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Mayorga Coffee — Organic, Direct Trade Leader

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Lab 916 brews fresh growth for Mayorga Coffee—re engineering every Amazon touchpoint, tightening inventory flow, and roasting ad spend to record efficiency. In six months, conversion rose 31 percentage points, Buy Box retention hit 97%, and sales grew 44% YoY.

 

Quick facts

 

**Brand**

Mayorga Coffee (Mayorga Organics)

**Industry**

Organic, direct trade coffee

**HQ / Operations**

Rockville, MD · in house roastery & 3PL

**Marketplace**

Amazon.com (US)

**Engagement scope**

Full creative refresh · listing variation rebuild · inventory/roasting sync · Amazon Ads

**Primary goals**

Tell the direct trade story, fix variation chaos, keep beans fresh in FBA, scale ads profitably

**Headline results (6 mos.)**

+31 pt CVR · 97% Buy Box share ·38% ACOS · +44% sales YoY

 

The company

Mayorga sources USDA organic, specialty grade coffee through direct trade and roasts in small batches for freshness.

 

The challenge

Outdated images, missing A+, stale storefront

Duplicate ASINs and mismatched pack sizes splitting reviews

Freshness risk from uneven roastery to FBA hand offs

Inefficient ads on generic terms (26% ACOS)

 

The solution

Creative overhaul

4K lifestyle shots with roast date call out, “Direct Trade • USDA Organic” badge A+ and Brand Story with origin map, farmer spotlights, carbon neutral roasting stats

Storefront: flavor navigator and Roast to Order countdown timer (CTR +47% in tests)

 

Variation architecture & control

Merged 22 duplicate ASINs into clear parent families

Locked titles, bullets, images via Brand Registry (Buy Box 72% 97%)

 

Roast to FBA workflow

Weekly roastery + logistics + Lab 916 sync

Fiveday transfer cadence; disabled automated restock dates Freshship rate reached 96%

 

Precision Amazon Ads

Kickoff: exact match brand defense; negative “pods/k cups”

Harvest: broad/phrase on brand queries; graduate winners at CVR > 12%

Scale: SB Video vs. grocery brands (+62% CTR); SP product targeting on top organic SKUs; coupons tied to Subscribe & Save

 

The results (pre 180 days)

Conversion rate: 9.8% 15.1% (+31 pts)

Buy Box ownership: 72% 97%

ACOS: 26% 16% (38%)

TACOS: 11.3% 7.0%

Freshship rate (<15 days off roast): 68% 96%

Subscribe & Save units: +185%

 

Which tools

Brand Registry for catalog merges & content locks

Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Display with CVR based bidding FBA Restock and Business Reports for roast to warehouse cadence

Search term and market share dashboards

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