E-commerce Glossary

CPM (Cost Per Mille)

Cost per thousand ad impressions.

CPM indicates the price of 1,000 displays of your ad. Formula: CPM = (Spend / Impressions) x 1,000. A CPM of $12 means 1,000 impressions cost $12. CPM is useful for awareness campaigns and for comparing costs across platforms. A low CPM doesn't guarantee performance: you need to cross-reference it with CTR and CPA to evaluate real profitability.

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AOV (Average Order Value)Average amount spent per order in your store.See definition ARPU (Average Revenue Per User)Average revenue generated per user over a given period.See definition Blended CACAverage acquisition cost including all marketing channels.See definition Blended ROASOverall return on all advertising spend combined.See definition CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost)Total cost to acquire a new customer.See definition Churn RatePercentage of customers lost over a given period.See definition
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