BFCM 2026 · Creative intelligence · Pets
Pets Black Friday adswhat 34 brands ran, and why
40 distinct Black Friday and Cyber Monday creatives from 34 pets brands, sorted by format, angle, hook, offer and timing. Every quote is verbatim from the ad. Use it to plan your 2026 sale.
Methodology
Meta ads from GoMarble's ad library that mention Black Friday or Cyber Monday, run between 2025-10-25 and 2025-12-03. Duplicates (same creative re-run per market or size) count once; no brand contributes more than four. Angle, hook, offer and timing are classified by hand from each ad's own copy. Public libraries publish no spend or results, so nothing here is ranked by performance.
01 / Snapshot
The pets BFCM mix
How the 40 creatives split by format.
Read this first
In pets, the Black Friday ad is often an evergreen ad with a Black Friday caption. Eight of the 18 videos here have a usable transcript. All eight open on a pet problem or an owner testimonial: yeast and paw licking (PetLab Co.), wet food spoiling (Petlibro), indoor peeing (PuppyPad), supermarket kibble (Pet Food Australia), dogs that pull (Joyride Harness), litter-box smell (UahPet, PetSnowy) and pet hair (The Magic Brush). None of the eight voiceovers says "Black Friday". The offer sits in the headline and caption, and it is deep: among the 31 ads that state a number, the median is 50%, and 7 of the 40 go to 60% or more.
How pets differs from other industries
- The pet's health problem sells the supplements and food. Itch, yeast, allergies and gut health frame the offer for PetLab Co., Healthy Petz, WolfRoots, Tratez, Pet Food Australia and Pacagen, and several pair it with a 90-day risk-free promise rather than more discount.
- Pet tech gives dollar amounts, not percentages: "$299 Black Friday Price" and "$100 OFF" (UahPet), "Save up to $400!" (PetSnowy), "Normally $59.99 → TODAY ONLY $22.99" (Shaped Paws). That is why 7 of 40 ads fall in the "% not stated" band.
- The copy talks to the owner about the animal ("your pup", "fur baby", "furry bestie"). Nurturance averages 7.2 of 10 across the 40 ads, second only to urgency at 8.4.
Compared against all 10 industries in the BFCM 2026 report.
Filter 02 / By format
By format
Which formats pets brands used for the sale. Open a row to see the ads.
1
Single Video
One finished video, one message.
18ADS · 45%
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Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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2
Static Image
A still image carrying the entire offer.
15ADS · 38%
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Black Friday · 21 variations
Black Friday · 2 variations
Extended / last chance · 2 variations
Cyber Monday
Hook: Social proof · Emotion: Nurturance
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Cyber Monday
Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 5 variations
Black Friday · 6 variations
Black Friday · 3 variations
Black Friday
Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 4 variations
Cyber Monday · 9 variations
Black Friday
Hook: Problem callout · Emotion: Nurturance
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Black Friday · 2 variations
3
Dynamic Creative
Meta assembles variants from supplied assets — a live experiment.
6ADS · 15%
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Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 3 variations
Extended / last chance · 5 variations
Extended / last chance · 4 variations
Black Friday
4
Carousel
Several cards, usually several products or offers.
1ADS · 3%
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Black Friday
Filter 03 / By angle
By angle
The core pitch each ad makes. One angle per ad. Open a row to see the ads.
A
Straight Discount
The percentage or price off is the whole message.
11ADS · 28%
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Black Friday · 21 variations
Extended / last chance · 2 variations
Cyber Monday · 5 variations
Black Friday · 6 variations
Black Friday
Black Friday
Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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Cyber Monday · 9 variations
E
Countdown & Scarcity
Deadlines, limited stock and last-chance urgency.
10ADS · 25%
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Cyber Monday · 3 variations
Extended / last chance · 4 variations
Cyber Monday
Hook: Social proof · Emotion: Nurturance
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Cyber Monday
Black Friday
Black Friday
C
Gift With Purchase
A free product, sample or extra rides along with the order.
5ADS · 13%
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Black Friday
Extended / last chance · 5 variations
Cyber Monday · 4 variations
G
Creator / UGC Voice
A person talks to camera; the brand doesn't.
5ADS · 13%
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Black Friday · 2 variations
H
Product-First
The product and its benefit lead; Black Friday is the tag.
5ADS · 13%
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Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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Black Friday · 3 variations
Black Friday · 2 variations
B
Value Stack
Bundles, spend tiers and bundle maths: more for the money.
3ADS · 8%
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Black Friday
Black Friday
Hook: Problem callout · Emotion: Nurturance
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Founder & Brand Story
A founder or the brand's story carries the sale.
1ADS · 3%
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Filter 04 / By hook
By hook
How the first line or first seconds open. Open a row to see the ads.
1
Price-first
Opens with the percent or price off.
15ADS · 38%
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Black Friday · 21 variations
Black Friday
Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 5 variations
Black Friday · 6 variations
Black Friday · 3 variations
Black Friday
Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 4 variations
Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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2
Countdown
A deadline or time-left line up front.
9ADS · 23%
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Cyber Monday · 3 variations
Extended / last chance · 4 variations
Cyber Monday
Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 9 variations
3
Problem callout
Names the viewer's problem before the offer.
8ADS · 20%
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Black Friday · 2 variations
Black Friday
Hook: Problem callout · Emotion: Nurturance
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4
Social proof
Reviews, customer counts or bestseller status first.
5ADS · 13%
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Cyber Monday
Hook: Social proof · Emotion: Nurturance
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Black Friday
5
Question
Opens on a question to the viewer.
2ADS · 5%
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Extended / last chance · 5 variations
Extended / last chance · 2 variations
6
Mystery deal
Teases a deal without saying what it is.
1ADS · 3%
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Black Friday · 2 variations
Filter 05 / By emotion
The emotions doing the selling
Average emotional-driver score across the 40 ads, from GoMarble's creative analysis (0–100).
Filter 06 / By offer
How pets brands priced the sale
Offer mechanics and discount depth, as stated in the ads.
brands ran at least one ad with an explicit discount.
ran no discount at all in this sample: Healthy Petz.
Where an ad named a percentage, the median was 50% and the deepest was 75%.
Discount depth
Offer mechanics
An ad can use more than one.
1 Product-specific % 20ADS · 50% View adsHide
Black Friday · 21 variations
Cyber Monday · 3 variations
Extended / last chance · 2 variations
Extended / last chance · 4 variations
Cyber Monday
Black Friday
Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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Cyber Monday · 5 variations
Black Friday · 6 variations
Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 4 variations
Cyber Monday · 9 variations
Black Friday
Hook: Problem callout · Emotion: Nurturance
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Black Friday · 2 variations
2 Sitewide % 10ADS · 25% View adsHide
Black Friday
Black Friday
Black Friday · 3 variations
Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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3 Free gift 10ADS · 25% View adsHide
Black Friday
Extended / last chance · 5 variations
Black Friday
Cyber Monday · 4 variations
Black Friday
Hook: Problem callout · Emotion: Nurturance
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4 Free shipping 5ADS · 13% View adsHide
Black Friday · 21 variations
Cyber Monday · 9 variations
5 Code-gated 4ADS · 10% View adsHide
Extended / last chance · 5 variations
Hook: Price-first · Emotion: Nurturance
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6 Bundle / kit 3ADS · 8% View adsHide
Black Friday
Black Friday
Hook: Problem callout · Emotion: Nurturance
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Black Friday · 2 variations
7 Subscribe & save 2ADS · 5% View adsHide
Black Friday · 21 variations
Black Friday
8 No offer stated 2ADS · 5% View adsHide
Black Friday · 2 variations
Cyber Monday
Hook: Social proof · Emotion: Nurturance
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9 Spend-tiered 1ADS · 3% View adsHide
Black Friday
10 Buy one, get one 1ADS · 3% View adsHide
Filter 07 / By timing
Where in the sale each ad sat
Read from each ad's own copy: "early access", "ends tonight", "Cyber Monday" and so on. Teaser and early-access ads are under-counted, because many had stopped running by the end of the sale.
08 / Swipe file
Every hook line, verbatim
The opening line of each ad, grouped by brand.
09 / Playbook
Patterns worth stealing for BFCM 2026
What we'd take from these ads into a pets brand's 2026 sale.
Keep the problem hook and put the sale in the caption
PetLab Co., Petlibro, Joyride Harness and Pet Food Australia ran videos whose spoken opener is about the dog or cat ("Three signs of yeast you should never ignore.", "Stop giving your dog supermarket kibble."). The Black Friday percentage lives only in the headline and caption. A proven product video can carry the sale without a new edit.
Add a free extra to the percentage
10 of the 40 ads add a free gift on top of the discount: a free dog bed (RuffRover), 3 free PuppyPads plus 3 free gifts (PuppyPad), up to 3 free gifts (Open Farm), and a free extra jar with gifts worth $48 (WolfRoots). Zesty Paws gates its gift behind a $60 spend.
Make a separate final-hours creative
Reggie, Native Pet, EzyDog, Perro Collection and Petlibro each ran ads that do nothing but count down: "Final hours! Our biggest sale of the year ends at midnight.", "Ends Today 23:59 CET", "only until 12/2". 9 of the 40 open on a countdown hook.
Say you extended the sale
Pet Circle ("Missed Black Friday? We've extended the sale just for you"), Open Farm ("Cyber Week is EXTENDED!") and Fable Pets ("Extended Black Friday Sale") turned the extension into the headline. 8 of the 40 ads sit in the extended phase.
Give hardware a dollar figure and a trial
For litter boxes and fountains, UahPet and PetSnowy quote a price or dollar saving and pair it with risk reducers such as "30-Day Home Trial & Free Shipping". A testimonial voiceover ("The best purchase I've ever made as a cat parent.") replaces the founder or brand pitch.
Lead health products with a review, not the discount
Healthy Petz opens on a 5-star customer quote about stopping a medication and states no percentage at all. It relies on "For First 100 Customers ONLY" and a 90-day risk-free trial. WolfRoots and Pacagen also add 90-day guarantees to their Black Friday offers.
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BFCM ads in other industries
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FAQ
What kind of Black Friday ads do pets brands run?
In this sample of 40 distinct creatives from 34 brands, the most common angle was Straight Discount (28% of ads) and the most common format was Single Video (45%).
How big are pets Black Friday discounts?
Where an ad stated a percentage, the median was 50% and the highest was 75%. 33 of 34 brands ran at least one ad with an explicit discount; 1 ran none in this sample.
Where do these ads come from?
GoMarble's ad library, which indexes Meta (Facebook and Instagram) ads. We searched Black Friday and Cyber Monday ads that ran between 2025-10-25 and 2025-12-03, removed duplicates and capped each brand at four creatives.
Does this show which ads performed best?
No. Public ad libraries don't publish spend, impressions or sales, so nothing here ranks ads by results. Where we show variations, that's the number of ads reusing the same creative — a sign the brand invested in it, not proof it worked.
When are Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2026?
Black Friday is Friday 27 November 2026 and Cyber Monday is Monday 30 November 2026.
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