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This template is created with an e-commerce business in mind, but can be adapted to other business models.
The document is in view-only mode. To edit it, make a copy (File > Make a copy) and play around with the copy.
See "CLTV" and "Cohorts" sheets for assumptions and calculation of Customer Lifetime Value, approximated as Customer 1-Year Value and Custom
See "CAC..." sheets for assumptions and calculation of Customer Acquisition Cost and how different channels build up to this value.
Explanations
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Green numbers are read from other sheets.
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Green cells are exported to other sheets
OVERVIEW
C1YV € 8.01 Profit made during first 12 months since customer joined, excluding CAC.
CLTV € 20.54 Profit made during first 5 years since customer joined, excluding CAC and assuming that things don't change
C1YV / CAC 2.79 The ratio between C1YV and CAC shows how solid your model is in an early business when it's hard to see m
C1YV / CAC_paid 2.31 If this number is >1, the customers you acquire through paid channels generate more profit for you during th
CLTV / CAC 7.15 The ratio between CLTV and CAC shows how solid your user acquisition model is long-term, given that you h
CLTV / CAC_paid 5.93
CAC break-even 0.2 Months until the value of a customer is as high as the cost for acquiring an additional one. A must-know to un
CAC_paid break-even 1.8 Months until the value of a customer is as high as the cost for acquiring an additional one through paid chann
http://startupdocs.se/unit-economics-cltv-cac-and-cohorts/
model is long-term, given that you have accurate data. >3 is good.
Please note that in this example, I make no distinction between different customer segments. In reality, it's quite likely that some customers are m
For example, customers acquired through a certain channel (e.g. group buying) might have lower retention rates (and hence lower CLTV) than oth
Assumptions
2.00% Average yearly transaction cost growth
3.00% Average yearly transaction value growth
€ 0.10 Cost per transaction
-0.339 Cohort activity exponent from month 3
customers per active Transactions transaction transaction
Month buying customer per customer value value Gross margin Revenue
1 100.00% 1.05 1.05 € 7.24 € 7.59 38.8% € 2.95
2 23.24% 1.25 0.29 € 7.15 € 2.07 38.8% € 0.80
3 18.37% 1.25 0.23 € 7.16 € 1.64 38.8% € 0.64
4 16.01% 1.25 0.20 € 7.18 € 1.43 38.8% € 0.56
5 14.52% 1.25 0.18 € 7.20 € 1.30 38.8% € 0.51
6 13.46% 1.25 0.17 € 7.22 € 1.21 38.8% € 0.47
7 12.65% 1.25 0.16 € 7.23 € 1.14 38.8% € 0.44
8 12.01% 1.25 0.15 € 7.25 € 1.09 38.8% € 0.42
9 11.48% 1.25 0.14 € 7.27 € 1.04 38.8% € 0.40
10 11.03% 1.25 0.14 € 7.29 € 1.00 38.8% € 0.39
11 10.64% 1.25 0.13 € 7.31 € 0.97 38.8% € 0.38
12 10.30% 1.25 0.13 € 7.32 € 0.94 38.8% € 0.36
13 10.00% 1.25 0.12 € 7.34 € 0.92 38.8% € 0.36
14 9.74% 1.25 0.12 € 7.36 € 0.89 38.8% € 0.35
15 9.49% 1.25 0.12 € 7.38 € 0.87 38.8% € 0.34
16 9.27% 1.25 0.12 € 7.40 € 0.86 38.8% € 0.33
17 9.07% 1.25 0.11 € 7.41 € 0.84 38.8% € 0.33
18 8.89% 1.25 0.11 € 7.43 € 0.82 38.8% € 0.32
19 8.72% 1.25 0.11 € 7.45 € 0.81 38.8% € 0.31
20 8.56% 1.25 0.11 € 7.47 € 0.80 38.8% € 0.31
21 8.41% 1.25 0.10 € 7.49 € 0.79 38.8% € 0.30
22 8.27% 1.25 0.10 € 7.51 € 0.77 38.8% € 0.30
23 8.14% 1.25 0.10 € 7.52 € 0.76 38.8% € 0.30
24 8.02% 1.25 0.10 € 7.54 € 0.75 38.8% € 0.29
25 7.91% 1.25 0.10 € 7.56 € 0.75 38.8% € 0.29
26 7.80% 1.25 0.10 € 7.58 € 0.74 38.8% € 0.29
27 7.70% 1.25 0.10 € 7.60 € 0.73 38.8% € 0.28
28 7.60% 1.25 0.09 € 7.62 € 0.72 38.8% € 0.28
29 7.50% 1.25 0.09 € 7.64 € 0.71 38.8% € 0.28
30 7.42% 1.25 0.09 € 7.66 € 0.71 38.8% € 0.27
31 7.33% 1.25 0.09 € 7.67 € 0.70 38.8% € 0.27
32 7.25% 1.25 0.09 € 7.69 € 0.70 38.8% € 0.27
33 7.17% 1.25 0.09 € 7.71 € 0.69 38.8% € 0.27
34 7.10% 1.25 0.09 € 7.73 € 0.68 38.8% € 0.27
35 7.03% 1.25 0.09 € 7.75 € 0.68 38.8% € 0.26
36 6.96% 1.25 0.09 € 7.77 € 0.67 38.8% € 0.26
37 6.89% 1.25 0.09 € 7.79 € 0.67 38.8% € 0.26
38 6.83% 1.25 0.09 € 7.81 € 0.66 38.8% € 0.26
39 6.77% 1.25 0.08 € 7.83 € 0.66 38.8% € 0.26
40 6.71% 1.25 0.08 € 7.85 € 0.66 38.8% € 0.25
41 6.65% 1.25 0.08 € 7.87 € 0.65 38.8% € 0.25
42 6.59% 1.25 0.08 € 7.89 € 0.65 38.8% € 0.25
43 6.54% 1.25 0.08 € 7.90 € 0.64 38.8% € 0.25
44 6.49% 1.25 0.08 € 7.92 € 0.64 38.8% € 0.25
45 6.44% 1.25 0.08 € 7.94 € 0.64 38.8% € 0.25
46 6.39% 1.25 0.08 € 7.96 € 0.63 38.8% € 0.25
47 6.34% 1.25 0.08 € 7.98 € 0.63 38.8% € 0.24
48 6.30% 1.25 0.08 € 8.00 € 0.63 38.8% € 0.24
49 6.25% 1.25 0.08 € 8.02 € 0.63 38.8% € 0.24
50 6.21% 1.25 0.08 € 8.04 € 0.62 38.8% € 0.24
51 6.16% 1.25 0.08 € 8.06 € 0.62 38.8% € 0.24
52 6.12% 1.25 0.08 € 8.08 € 0.62 38.8% € 0.24
53 6.08% 1.25 0.08 € 8.10 € 0.61 38.8% € 0.24
54 6.04% 1.25 0.08 € 8.12 € 0.61 38.8% € 0.24
55 6.01% 1.25 0.07 € 8.14 € 0.61 38.8% € 0.24
56 5.97% 1.25 0.07 € 8.16 € 0.61 38.8% € 0.24
57 5.93% 1.25 0.07 € 8.18 € 0.61 38.8% € 0.23
58 5.90% 1.25 0.07 € 8.20 € 0.60 38.8% € 0.23
59 5.86% 1.25 0.07 € 8.22 € 0.60 38.8% € 0.23
60 5.83% 1.25 0.07 € 8.24 € 0.60 38.8% € 0.23
12-03. See sheet "Summary" for more instructions.
quite likely that some customers are more valuable than others.
rates (and hence lower CLTV) than others.
Cost per
transaction Cost Profit Acc. CLTV
€ 0.10 € 0.10 € 2.84 € 2.84
€ 0.10 € 0.03 € 0.77 € 3.61
€ 0.10 € 0.02 € 0.61 € 4.23
€ 0.10 € 0.02 € 0.54 € 4.76
€ 0.10 € 0.02 € 0.49 € 5.25
€ 0.10 € 0.02 € 0.45 € 5.70
€ 0.10 € 0.02 € 0.43 € 6.13
€ 0.10 € 0.02 € 0.41 € 6.54
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.39 € 6.93
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.37 € 7.30
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.36 € 7.66
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.35 € 8.01
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.34 € 8.36
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.33 € 8.69
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.33 € 9.02
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.32 € 9.34
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.31 € 9.65
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.31 € 9.96
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.30 € 10.26
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.30 € 10.56
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.29 € 10.85
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.29 € 11.14
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.29 € 11.43
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.28 € 11.71
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.28 € 11.99
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.28 € 12.27
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.27 € 12.54
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.27 € 12.81
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.27 € 13.08
€ 0.10 € 0.01 € 0.26 € 13.34
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.26 € 13.60
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.26 € 13.86
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.26 € 14.12
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.26 € 14.38
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.25 € 14.63
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.25 € 14.88
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.25 € 15.14
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.25 € 15.38
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.25 € 15.63
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.25 € 15.88
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 16.12
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 16.36
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 16.60
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 16.84
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 17.08
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 17.32
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 17.56
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.24 € 17.79
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 18.03
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 18.26
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 18.49
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 18.72
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 18.95
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 19.18
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 19.41
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 19.64
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 19.86
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 20.09
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.23 € 20.31
€ 0.11 € 0.01 € 0.22 € 20.54
Customer Cohorts
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Average retention month X 100.0% 23.8% 18.4% 14.5% 14.6% 13.4% 12.8% 11.4%
Best fitting trendline 100.0% 23.2% 18.4% 16.0% 14.5% 13.5% 12.7% 12.0%
1 2+
Average orders month X 1.05 1.25
1 2+
Average basket size month X € 7.24 € 7.15
Gross margin
Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12
Customer joined in month Feb-12 35.0% 35.4% 36.3% 37.4% 37.8% 39.0% 38.5% 38.0%
Mar-12 35.1% 34.6% 35.9% 36.7% 37.8% 40.2% 38.5%
Apr-12 35.7% 35.7% 36.3% 37.0% 39.0% 41.0%
May-12 35.3% 35.0% 37.0% 36.7% 39.0%
Jun-12 35.7% 35.7% 37.8% 36.7%
Jul-12 35.3% 36.7% 37.0%
Aug-12 35.3% 36.4%
Sep-12 35.7%
Oct-12
Nov-12
Dec-12
Jan-13
Feb-13
Mar-13
Apr-13
May-13
Jun-13
Jul-13
Aug-13
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Total revenue in month € 3,941 € 5,014 € 5,961 € 6,829 € 7,770 € 8,581 € 9,901 € 11,260
e sheet "Summary" for more instructions.
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13
1,986 1,972 2,007 2,054 2,044 2,172 2,260 2,360 2,402 2,403 2,457 2,400
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13
10.7% 10.4% 10.0% 9.7% 9.5% 9.3% 9.1% 8.9% 8.7% 8.6% 8.4% 8.3%
11.7% 11.1% 11.0% 10.4% 10.0% 9.7% 9.2% 9.4% 8.5% 8.3% 8.3% 8.1%
11.3% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.0% 10.6% 9.8% 9.4% 9.7% 8.9% 8.3% 8.9%
13.1% 11.8% 10.8% 11.3% 10.6% 10.8% 10.3% 9.4% 9.0% 10.4% 9.5% 8.2%
12.6% 13.0% 12.1% 10.5% 10.9% 11.0% 11.3% 10.4% 9.9% 9.1% 9.9% 9.0%
14.3% 13.5% 13.5% 12.4% 10.1% 11.0% 11.2% 10.7% 10.1% 10.3% 9.7% 10.0%
18.4% 13.9% 13.7% 13.9% 12.6% 10.4% 11.5% 11.6% 11.0% 9.7% 11.1% 10.2%
22.3% 19.7% 14.6% 13.7% 14.0% 12.2% 10.4% 12.3% 12.3% 11.1% 10.4% 11.8%
100.0% 23.4% 18.7% 14.6% 13.8% 14.0% 11.9% 11.8% 11.8% 11.8% 11.0% 10.7%
100.0% 24.8% 18.9% 14.3% 14.1% 13.5% 12.6% 11.8% 11.3% 11.6% 11.6%
100.0% 23.8% 18.3% 14.7% 13.5% 13.5% 12.8% 11.4% 10.7% 12.3%
100.0% 25.2% 17.4% 14.9% 14.3% 12.9% 13.5% 12.5% 10.6%
100.0% 26.5% 18.3% 14.4% 15.3% 12.9% 14.4% 11.7%
100.0% 25.7% 17.9% 14.4% 15.5% 13.1% 14.3%
100.0% 26.2% 17.0% 14.1% 16.6% 12.9%
100.0% 25.1% 17.7% 14.4% 15.9%
100.0% 26.1% 17.5% 14.4%
100.0% 27.4% 18.5%
100.0% 26.4%
100.0%
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
11.2% 11.9% 11.3% 10.2% 10.9% 9.9% 10.2% 9.3% 8.7% 8.8% 8.8% 8.2%
11.5% 11.0% 10.6% 10.3% 10.0% 9.7% 9.5% 9.3% 9.1% 8.9% 8.7% 8.6%
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13
1.21 1.19 1.20 1.19 1.19 1.20 1.17 1.20 1.22 1.18 1.17 1.17
1.18 1.19 1.17 1.22 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.21 1.18 1.26 1.19 1.17
1.23 1.22 1.20 1.20 1.25 1.18 1.19 1.21 1.23 1.15 1.27 1.19
1.23 1.21 1.24 1.19 1.21 1.24 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.27 1.16 1.27
1.20 1.22 1.24 1.28 1.19 1.19 1.27 1.21 1.21 1.20 1.25 1.19
1.13 1.24 1.21 1.22 1.30 1.22 1.21 1.31 1.24 1.24 1.21 1.23
1.22 1.17 1.24 1.22 1.19 1.32 1.25 1.24 1.35 1.25 1.26 1.25
1.20 1.23 1.17 1.24 1.21 1.22 1.30 1.28 1.24 1.39 1.26 1.25
1.05 1.24 1.22 1.17 1.24 1.20 1.22 1.33 1.26 1.22 1.39 1.29
1.06 1.26 1.25 1.17 1.26 1.23 1.24 1.34 1.28 1.25 1.42
1.06 1.21 1.23 1.19 1.28 1.26 1.23 1.37 1.32 1.22
1.05 1.21 1.25 1.23 1.29 1.27 1.23 1.38 1.33
1.04 1.28 1.23 1.26 1.33 1.24 1.27 1.38
1.06 1.20 1.26 1.30 1.35 1.26 1.27
1.05 1.32 1.26 1.31 1.33 1.26
1.05 1.30 1.26 1.29 1.34
1.04 1.25 1.24 1.26
1.06 1.33 1.28
1.06 1.32
1.04
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13
€ 7.10 € 7.12 € 7.11 € 7.10 € 7.10 € 7.10 € 7.10 € 7.11 € 7.11 € 7.11 € 7.11 € 7.11
€ 7.10 € 7.11 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.13 € 7.14 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.13 € 7.13
€ 7.11 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.12 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.14
€ 7.06 € 7.07 € 7.06 € 7.05 € 7.04 € 7.05 € 7.07 € 7.08 € 7.10 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.13
€ 7.11 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.11 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.15
€ 7.11 € 7.12 € 7.14 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.14 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.15 € 7.14 € 7.14
€ 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.16 € 7.15 € 7.14
€ 7.10 € 7.12 € 7.12 € 7.13 € 7.14 € 7.15 € 7.17 € 7.18 € 7.17 € 7.19 € 7.20 € 7.20
€ 7.22 € 7.13 € 7.13 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.16 € 7.15 € 7.15 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.13
€ 7.24 € 7.15 € 7.14 € 7.13 € 7.14 € 7.13 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.14 € 7.16 € 7.15
€ 7.23 € 7.15 € 7.16 € 7.17 € 7.17 € 7.16 € 7.16 € 7.17 € 7.18 € 7.17
€ 7.24 € 7.16 € 7.16 € 7.15 € 7.17 € 7.16 € 7.17 € 7.18 € 7.19
€ 7.26 € 7.15 € 7.15 € 7.15 € 7.14 € 7.15 € 7.15 € 7.17
€ 7.25 € 7.16 € 7.16 € 7.17 € 7.17 € 7.17 € 7.19
€ 7.27 € 7.18 € 7.20 € 7.21 € 7.21 € 7.21
€ 7.27 € 7.17 € 7.17 € 7.16 € 7.15
€ 7.27 € 7.18 € 7.19 € 7.21
€ 7.27 € 7.16 € 7.16
€ 7.26 € 7.17
€ 7.27
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13
38.0% 37.8% 37.2% 37.9% 38.0% 37.4% 37.1% 38.4% 39.5% 39.3% 38.4% 37.8%
38.3% 37.3% 37.8% 37.9% 37.1% 38.3% 37.0% 36.4% 38.4% 38.7% 38.9% 39.6%
38.9% 38.3% 37.6% 37.8% 39.1% 37.9% 38.3% 37.4% 37.5% 39.5% 38.7% 38.1%
40.1% 39.2% 38.7% 37.3% 38.9% 39.5% 37.1% 38.3% 38.5% 37.5% 39.1% 39.9%
39.0% 41.3% 38.5% 38.3% 38.4% 38.5% 39.5% 38.2% 38.7% 38.1% 38.2% 39.1%
37.0% 40.1% 42.2% 38.5% 38.3% 38.0% 39.3% 40.6% 38.6% 37.9% 38.1% 38.6%
37.4% 36.3% 40.1% 41.3% 38.8% 39.1% 38.0% 38.5% 39.8% 38.2% 38.3% 38.1%
36.4% 36.6% 37.4% 39.7% 42.6% 38.5% 39.1% 38.0% 38.1% 41.0% 38.2% 37.6%
36.4% 36.4% 35.9% 38.1% 39.7% 42.1% 38.5% 38.7% 39.1% 38.5% 42.3% 39.4%
36.0% 37.1% 35.5% 39.3% 38.9% 43.0% 38.8% 39.9% 39.9% 38.5% 41.4%
36.4% 37.8% 36.6% 39.7% 39.7% 44.3% 40.0% 39.9% 39.5% 39.7%
36.8% 37.1% 36.6% 38.9% 39.7% 44.7% 41.2% 41.1% 39.5%
36.4% 37.8% 36.6% 38.1% 39.7% 45.6% 41.6% 41.5%
36.8% 39.0% 35.9% 37.7% 40.9% 46.5% 42.0%
37.5% 39.3% 35.1% 38.1% 40.1% 47.5%
37.9% 38.6% 36.2% 38.9% 39.3%
38.3% 38.2% 36.9% 39.6%
37.9% 37.4% 38.0%
37.9% 36.7%
38.2%
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13
€ 0.35 € 0.33 € 0.32 € 0.31 € 0.30 € 0.30 € 0.28 € 0.29 € 0.30 € 0.28 € 0.27 € 0.26
€ 0.38 € 0.35 € 0.34 € 0.34 € 0.32 € 0.32 € 0.29 € 0.29 € 0.27 € 0.29 € 0.27 € 0.27
€ 0.38 € 0.37 € 0.36 € 0.36 € 0.38 € 0.34 € 0.32 € 0.30 € 0.32 € 0.29 € 0.29 € 0.29
€ 0.46 € 0.39 € 0.37 € 0.35 € 0.35 € 0.37 € 0.32 € 0.30 € 0.29 € 0.35 € 0.31 € 0.30
€ 0.42 € 0.47 € 0.41 € 0.37 € 0.35 € 0.36 € 0.40 € 0.34 € 0.33 € 0.30 € 0.34 € 0.30
€ 0.43 € 0.48 € 0.49 € 0.41 € 0.36 € 0.37 € 0.38 € 0.41 € 0.34 € 0.35 € 0.32 € 0.34
€ 0.60 € 0.42 € 0.48 € 0.50 € 0.42 € 0.38 € 0.39 € 0.40 € 0.42 € 0.33 € 0.38 € 0.35
€ 0.69 € 0.63 € 0.45 € 0.48 € 0.52 € 0.41 € 0.38 € 0.43 € 0.42 € 0.46 € 0.36 € 0.40
€ 2.76 € 0.75 € 0.58 € 0.46 € 0.48 € 0.51 € 0.40 € 0.44 € 0.41 € 0.40 € 0.46 € 0.39
€ 2.77 € 0.83 € 0.60 € 0.47 € 0.49 € 0.51 € 0.43 € 0.45 € 0.41 € 0.40 € 0.49
€ 2.79 € 0.78 € 0.59 € 0.50 € 0.49 € 0.54 € 0.45 € 0.45 € 0.40 € 0.43
€ 2.79 € 0.81 € 0.57 € 0.51 € 0.52 € 0.53 € 0.49 € 0.51 € 0.40
€ 2.75 € 0.91 € 0.59 € 0.50 € 0.58 € 0.52 € 0.54 € 0.48
€ 2.83 € 0.86 € 0.58 € 0.51 € 0.61 € 0.55 € 0.55
€ 2.86 € 0.98 € 0.54 € 0.51 € 0.63 € 0.56
€ 2.89 € 0.91 € 0.58 € 0.52 € 0.60
€ 2.89 € 0.89 € 0.58 € 0.52
€ 2.92 € 0.98 € 0.65
€ 2.92 € 0.91
€ 2.89
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13
€ 695 € 653 € 638 € 641 € 622 € 642 € 632 € 686 € 717 € 676 € 659 € 625
€ 749 € 691 € 690 € 708 € 646 € 692 € 664 € 695 € 658 € 688 € 673 € 639
€ 765 € 729 € 718 € 735 € 786 € 735 € 718 € 712 € 766 € 692 € 713 € 690
€ 909 € 776 € 735 € 721 € 723 € 809 € 728 € 716 € 701 € 843 € 756 € 709
€ 835 € 919 € 827 € 750 € 724 € 777 € 911 € 813 € 799 € 712 € 829 € 718
€ 849 € 943 € 985 € 848 € 733 € 794 € 859 € 959 € 828 € 834 € 787 € 810
€ 1,182 € 826 € 972 € 1,027 € 852 € 826 € 876 € 933 € 1,016 € 797 € 941 € 832
€ 1,368 € 1,242 € 908 € 984 € 1,054 € 889 € 856 € 1,014 € 1,001 € 1,097 € 886 € 960
€ 5,481 € 1,479 € 1,166 € 951 € 990 € 1,100 € 898 € 1,028 € 995 € 956 € 1,135 € 929
€ 5,454 € 1,666 € 1,232 € 955 € 1,072 € 1,149 € 1,022 € 1,087 € 994 € 980 € 1,166
€ 5,602 € 1,592 € 1,203 € 1,082 € 1,108 € 1,267 € 1,085 € 1,077 € 990 € 1,027
€ 5,740 € 1,647 € 1,239 € 1,144 € 1,239 € 1,262 € 1,176 € 1,258 € 968
€ 5,612 € 1,985 € 1,326 € 1,170 € 1,385 € 1,261 € 1,334 € 1,160
€ 6,139 € 1,950 € 1,370 € 1,217 € 1,476 € 1,344 € 1,310
€ 6,467 € 2,302 € 1,306 € 1,225 € 1,560 € 1,335
€ 6,823 € 2,178 € 1,394 € 1,269 € 1,436
€ 6,948 € 2,146 € 1,414 € 1,246
€ 7,014 € 2,407 € 1,548
€ 7,168 € 2,191
€ 6,941
€ 12,833 € 13,713 € 14,908 € 15,929 € 16,547 € 18,781 € 20,285 € 22,749 € 23,950 € 25,059 € 27,105 € 27,239
Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14
2,343 2,077 2,346 2,339
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8.0% 8.2% 8.1% 7.8% 0.232 -0.339 This means that the best fitting line of type y=ax^b is y=0.232x^(-0.339)
8.4% 8.3% 8.1% 8.0% If you only have little data from the last few months, exclude those from the coefficient and ex
Total paid/scalable
Acquisitions 1,934 1,842 1,639 1,860 1,844
Reorders 1,445 1,146 1,300 1,277 1,155
CAC € 3.41 € 3.81 € 3.58 € 3.33 € 3.21 € 3.46
Total organic/non-scalable
Acquisitions 466 501 438 486 495
Reorders 3,502 3,032 3,297 3,549 3,661
CAC € 0.60 € 0.52 € 0.72 € 0.58 € 0.61 € 0.60
TOTAL
Acquisitions 2,400 2,343 2,077 2,346 2,339
Reorders 4,947 4,178 4,597 4,826 4,816
CAC € 2.86 € 3.11 € 2.98 € 2.76 € 2.66 € 2.87
2-03. See sheet "Summary" for more instructions.
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Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and Cost Per Reorder (CPR) calculation
For more information about this template, see www.startupdocs.se by Erik Byrenius. Latest update: 2015-12-03. See sheet "Summary" for more in
returning Traffic new New users returning users
Cost Traffic users users ordering CAC users ordering
SEM (no-brand query) € 4,721 54,465 20% 43,572 742 € 5.09 10,893 287
SEO (no-brand query) €0 27,201 19% 22,033 498 € 0.00 5,168 315
Social media € 2,365 3,128 84% 500 9 € 42.04 2,628 91
TV €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Display € 548 8,254 25% 6,191 112 € 3.67 2,064 73
Affiliate € 1,758 26,838 30% 18,787 441 € 2.79 8,051 366
Retention/newsletter € 388 2,103 92% 168 5 € 6.20 1,935 226
Cooperations € 133 1,166 32% 793 11 € 8.24 373 9
Group buying €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Other paid marketing € 888 11,766 24% 8,942 116 € 5.82 2,824 78
Total paid/scalable € 10,800 134,921 25% 100,986 1,934 € 3.41 33,935 1,445
Total organic/non-scalable € 1,126 130,476 89% 14,680 466 € 0.60 115,796 3,502
CPR
€ 3.29
€ 0.00
€ 21.83
€ 0.00
€ 1.88
€ 1.44
€ 1.58
€ 4.74
€ 0.00
€ 2.73
€ 2.91
€ 0.00
€ 7.47
€ 0.00
€ 0.00
€ 0.24
€ 1.36
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and Cost Per Reorder (CPR) calculation
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returning Traffic new New users returning users
Cost Traffic users users ordering CAC users ordering
SEM (no-brand query) € 5,379 49,480 15% 42,058 699 € 6.54 7,422 241
SEO (no-brand query) €0 33,933 17% 28,164 467 € 0.00 5,769 176
Social media € 1,658 3,210 90% 321 8 € 20.72 2,889 83
TV €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Display € 544 8,530 30% 5,971 149 € 2.55 2,559 77
Affiliate € 1,446 30,258 31% 20,878 356 € 2.80 9,380 220
Retention/newsletter € 375 2,224 72% 623 4 € 26.27 1,601 260
Cooperations € 110 1,104 32% 751 14 € 5.32 353 10
Group buying €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Other paid marketing € 998 9,978 27% 7,284 145 € 5.03 2,694 79
Total paid/scalable € 10,509 138,717 24% 106,050 1,842 € 3.81 32,667 1,146
Total organic/non-scalable € 1,185 143,385 85% 21,152 501 € 0.52 122,233 3,032
CPR
€ 3.35
€ 0.00
€ 17.98
€ 0.00
€ 2.12
€ 2.04
€ 1.04
€ 3.51
€ 0.00
€ 3.41
€ 3.04
€ 0.00
€ 7.28
€ 0.00
€ 0.00
€ 0.30
€ 1.54
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and Cost Per Reorder (CPR) calculation
For more information about this template, see www.startupdocs.se by Erik Byrenius. Latest update: 2015-12-03. See sheet "Summary" for more in
returning Traffic new New users returning users
Cost Traffic users users ordering CAC users ordering
SEM (no-brand query) € 4,012 43,710 18% 35,842 636 € 5.17 7,868 301
SEO (no-brand query) €0 30,471 21% 24,072 363 € 0.00 6,399 192
Social media € 1,878 2,930 88% 352 8 € 28.17 2,578 79
TV €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Display € 519 11,591 35% 7,534 128 € 2.64 4,057 80
Affiliate € 1,792 30,294 31% 20,903 339 € 3.65 9,391 287
Retention/newsletter € 469 1,601 72% 448 4 € 32.85 1,153 263
Cooperations € 125 1,031 29% 732 14 € 6.34 299 9
Group buying €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Other paid marketing € 830 10,104 33% 6,770 147 € 3.78 3,334 89
Total paid/scalable € 9,625 131,732 27% 96,653 1,639 € 3.58 35,079 1,300
SEO (brand query) €0 20,754 68% 6,641 124 € 0.00 14,113 501
SEM (brand query) € 906 5,515 65% 1,930 31 € 10.23 3,585 94
Direct traffic €0 110,244 80% 22,049 283 € 0.00 88,195 2,702
Other organic marketing €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Total organic/non-scalable € 906 136,513 78% 30,620 438 € 0.72 105,893 3,297
CPR
€ 2.40
€ 0.00
€ 20.92
€ 0.00
€ 2.27
€ 1.94
€ 1.28
€ 4.03
€ 0.00
€ 3.08
€ 2.89
€ 0.00
€ 6.27
€ 0.00
€ 0.00
€ 0.18
€ 1.20
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and Cost Per Reorder (CPR) calculation
For more information about this template, see www.startupdocs.se by Erik Byrenius. Latest update: 2015-12-03. See sheet "Summary" for more in
returning Traffic new New users returning users
Cost Traffic users users ordering CAC users ordering
SEM (no-brand query) € 4,280 55,930 19% 45,303 728 € 4.76 10,627 269
SEO (no-brand query) €0 30,372 23% 23,386 422 € 0.00 6,986 198
Social media € 1,981 2,777 83% 472 8 € 42.10 2,305 64
TV €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Display € 464 8,971 36% 5,741 132 € 2.25 3,230 96
Affiliate € 1,770 29,292 27% 21,383 430 € 3.01 7,909 277
Retention/newsletter € 513 2,216 84% 355 4 € 20.50 1,861 255
Cooperations € 136 998 25% 749 14 € 7.26 250 10
Group buying €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Other paid marketing € 882 9,926 30% 6,948 122 € 5.06 2,978 108
Total paid/scalable € 10,026 140,482 26% 104,338 1,860 € 3.33 36,144 1,277
SEO (brand query) €0 23,188 82% 4,174 131 € 0.00 19,014 499
SEM (brand query) € 1,038 4,280 73% 1,156 28 € 10.01 3,124 110
Direct traffic €0 129,792 81% 24,660 327 € 0.00 105,132 2,940
Other organic marketing €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Total organic/non-scalable € 1,038 157,260 81% 29,990 486 € 0.58 127,270 3,549
CPR
€ 3.02
€ 0.00
€ 25.70
€ 0.00
€ 1.74
€ 1.73
€ 1.69
€ 3.39
€ 0.00
€ 2.45
€ 3.00
€ 0.00
€ 6.89
€ 0.00
€ 0.00
€ 0.21
€ 1.26
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and Cost Per Reorder (CPR) calculation
For more information about this template, see www.startupdocs.se by Erik Byrenius. Latest update: 2015-12-03. See sheet "Summary" for more in
returning Traffic new New users returning users
Cost Traffic users users ordering CAC users ordering
SEM (no-brand query) € 4,467 55,040 16% 46,234 701 € 5.35 8,806 250
SEO (no-brand query) €0 25,707 19% 20,823 484 € 0.00 4,884 196
Social media € 1,630 3,272 88% 393 7 € 27.94 2,879 62
TV €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Display € 526 9,791 30% 6,854 135 € 2.73 2,937 81
Affiliate € 1,344 26,226 32% 17,834 400 € 2.29 8,392 226
Retention/newsletter € 411 1,915 97% 57 4 € 3.08 1,858 258
Cooperations € 112 1,047 26% 775 11 € 7.55 272 8
Group buying €0 0 0% 0 0 € 0.00 0 0
Other paid marketing € 828 9,985 29% 7,089 102 € 5.76 2,896 74
Total paid/scalable € 9,318 132,983 25% 100,058 1,844 € 3.21 32,925 1,155
Total organic/non-scalable € 892 153,072 77% 35,277 495 € 0.61 117,795 3,661
CPR
€ 2.86
€ 0.00
€ 23.13
€ 0.00
€ 1.95
€ 1.90
€ 1.55
€ 3.65
€ 0.00
€ 3.24
€ 2.95
€ 0.00
€ 5.95
€ 0.00
€ 0.00
€ 0.16
€ 1.12