Top Industry Brands and EVO Favorites—All Under One Roof for Every Diver
Diver’s Direct (DD) is South Florida’s largest specialty retailer, offering premier gear, apparel, and equipment for scuba diving, freediving, and spearfishing. The brand features top industry names alongside its own private label, EVO, a growing favorite among divers.
The Challenge
Diver’s Direct faced a rapidly shifting landscape, with heavy competition from fast-growing online and in-store dive retailers like Scuba.com. To stay ahead, the brand needed to modernize its marketing, sharpen its positioning, and expand its reach without losing the authority it has built over decades. Their biggest challenges included:
Standing out in a crowded, competitive market
Evolving their brand and digital presence to reach new audiences
Driving both e-commerce and in-store growth simultaneously
The Solution
BrandStar executed a full-funnel strategy to strengthen Diver’s Direct’s digital presence, increase conversions, and align online and in-store growth efforts across channels:
Paid Advertising
Managed, optimized, and scaled campaigns across Google, Meta, and additional platforms—driving both e-commerce sales and in-store traffic through targeted, performance-led media buying.
Creative Testing
Produced new creative assets monthly and ran ongoing A/B testing to identify winning visuals, messaging, and audience segments—ensuring campaigns stayed fresh and effective.
Lifecycle Marketing
Built and managed automated email flows and SMS campaigns designed to nurture leads, drive repeat purchases, recover lost carts, and increase lifetime value.
Omnichannel Alignment
Unified Diver’s Direct’s digital, retail, and owned channels with cohesive messaging and coordinated strategy for a seamless brand experience—whether customers were shopping online or visiting a store.
The Results
The results speak for themselves, Diver’s Direct saw measurable growth across revenue, in-store traffic, and long-term scalability.
ROAS
Performance
Achieved 4.8x ROAS on Google and 4.75x ROAS on Meta, driving strong efficiency across paid media channels.
Revenue
Impact
Generated $1.74M in revenue on a $365K total ad spend, delivering a 4.8x blended ROAS.
Store
Visits
Drove 38,500 in-store visits from Google campaigns at an efficient $3.50 cost per visit across four retail locations.
In-Store
Return
Delivered a 6.8x in-store return, supported by an average cart value (ACV) of $24.
Scalable
Growth
Built a digital marketing framework designed for sustained regional and national expansion.
What started as a challenge became momentum. Now, Diver’s Direct has the clarity, consistency, and performance to lead the dive industry forward.
