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Dzvonylka

Apple tech retail · UkraineNovember 2023 → 10 November 2024
150%+
Revenue growth · client-reported

29M organic TikTok views · 12 months

Dzvonylka case-study cover with TikTok followers, revenue growth and organic views.
01

Context

At kickoff, the owner did not believe content would bring customers and expected roughly 5,000 views per video.

Point A: 7 TikTok followers, 4,919 views on the only video, and Instagram near 1,200. TikTok effectively did not exist.

02

Constraint

One store meant stock decided the plan. Premium Apple products also needed trust before the sale.

  • One store: stock availability decided the plan.
  • Premium Apple tech is a considered purchase; trust had to be built before purchase.
  • Orders could be shipped by post, but inventory still had to be restockable.
03

Strategy

01Positioning
02Offer
03Packaging
04Content
05Funnel
06Sale
04

Execution

Content had four jobs: earn reach, build an audience, create trust and move people toward a sale.

  • Early traction: 260,200 views on one video while the account had 1,253 followers; the owner reported new customers from TikTok in week one.
  • A store-birthday activation used a 356,400-view driver video; the source says the queue ran into the street. A Meta campaign ran too.
  • The TikTok feed showed repeated high-performing posts rather than one isolated spike.
05

Results

150%+
Revenue growth
Client-reported; paid ads ran alongside
29M
Organic TikTok views
12-month measured period
49,619
TikTok followers
From near zero; net +43K in the period
967K
Likes
Plus 13K comments and 122K shares

For You represented 71.7% of measured TikTok traffic; search represented 20.7%.

For the birthday activation, the source states over 40% of new people bought within three months, based on owner data.

06

Evidence

Dzvonylka TikTok profile screenshot highlighting a video with 260.2 thousand views.
First traction260,200 views on one early video.
TikTok analytics screenshot showing 29 million post views.
TikTok analytics29M post views across the measured year.
TikTok follower analytics showing 49,619 followers.
Follower proof49,619 followers, all time at handover.
Dzvonylka TikTok profile grid used as evidence for a store birthday activation.
Store activationDriver video: 356,400 views.
07

Proof limits

What this case does not claim.

  • Organic was not the only channel; paid ran alongside.
  • The 150% revenue figure is the owner’s figure for the period.
  • Views and followers are supported by screenshots; “#1 in the niche” is owner wording, not an audit.
08

In their words

“At the start I did not believe the approach would work.”
“By the first week it was clear we were wrong — new customers from TikTok only kept growing.”
Volodymyr I. · OwnerOriginal Telegram message · Translated from Ukrainian
09

How we worked

The plan followed available stock, then batch shoots and written reporting closed the loop each month.

  • Monthly plan built to available stock.
  • Batch shoots with direct on-set involvement.
  • Written reports covering reach, views, engagement, what worked and what did not.
  • Client time: 6–12 hours a week on set, in street and store locations.

At handover on 10 November 2024 the account had 49,619 TikTok followers. The source later records 80K in September 2026 and notes the team kept shooting without the playbook; playbook and training now ship with the work.

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