took ownership of our entire lifecycle ecosystem. I highly recommend you give them a shot."

MS
Mike Shelley
CEO, SGT Knots
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