28M views selling “spicy cubes” — social media meets ecom

published on 18 April 2025

you’ve probably seen one of these already.

a woman in a car telling a wild story.

somewhere in there? she casually drops “spicy sugar cubes.”

28 million views later, this one product is blowing up — and they’re just getting started.

storytelling for eCom
storytelling for eCom

what they’re selling:

🧊 erotic energy sugar cubes

🛒 ~$30 per box

📈 launched with 1 creator → scaled to 36+ dedicated ambassador accounts

🎥 all content is tiktok-first, long-form stories

how they do it:

each video is a 1–5 min story, usually starting with something like:

“my husband almost got me fired today…”

then the punchline hits:

he mixed up her coffee sweetener and accidentally gave her a “spicy cube” — triggering very unexpected feelings at work.

📦 cue: smooth plug of the product

📉 zero selling

🧠 just suggestive storytelling

Ambassador-led content strategy promoting adult sugar cube product
Ambassador-led content strategy promoting adult sugar cube product

creator structure:

they started small: 1 creator → 3 creators → now 38 active accounts

all branded under variations of “spicycubes”

every account is run by a single ambassador

→ fixed + affiliate payouts

→ daily posting cadence (1–2 per day per account)

💡 and they film almost all of it from their car — casual, believable, repeatable

engagement stats:

→ 17M+ views this year alone

→ 55K bookmarks

→ 57K shares

🧮 assuming a modest 2% click-to-buy rate at $30/box, they’ve probably done $500K+ in revenue just from this content engine.

2 growth hacks they stack on top:

  1. on-screen question hook→ “would YOU fire your husband over this?”
  2. reply-to-comment video threads→ fuels more engagement, lets them repeat the pitch in new ways

why it works (and how to steal it):

🔥 long-form = high intent

→ 90 seconds lets you build narrative, tension, & CTA

→ better for conversion than short “wow” clips

👤 dedicated creators > random UGC

→ single face builds trust + relatability

→ repetition builds recognition

🚗 car setting = native & unpolished

→ less ad-like, more like real talk

what other brands can do:

🍫 edgy health / wellness products?

→ wrap them in a relatable, emotional mini-story

→ hint, don’t sell

📱 launching with ambassadors?

→ give them a format + angle

→ test longer clips over short trendy ones

💋 romance, taboo, relationship niches?

→ controversial hook + soft storytelling = gold

this brand isn’t spamming 7-second TikToks.

they’re telling fake but believable stories around one simple product.

and it’s working.

38 creators. 28 million views. real money.

now that’s an ecom strategy with bite.

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