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Customer acquisition cost

Costs aligned with a cohort of new customers; exclude repeat purchases. Paid-channel CAC requires identified customers from that channel.

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currency / period
currency / period
currency / period
new customers / cohort
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new customers / cohort · Optional
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Variable to solve: Advertising spend
Target result: Acquisition cost per customer

Only the indicated variable changes; other inputs remain fixed. The solution is checked using the direct calculation within your bounds.

Acquisition cost per customer

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Scenario result

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Acquisition cost per customer€50.00
Total acquisition spend
€5,000.00
Paid-channel CAC
Not calculable / not reached
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Method and assumptions

Costs aligned with a cohort of new customers; exclude repeat purchases. Paid-channel CAC requires identified customers from that channel.

Examples are illustrative. Profitability excludes recoverable indirect taxes; use consistent periods. Results depend on your inputs. No automatic legal rates are applied.

CAC = (A + T + O) / N

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