The Retention Economics Diagnostic

Your ads aren’t broken. Your retention math might be.

Use simple ecommerce numbers to estimate whether your brand has a profitable growth engine or a hidden profit leak disguised as scale.

Diagnose your profit architecture
Estimate annual leakage
Find the main growth constraint
See which retention lever to pull next
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Enter your numbers to see if your business is leaking cash, stable, self-funding, or compounding.

What this usually feels like
  • The operational reality behind the score will appear here.

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Keep it simple. These are numbers most founders/operators can pull quickly from Shopify, Meta, Triple Whale, Lifetimely, or their P&L. No cohort analysis or finance team required.

Note: this is a directional diagnostic, not financial advice. The full LTV Appraisal verifies the real numbers through your actual business data.

Estimated Annual Leak / Upside

The estimated upside from improving repeat purchase and owned-channel monetisation.

Cash After CAC

What remains after refunds, product margin and acquisition spend.

CAC

Blended acquisition cost per new customer.

First Order Profit

Whether order one covers acquisition cost.

Contribution Margin

Approximate delivered contribution after refunds.

Scenario Upside

What a modest retention improvement could unlock monthly.

Primary constraint

Run the calculator to diagnose the leak

The result will show the single most important issue holding back profitable scale.

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What to investigate
This quick diagnostic uses conservative assumptions. The full LTV Appraisal validates the real numbers through Triple Whale, Lifetimely, Shopify, Klaviyo, cohort analysis and subscription platforms like SKIO.

Want the exact leaks behind these numbers?

The calculator gives a directional diagnosis. A free LTV Appraisal goes deeper by analysing Shopify, Klaviyo, Triple Whale, Lifetimely, cohort behaviour, subscription data from platforms like SKIO, lifecycle flows, segments, deliverability and repeat-purchase paths to show where the money is actually leaking.

Free • 30–45 mins • No prep needed