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Case study · Baseball training equipment

Grady's Pitching School

Untangling self-competing ad campaigns cut ACoS five points while sales rose 20% and held three months over profit target.

Grady's Pitching School sells baseball training equipment on Amazon, and Flapen runs the account for them. Our team manages the listings, the ad campaigns and the weekly reporting as part of a Full Account Management membership.

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Mike Grady in a customer interview for Flapen

“May was a great month. Up 30% over last year. Let's keep it rolling in June.”

Mike Grady · Business owner

The brand store

Grady's Pitching School on Amazon

A branded storefront built around the training program: velocity training, arm care, and the gear the drills run on.

Velocity-training banner from Grady's Amazon storefront
Visit the storefront

The product

Plyo Soft Shell Weighted Ball Set

The listing that carries the brand and the range around it. The hero product links to its live Amazon page.

The Grady's weighted pitching ball set listing image showing the box, carry bag, air valve and six balls

Primary listing image

See it on Amazon

The creative

Grady's Pitching School on video

The brand's own spots, straight off the listing.

The spots that run on the listing and the storefront.

Results

See what sellers are saying

Mike Grady in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Mike Grady+30% year over year“May was a great month. Up 30% over last year. Let's keep it rolling in June.”Mike Grady · Grady's Pitching School
Chris Garvey in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Chris GarveyTACoS 10.8% → 9.9%“Was burning hours on research that Flapen's AI does in minutes. Told me exactly what was worth pursuing and what wasn't. Wish I'd found it sooner.”Chris Garvey · SnoreLessNow
Matt Dorband in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Matt Dorband+41% YoY pace“Flapen found baby product sub-niches I'd completely missed. Ran the profit calculator, numbers checked out, placed my first order with actual confidence.”Matt Dorband · Tiny Tinker
Logan Leckie in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Logan Leckie5.7% TACoS at scale“Nice $3K day yesterday… new record?!”Logan Leckie · Vora Bowl
Brecht Powell in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Brecht PowellRepeat buyers 7% → 14%“Repeat customers doubled. That's when we knew it was working.”Brecht Powell · Oral Pouch Solution
Stephanie Hansen in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Stephanie Hansen16.9% conversion rate“Thank you for all of your hard work and continued support. We really appreciate everything you've done.”Stephanie Hansen · Silver Aid
Marko Tähtivaara in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Marko TähtivaaraACoS 88% → 32%“One tool instead of five. Research, forecast, optimize, done. Exactly what I needed.”Marko Tähtivaara · GrillX
John Mallia in a customer interview for FlapenView story — John Mallia157 active subscriptions“Didn't know where to start with research. Flapen connected the dots and by launch day the numbers already made sense.”John Mallia · Purefiz
Aubrey Laflamme in a customer interview for FlapenView story — Aubrey Laflamme9.5x creator-ads return“Flapen found the product, launched it, and had us profitable in under 6 months. They now manage our 2 brands with 15+ SKUs — we're growing faster than we ever did alone.”Aubrey Laflamme · TuffTynz

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