Shopify Metric
E-commerce
Customer cohort analysis groups customers by their acquisition period and tracks their purchasing behaviour over subsequent time intervals. It reveals how retention, order frequency, and revenue evolve for each cohort as they mature.
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Customer cohort analysis groups customers by their acquisition period and tracks their purchasing behaviour over subsequent time intervals. It reveals how retention, order frequency, and revenue evolve for each cohort as they mature.
Why customer cohort analysis matters for Shopify users
Aggregate metrics can mask deteriorating customer quality. Cohort analysis exposes whether newer customers are retaining as well as earlier ones and whether lifetime value is improving or declining over time.
Shopify merchants can compare cohorts by acquisition channel, first product purchased, or promotional offer to identify which acquisition strategies produce the most valuable long-term customers.
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Assign growth or analytics ownership and set alerts when a new cohort underperforms previous cohorts at the same maturity point.
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Customer Lifetime Value
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Customer Repeat Rate
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Repeat Rate = (Customers with 2+ Orders / Total Customers) × 100
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New vs Returning Customers
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Order Frequency
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Order Frequency = Total Orders / Unique Customers (in Period)
Order frequency measures the average number of orders placed by a customer within a defined period. It indicates purchasing cadence and is a key component of customer lifetime value calculations.
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