Customer metric
CAC
Customer acquisition cost.
Customer acquisition cost.
CAC = (Ad spend + other marketing costs) ÷ New customers
Example
Ad spend $2,000 + agency fee $400 ÷ 60 new customers = CAC $40.00.
How it is calculated
- Empty (—) when there are no new customers.
Reading it
- Format: Amount in your reporting currency.
- Lower is better (an increase is shown in red).
Where it appears
- Overview and Dashboards — add it from the metric picker (Customers group).
- Settings → Targets — set a target and get an alert when you miss it. See targets.
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