One year after its debut in Super Bowl advertising, Temu, an online shopping platform backed by Chinese investors, is intensifying its focus on its most crucial market. The Boston-headquartered company, owned by PDD (Pinduoduo), a prominent Chinese online shopping conglomerate, is doubling down with a second advertisement during America’s premier event and offering $15 million in coupons and giveaways.
Temu’s Super Bowl campaign included the purchase of three commercials during the game and two additional spots afterward. Although the company declined to disclose its total advertising expenditure, sources familiar with this year’s ad sales revealed that commercials for the 2024 Super Bowl commanded higher prices than those for the previous year, ranging between $6.5 million and $7 million per 30-second slot on CBS.
The advertisement showcases a lively animated shopper navigating through bargains ranging from 99 cents to $9.99, urging consumers to “shop like a billionaire.”
Temu stated, “The commercial marks the highlight of a Super Bowl campaign that featured more than $15 million in coupons and giveaways.”
Temu’s strategy of prioritizing rapid market expansion over immediate profit margins mirrors successful approaches adopted by retail giants like Amazon and Wayfair, according to Seema Shah, vice president of research and insights at Sensor Tower, a market data firm. Shah attributes Temu’s growth to its value proposition, app gamification, increased advertising spending, extensive product range, and strong supplier relationships.
Having launched in the United States in September 2022, just months before its initial Super Bowl ad, Temu has since expanded its operations to over 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, and Australia. Sensor Tower reports that Temu’s app ranked eighth globally in downloads last year and first in the United States.
Sensor Tower also revealed that Temu saw a remarkable increase in monthly active users, reaching 51 million in January alone, marking a nearly 300% surge from the same month the previous year. The company has aggressively invested in advertising, ranking as the second-largest spender on Facebook during the last quarter of 2024, trailing only behind Amazon.
These efforts have yielded tangible results, as indicated by Earnest Analytics, which noted that Temu has disrupted America’s discount sales industry by drawing in customers from Dollar General and Dollar Tree.
The recent surge in the stock of its parent company PDD is widely attributed to Temu’s success, although PDD does not provide specific earnings details for its international venture. PDD’s third-quarter earnings, reported in November, far exceeded analyst forecasts, leading to a substantial increase in its market capitalization, surpassing that of its longstanding e-commerce competitor Alibaba (BABA) for the first time. In reaction, Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba, advocated for “change” within his company.
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