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Case Study · 06 of 13

How Slinger Bag turned a US Open home bet into full-price demand.

Brand
Slinger Bag
Trigger
Top American man wins the US Open
Window
US Open fortnight
Mechanic
100% cashback if trigger hits
LIVE CAMPAIGN ARCHIVE
US Open Men’s Final
Top American
Trigger missed · brand kept revenue, no payout owed
ThresholdTop American man wins
ActualNo American won
Trigger hit?No

Slinger kept every dollar of revenue. PlayAbly absorbed the campaign cost. Buyers who played got a partner-brand consolation offer.

Case Study · 06 of 13
US Open · the $750 bag at full price
Results

A $750 bag, full price, 3× the email capture.

3×
Email capture rate
vs. baseline
+60%
Site traffic
Organic lift during the Open
$750
Full-price AOV
No discount, no margin drain
3.5×
Organic reach
vs. a typical product launch
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I was pulling for the American all week — it made watching the Open even better.
SB
Slinger Bag Customer
Verified buyer

01 — A premium price point and a crowded launch window.

Slinger Bag sells a $750 ball launcher — a considered purchase that discounting would devalue.

They wanted attention and email capture during the US Open without cutting the price.

02 — A US Open run every American fan was watching for.

We tied the offer to a clear condition — the top American man winning the title — with a liability cap mapped to a launch-discount’s margin.

03 — On-site game, social ad, and US Open timing.

PlayAbly handled rules and tracking. Slinger ran an on-site ‘Buy Now, Win Later’ game alongside the broadcast — full price, no developer time.

04 — The outcome: full-price demand, no win.

No American won, so Slinger kept its revenue — after 3× email capture and a +60% traffic lift during the Open, all at the $750 full price.

The creative

What shoppers actually saw.

On-site game · US Open
SLINGER BAG
▶ US Open

Buy the bag now.
If the top American man wins the Open,
it’s free.

USOPEN
Social ad
Last-chance reminder
FINALS WEEKEND
Cheer on the American.
Buy before the final — 100% back if the top American man wins.
Outcome
The American came up short — thanks for playing.
No win this year. Here’s a little something from a partner brand.
Why it worked

Three reasons this beats a discount.

A

Premium price, protected.

A $750 bag stayed full price — the game created demand without a markdown.

B

Borrowed a moment.

The Open gave Slinger a reason to be in every tennis fan’s feed.

C

Earned reach.

Rooting for the home favorite is inherently shareable — reach without ad spend.

Have a moment your customers are already watching?

Bring us the trigger. We’ll handle everything else — rules, hedging, payouts, the lot.