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LTV:CAC ratio

Lifetime value divided by customer acquisition cost — a shorthand for whether you earn enough from a customer to justify what you spent to win them. Many teams want this well above 1×; “how much above” depends on payback, margins, and growth goals.

Liittyvät: Lifetime value (LTV) · Customer acquisition cost (CAC) · CAC payback period · Churn rate

Hieman lisää vivahdetta▾
  • Garbage in, garbage out: weak LTV or CAC definitions make the ratio meaningless.
  • High ratio with tiny volume may matter less than healthy ratio at scale.
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Keskustelukysymykset▾
  • Would you rather improve LTV or CAC first in your business today?
  • What assumption in your LTV model would hurt most if it were wrong?

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