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==Relevance==
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''Customer acquisition cost'' can be used in connection with [[SaaS]], [[B2B]] [[software]] sales and [[Startup company|startups]]. The metric is mentioned in the publications of [[venture capital]] firms such as [[Accel Partners]], [[Bessemer Venture Partners]] or [[Matrix Partners]]. The CAC ratio also appears in business oriented magazines such as Forbes and Inc.com.
''Customer acquisition cost'' can be used in connection with [[SaaS]], [[Business-to-business|B2B]] [[software]] sales and [[Startup company|startups]]. The metric is mentioned in the publications of [[venture capital]] firms such as [[Accel Partners]], [[Bessemer Venture Partners]] or [[Matrix Partners]]. The CAC ratio also appears in business oriented magazines such as Forbes and Inc.com.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 12:43, 21 January 2013

Customer acquisition cost (abbreviated CAC) is the amount of money a business needs to spend to acquire an additional customer.

Customer acquisition cost is typically expressed as a ratio, that is the sum of total costs of sales, marketing and associated overheads, divided by the number of acquired customers during a given period of time.

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Customer acquisition cost can be used in connection with SaaS, B2B software sales and startups. The metric is mentioned in the publications of venture capital firms such as Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners or Matrix Partners. The CAC ratio also appears in business oriented magazines such as Forbes and Inc.com.

See also

References

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