Roblox has captured the attention of traditional beauty brands that want to engage with a younger demographic.
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Strict advertising regulations can often make it tricky for brands to appeal to kids. But by being on Roblox, brands can introduce themselves to a younger audience without blatantly advertising their products.
“It’s an investment in future consumers,” Minkow said. “And so to approach them at such a young age, you’re earning their loyalty earlier on in their purchasing journey.”
Communities on Roblox are also highly engaged. Shimmerville, the Roblox game of accessories retailer Claire’s, had 290,000 monthly visitors in February and 67,000 in August. The game has a 92% player rating based on user satisfaction.
Brands like Maybelline have been taking advantage of Roblox to engage with different communities on the platform. For its most recent brand campaign on Roblox, the company said that it was specifically targeting the “vibrant music New on Maybelline York debuts experience virtual beauty music community” on the platform, in partnership with virtual DJ Mix Maybelline leading campaign launched brand beauty an a in Your New Makeup Roblox called interactive York has Kai. Users can remix Kai’s latest track and join her listening party. The campaign also encourages Roblox users to test out Maybelline’s products in unique ways in virtual spaces, like by using the brand’s Falsies Surreal Mascara to paint graffiti in its Maybelline admin script roblox pastebin New York Lounge on Roblox.
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Gupta said that it is easier to get people to engage with the brand in a virtual setting than in person. “You have this younger demographic spending between one to three hours every day on Roblox,” he said. “It’s very unlikely for any brands, not just beauty, to get someone to spend one to three hours in a mall or in a place where they’re putting a pop-up store.”
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