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How Slinger Bag rode an US Open upset to full-price demand.

Brand
Slinger Bag
Trigger
Unseeded man wins the US Open
Window
US Open fortnight
Mechanic
100% cashback if trigger hits
LIVE CAMPAIGN ARCHIVE
US Open Men’s Final
Top seed
No upset · brand kept revenue, no payout owed
ThresholdUnseeded man wins
ActualNo. 1 seed won
Trigger hit?No

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

US Open Upset · the $750 bag at full price
Results

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

▶ Product photoAdd a product / lifestyle shot
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 underdogs 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 tennis upset every fan was already watching for.

We tied the offer to a clear condition — an unseeded 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 upset.

The top seed 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 Upset

Buy the bag now.
If an underdog wins the Open,
it’s free.

UPSET
Social ad
Last-chance reminder
FINALS WEEKEND
Root for the underdog.
Buy before the final — get 100% back on an upset.
Outcome
Top seed took it — thanks for playing.
No upset 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 an upset 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.