Case Study · D2C | VOCA & Churn

Your reviews look fine – but complaints are rising?

How a D2C brand used Voice of Customer Analytics to uncover hidden churn drivers buried inside “okay-looking” ratings.

VOCA Sentiment & Emotion Churn Insights
Headline result: 22% reduction in churn across key cohorts.
D2C VOCA dashboard

Context

A fast-growing D2C brand saw stable 4-star average ratings, but support tickets and cancellations were climbing. Classic metrics said “things are okay”.

Leadership suspected something was off, but there was no structured way to listen to what customers were really saying across channels.

Key Challenges

  • Star ratings hid negative experiences inside neutral or “polite” reviews.
  • Feedback was scattered across marketplaces, social and support chat.
  • No single view of topics, emotions, or product-level issues.
  • Churn reasons were guessed, not measured.

What DASTATS Built

Central VOCA Pipeline

All feedback in one place.

We ingested reviews, social comments and ticket notes into a single VOCA-ready dataset, tagged by product, channel and timeframe.

Sentiment, Emotion & Topic Models

Beyond just positive / negative.

Models identified sentiment, emotion (anger, fear, trust, joy) and top themes so the brand could see which issues hurt experience the most.

Actionable Churn Drivers

From insight to backlog.

We translated insights into prioritized product and CX actions: packaging, delivery communication and sizing information came at the top.

Impact

22% Churn Reduction

Addressing top 3 issues identified by VOCA delivered measurable churn reduction within key segments.

Clear Product-Level Insights

Product and ops teams knew exactly which SKUs and flows triggered disproportionate frustration.

Always-On Customer Listening

VOCA dashboards gave the team a live view into how sentiment evolved after each change or new launch.

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