Product & Innovation
Why is customer lifetime value more important than customer acquisition?
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The short answer
What the archive says
01Rebalance C-suite attention away from the traditional 90% acquisition / 10% retention split — you pay no acquisition cost on a second purchase, and repeat buyers raise average order value. source →
02Treat lifetime value as the North Star metric and structure the business to look more like a subscription with recurring purchases. source →
03Shopify's value is less the store itself and more the tech stack layered on top — shipping, email, fulfillment — so merchants can focus on product and customer instead of code. source →
In their words
What was actually said
Like customer service is becoming as much or more important than any acquisition strategy. So again, it's knowing who your customer is and knowing what they need and kind of forecasting how to serve them best.
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