Customer acquisition cost (CAC)

Also: CAC

Customer acquisition cost is the total sales and marketing spend divided by the number of new customers it produced. Compared against LTV, CAC tells you whether growth is profitable — a healthy ecommerce business keeps LTV at least three times CAC.

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Related terms

• Customer lifetime value (LTV)
• Average order value (AOV)

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