May 2026 Performance Report
Lift Stage · Month 22

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@shoplaunchparty Curated Indie Beauty & Clean Makeup in OTR May 1–30, 2026 Managed by Riley

Monthly Performance Score

8.8/10

Strong Month

▲ +0.3 vs. April

Your score reflects how this month performed against your stage targets, weighted by what predicts buyer behavior. Monthly score is a snapshot. Strategy decisions are made on quarterly trend, not single-month signal.

2 Exceeding
6 On Track
2 Watch

Score Trend

7.5
Jan
7.7
Feb
7.5
Mar
8.5
Apr
8.8
May

Business Goals

Funnel Health Check

How May performance mapped to your three core business goals.

Top of Funnel

Grow Digital Community & Drive Brand Discovery

33%3 of 3 metrics on track or above

Views held at 59,806 inside the Lift range, but new followers (97) and shares (51) ran just under target. The reach base is steady; shareable, discovery-driven content is the next lift.

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Middle of Funnel

Build Trust Through Education & Deepen Community Connection

100%4 of 4 metrics on track or above

Saves recovered to 110, comments held at 118, retention at 54%, and profile visits at 585. Engagement is healthy across the board, with saves the clear bright spot.

On Track
Bottom of Funnel

Drive E-Commerce Sales & In-Store Traffic

100%3 of 3 metrics on track or above

CTR (15.2%) and profile conversion (16.6%) both cleared Lift ceilings, with link taps at 89. The conversion engine is the strongest part of the account.

Exceeding

May 2026

Performance Breakdown

Every tracked metric for May, scored against your Lift Stage target ranges with month-over-month comparison.

Total Followers

5,531
▲ +0.8% vs. Apr

Target Range

5,000 – 25,000

Lift Stage

Top of Funnel · Awareness
New FollowersWatch
May97
Target Range100 – 270
▼ -13% vs. Apr

Just below the Lift floor. Reach was steady; discovery-first content (trends, education) is the lever to grow the audience.

New followers down 13%. Translation: 13% fewer people chose to keep seeing your content after finding you. A new follow is someone deciding you are worth coming back to.

SharesWatch
May51
Target Range60 – 300
▼ -47% vs. Apr

Just below the Lift floor. Save-and-share formats like the SPF myth-buster are the path to wider distribution.

Shares down 47%. Translation: 47% fewer people sent your content to someone else. Shares put you in front of new audiences your posts wouldn't reach on their own.

Total ViewsOn Track
May59,806
Target Range40,000 – 150,000
▲ +0.4% vs. Apr

Inside the Lift range and steady month over month. A reliable reach base.

Views up 0.4%. Translation: your content reached 0.4% more screens this month. Views are the widest measure of how many people you got in front of, and everything downstream starts here.

Middle of Funnel · Engagement
Profile VisitsOn Track
May585
Target Range300 – 2,000
▼ -26% vs. Apr

Inside the Lift range. Steady, deliberate traffic to the profile.

Profile visits down 26%. Translation: 26% fewer people tapped through to look closer at who you are. A profile visit is a deliberate step toward becoming a customer, not a passive scroll.

RetentionOn Track
May54%
Target Range50% – 65%
▬ 0pp vs. Apr

Inside the Lift range. Tutorial-style Reels held attention well.

Retention came in at 54%. Translation: on average, people watched 54% of your videos before moving on. The more of your video people watch, the more the algorithm trusts it and shows it to new audiences.

SavesOn Track
May110
Target Range80 – 400
▲ +53% vs. Apr

Recovered into the Lift range, up 53% from April. The how-to and education posts earned real bookmark behavior.

Saves up 53%. Translation: 53% more people bookmarked your posts to act on later. Saves are the strongest signal of a future buyer.

CommentsOn Track
May118
Target Range75 – 250
▼ -32% vs. Apr

Inside the Lift range. An engaged, conversational audience.

Comments down 32%. Translation: 32% fewer people stopped to start a conversation with you. Comments are public proof that your audience is engaged, and they pull in the people watching from the sidelines.

Bottom of Funnel · Conversion
CTRExceeding
May15.2%
Target Range3% – 6%
▲ +5.1pp vs. Apr

Above the Lift ceiling. Bio visitors are tapping through to shop at an excellent rate.

Click-through rate came in at 15.2%. Translation: of everyone who saw your link, 15.2% acted on it. A high click-through rate means the people finding you are not just watching, they are moving toward becoming customers.

Link TapsOn Track
May89
Target Range30 – 180
▲ +11% vs. Apr

Inside the Lift range. Steady high-intent traffic to the site and in-store offers.

Link taps up 11%. Translation: 11% more people tapped the link in your bio to move toward your site, booking, or offer. A link tap is one of the clearest actions someone takes when they are ready to do business.

PCRExceeding
May16.6%
Target Range10% – 16%
▲ +2.5pp vs. Apr

Above the Lift ceiling. Profile visitors are converting to followers at a top-of-range rate.

Profile conversion came in at 16.6%. Translation: 16.6% of the people who visited your profile chose to follow. A strong profile conversion rate means your page is doing its job, turning curious visitors into an audience you can nurture toward buying.

Top Posts of the Month

Top Posts of the Month

Your highest-performing content this month, identified by our outlier scoring model. Posts that over-indexed on reach, saves, shares, or retention relative to account averages.

#1 Top PostREELPost Score: 100/100
Reel
"French pin, two ways."
French pin, two ways. The effortless updo for when you need your hair off your face, and the half up bun for when you want the best of both. Save
SAVES293.9x account avg
SHARES61.8x account avg
▲ WHY IT WORKED

Powered by save density at 3.9x the account average. Saves this high signal that viewers found the content worth returning to, a strong signal of buyer intent. Shares also over-indexed at 1.8x average, compounding the reach effect.

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#2 Top PostSTATIC IMAGEPost Score: 89/100
Static Image
"Your SPF is not doing what you think it’s doing. 👀☀️"
Your SPF is not doing what you think it’s doing. 👀☀️ And if you’ve ever said “I wear SPF in my foundation so I’m fine”, this is especially for
SAVES141.9x account avg
TOTAL VIEWS3,9401.8x account avg
SHARES51.5x account avg
▲ WHY IT WORKED

Powered by save density at 1.9x the account average. Saves this high signal that viewers found the content worth returning to, a strong signal of buyer intent. Reach also over-indexed at 1.8x average.

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#3 Top PostREELPost Score: 68/100
Reel
"Your summer glow-up just got 20% off. 🤍"
Your summer glow-up just got 20% off. 🤍 We’re celebrating Memorial Day AND Brit’s birthday in typical Launch Party fashion, with a sitewide sale on
SHARES103.0x account avg
▲ WHY IT WORKED

Driven by share velocity at 3.0x the account average. High shares indicate the content tapped into a universal emotion or pain point the audience wanted to pass along, the strongest organic amplification signal available.

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June Direction

Strategy Forward

Three moves for June, grounded in May data.

Doubling Down

Scale the Save-Worthy Education

Saves & Conversion · Engagement Goal

The SPF myth-buster and French-pin tutorial drove the month's saves. Build a recurring education series (how-to, product myths, routines) to keep saves and conversion climbing.

Fixing

Widen the Top of the Funnel

New Followers & Shares · Awareness Goal

Followers and shares sat just under target. Pair the strong conversion content with discovery-first Reels (trends, before-and-after, shareable tips) to grow reach.

Testing Next

Promo-to-Purchase Funnel

Link Taps & Sales · Conversion Goal

The Memorial Day sale Reel showed promo content drives shares. Test a clear promo-to-link flow on the next launch to convert that attention into sales.

June CTA Plan

Next Month’s CTAs

The June call-to-action focus and the funnel-stage CTAs we’ll be deploying.

★ Primary June CTA

Turn Strong Conversion Into Repeat Sales

“Tap the link in bio to shop the edit, or save this for your next restock.”

Conversion metrics are already at the top of the range. The priority into June is feeding that engine with wider reach and a clean path from post to purchase.

  • TOFU"Tag your clean-beauty friend." · Share-driven discovery.
  • MOFU"Save this routine for later." · Save-prompted reference.
  • BOFU"Shop the edit · link in bio." · The conversion handoff.

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