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You’ve already built a list of DTC ecommerce prospects using Origami (see the guide on how to build a list of How to Prospect DTC Ecommerce Brands). Now run the outreach without leaving the platform: Origami has a built-in LinkedIn sequencer that sends connection requests and follow-ups automatically while you track opens, clicks, and replies in the same dashboard where your enriched contacts live. Below I’ll walk you through refining your list, stealing a 3-touch sequence written for DTC brands, and launching it all from one place.

You Have the List—Now Make It Worth Contacting

If you followed the parent post, Origami already returned a list of verified DTC ecommerce brands with names, titles, emails, phone numbers, and company intelligence—all from a single plain-English prompt. But before you fire off messages, spend 20 minutes qualifying and segmenting. This step separates campaigns that get ignored from the ones that book calls with ecommerce directors who actually have budget.

Step 1: Refine and Qualify Your List Inside Origami

Open your project in Origami. Your list might have a few hundred leads. Your goal is to create two or three tight cohorts you can message with near-identical copy (small differences go a long way). Here’s how to think about it for DTC ecommerce:

1. Pull out roles that matter
DTC companies run lean. Titles like “Founder,” “CEO,” “Head of Growth,” “VP of Ecommerce,” or “Performance Marketing Director” are the ones who feel customer acquisition pain daily. Delete or deprioritize generic “Marketing Manager” unless the company is larger and that person owns paid media. In Origami, you can filter by title directly in the table view. Keep only the people who can say “yes” to a new tool or service.

2. Segment by revenue or funding stage
A bootstrapped brand doing $2M in revenue has very different priorities than a Series B company at $30M. If your product helps scale ad profitability, the $5M–$15M range is usually the sweet spot: they’ve outgrown a chaotic spreadsheet but don’t have in-house data teams yet. Origami often enriches with estimated revenue or employee count. Create segments: “Small but growing,” “Mid-market scaling,” and “Enterprise DTC.” You’ll tweak your messaging for each segment later.

3. Look at tech stack signals
Origami’s enrichment includes tools and technologies a company uses. For DTC brands, seeing Shopify Plus, Klaviyo, Triple Whale, or Northbeam in the stack tells you they’re serious about analytics and attribution. If you’re selling a marketing analytics overlay, for instance, target only the cohort that already uses attribution tools. If you’re offering creative production, look for brands spending heavily on Meta/TikTok (often visible in job listings). In Origami, you can add a quick manual column to tag these.

4. Clean up bad fits
Sometimes you’ll see a lead that isn’t actually DTC—maybe a B2B brand that snuck in, or a marketplace that isn’t operating its own store. Remove them. A smaller, hyper-relevant list will outperform a bloated one every time. Your LinkedIn acceptance rate and reply rate depend on this pre-clean.

What “qualified” looks like for DTC ecommerce brands

Decision-maker title (Founder, C-level, VP/Director of Ecommerce, Head of Growth)
Company clearly sells physical or digital products directly to consumers via a Shopify/Webflow/Woo storefront
Revenue $2M–$50M (you can adjust the range)
Recent funding or announced growth plans (even better)
Uses tools that indicate they test and optimize (Klaviyo, Recharge, Gorgias, etc.)

Once you tag your segments, you’re ready to build the sequence.

Step 2: Create the LinkedIn Sequence

Origami offers two paths for LinkedIn sequencing—both live in the same project where your list sits. You don’t need to export CSVs or duct-tape another tool.

Option A: Paste Your Own Templates

If you have a proven sequence, write or paste your 3-touch templates directly into Origami’s sequencer. Set the delays between touches (Day 1, Day 3, Day 7—or whichever cadence you want) and hit launch. Simple. This gives you full control over the copy. I’ll give you a full sequence you can steal in a moment.

Option B: Let the AI Agent Write It

Alternatively, you can ask Origami’s AI agent to generate a personalized 3-day LinkedIn sequence for all your leads automatically. The agent writes messages based on each lead’s profile data—title, company, industry, recent news—so every message feels custom without you writing a line. It pulls in context like “I saw [Brand Name] launched a new skincare line” or “Noticed you’re hiring a performance marketer” from live data. For DTC brands, that sprinkle of personalization often boosts reply rates by double digits.

But for this guide, I’ll give you a battle-tested manual sequence you can copy, tweak, and drop into Origami’s template field. I’ve used versions of this exact flow to book meetings with directors of ecommerce, founders of 7-figure DTC brands, and growth leads at digitally native companies. It works because each touch references a real pain point they lose sleep over—and it doesn’t reek of a copy-paste spam blast.

The 3-Touch DTC Ecommerce LinkedIn Outreach Sequence

Target persona: Founder, CEO, Head of Growth, or Ecommerce Director at a DTC brand generating $2M–$20M annually. The brand sells primarily via Shopify and invests in paid social (Meta/TikTok). They care about customer acquisition cost (CAC), retention, average order value (AOV), and scaling creative.

Touch 1 / Day 1 — Connection Request (Note)

No subject line needed; LinkedIn’s connection note is limited to 300 characters. Keep it tight.

Hi , saw is crushing it in the space. I help DTC brands bring CAC down and keep LTV high using better attribution and creative optimization. Would love to connect and swap notes.

Why it works: It’s a compliment, a narrow value prop, and a low-pressure invite. No ask. You’re positioning yourself as a peer, not a salesperson. If you’re segmenting by revenue, add the revenue mention: "...crushing it on Shopify at $5M+..."

Touch 2 / Day 3 — Follow-Up Message (Different Angle)

This comes as a normal LinkedIn message after they accept your connection (or as an InMail if they haven’t connected yet—Origami’s sequencer handles both scenarios). Here’s the body:

, quick follow-up. I’ve been digging into DTC brands in the vertical, and the pattern I keep seeing: ad costs climbing while attribution stays messy. Most founders feel like they’re flying blind on Meta/TikTok spend.

We’ve built a lightweight system that pulls real-time contribution margins by channel and creative—no massive data migration needed.

Open to a 15-min chat next week to see if it’s relevant? Happy to share some anonymized insights either way.

Why it works: You’re naming the pain (messy attribution, rising ad costs) in their language. You’re offering value even if they don’t buy (anonymized insights). The ask is soft, just a short call for relevance. Keep total words around 90.

Touch 3 / Day 7 — Final Message (Soft Close)

If they didn’t reply to touch 2, this is your breakup message—but polite and leaving the door open. Origami automatically unenrolls them from the sequence if they reply, so this only fires when there’s silence.

, I know DTC founders/leads are swamped. I’ll leave it here—but if scaling profitable growth, getting clean attribution, or cutting CAC ever becomes a headache you need to solve fast, I’m a resource.

Feel free to bookmark my profile. And if you’re not the right person to talk to, I’d appreciate a pointer to who owns that at .

Cheers.

Why it works: No guilt, just recapping the value and asking for a warm referral. Many replies come from this touch because they realize you’re a real human, not a bot.

Some customization tips:

Swap the pain point to match your offering: retention vs. acquisition, creative testing, inventory management, post-purchase upsells, etc.
Mention the brand’s specific category (e.g., “in the DTC beverage space”)—Origami’s agent can do this dynamically if you use Option B.
If you know they’re hiring a performance marketing manager, drop in “Noticed you’re scaling the team—happy to share how we unify data for new hires.”

Copy these templates, adjust the pain points, and paste them into Origami’s sequencer template fields. You set the touch intervals (I recommend Day 1, 3, 7) and you’re set.

Step 3: Send the Sequence Directly from Origami

This is where most guides fall apart: they give you copy and then tell you to export a CSV, import it into another tool, set up a campaign, hope fields merge correctly, and then monitor in a third place. Not here.

Origami handles the full workflow: find, enrich, sequence, send, and track—all from the same environment.

Here’s what happens after you launch:

1. One-click launch
Once you’ve pasted your template or let the AI generate it, you hit “Launch” inside the Sequencer tab. Origami starts sending connection requests according to your list and schedule. You can set daily send limits (LinkedIn recommends keeping it conservative; I usually cap at 25–30 per day for new accounts, scale up slowly). You control whether to include a connection note, skip if note is full, etc.

2. Built-in LinkedIn sequencer included on paid plans
The sequencer itself is free—you only pay for the credits you used to enrich your leads. Paid plans start at $29/month. So if you already built the enriched list, you can run sequences without any additional cost. No per-outreach pricing, no hidden fees.

3. Live tracking in the same dashboard
As your sequence runs, Origami shows you opens, clicks, and replies for each contact—right next to the enriched profile you looked at while building the list. When someone accepts your connection and replies, you immediately see it, and you can view their full profile context: title, company, tools they use, estimated revenue, etc. That means you know exactly why you reached out, what pain point you led with, without switching tabs.

4. Automatic un-enrollment
If a lead replies (even a “not interested”), Origami removes them from the sequence. No accidental “following up” after a meeting is already booked, no cringe-worthy breakup messages sent after a positive reply. It’s a small detail that saves your reputation.

5. Manage prospect replies with full context
When you jump into a conversation, you’re not staring at a blank LinkedIn inbox. Origami’s prospect panel shows the lead’s enriched data, any tags you applied, and the full message history inside the platform. You can respond, log notes, and move on—without ever leaving Origami. If you need to push the lead into your CRM, you can export or integrate later, but for initial outreach, it’s self-contained.

No export, no sync, no duct tape.

What Response Rates to Expect (and When to Iterate)

For a well-segmented list of DTC ecommerce decision-makers, using the sequence above, I typically see:

Connection acceptance rate: 40–55% (higher if your LinkedIn profile looks credible and your note is personalized).
Reply rate (across all touches): 12–20%. Of those, roughly half are positive (want to chat) and half are “not now” but valuable to stay connected.
Meeting booked rate: 5–10% of sent connection requests, depending on offer strength.

These are ranges, not guarantees. Your numbers will depend on your offer, your targeting sharpness, and how well the sequence resonates. If after 100–150 contacts you’re below 8% reply rate, iterate on the messaging first—tweak the opening line, try a different pain angle. If that still doesn’t move the needle, revisit your list. Maybe you need to aim at a slightly different title or revenue band. With Origami, you can duplicate the project, adjust filters, and spin up a new list in minutes.

When messaging fails, it’s usually because the lead doesn’t recognize their own challenge in your words. So keep a swipe file of actual DTC founder tweets, LinkedIn posts, and podcast quotes—real language they use to describe their problems. Steal that phrasing. Don’t write like a marketer.

Start the Conversation While Your Leads Are Still Hot

By the time you’re reading this, you probably have a list of DTC ecommerce brands just sitting in a spreadsheet. That list won’t book meetings. The LinkedIn sequence does—especially when you don’t have to wrestle with CSV uploads, broken token fields, and scattered dashboards.

Origami pulls everything under one roof: find the leads, enrich them with verified contact data, queue up a sequence you wrote or the AI generated, and hit send—all in the time it used to take just to clean a list. The sequencer costs nothing extra; you’re only paying for the credits that found and enriched your leads in the first place.

If you haven’t built your prospect list yet, head over to the DTC ecommerce prospecting guide and spin one up. Then drop back here, refine it, load the templates above, and launch. You could have real replies waiting by tomorrow.

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