3. CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE
• In marketing, customer lifetime value (CLV or often CLTV),
lifetime customer value (LCV), or life-time value (LTV) is a
prediction of the net profit attributed to the entire future
relationship with a customer.
• CLV is the total worth to a business of a customer over the
whole period of their relationship.
• Customer lifetime value can also be defined as the monetary
value of a customer relationship, based on the present value
of the projected future cash flows from the customer
relationship
• CLV is a dynamic concept, not a static model
4. ADVANTAGES OF CLV
• Management of customer relationship as an asset
• Monitoring the impact of management strategies and
marketing investments on the value of customer assets
• determination of the optimal level of investments in marketing
and sales activities
• Encourages marketers to focus on the long-term value of
customers instead of investing resources in acquiring "cheap"
customers with low total revenue value
• Measurement of customer loyalty
8. THE SIMPLE CLV FORMULA
THE FORMULA
Annual profit contribution per customer X
Average number of years that they remain a customer
Less the initial cost of customer acquisition
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NEED?
1. Initial cost of customer acquisition
2. Annual profit contribution per customer
3. Average customer retention rate
10. CLV CALCULATION: STEP ONE
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Profit pa 1000
Customer Retention Rate 75%
Customer Churn Rate 25%
Average Lifetime in Years ???
Simple CLV ???
Churn rate is 1 –
retention rate
NOTE: Retention rate and churn
(loss) rate always add to 100%
11. CLV CALCULATION: STEP TWO
SIMPLE CLV
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Profit pa 1000
Customer Retention Rate 75%
Customer Churn Rate 25%
Average Lifetime in Years 4
Simple CLV ???
Average lifetime in
years is 1 / churn rate
That is, the number of times
the churn rate goes into 100%
12. CLV CALCULATION: STEP THREE
CLV is time/years X
annual profit –
acquisition cost
SIMPLE CLV
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Profit pa 1000
Customer Retention Rate 75%
Customer Churn Rate 25%
Average Lifetime in Years 4
Simple CLV 3,500
EXAMPLE: 4 X $1,000 -
$500
13. THE COMPLETE CLV FORMULA
THE FORMULA
Annual profit contribution per customer (for each year) X
The customer retention rate (for each year) less
The initial cost of customer acquisition
With each year adjusted by an appropriate discount rate
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NEED?
1. Initial cost of customer acquisition
2. Annual revenue contribution per customer
3. Annual direct costs per customer
4. Annual customer retention rate
5. The discount rate to be used
14. FULL CLV CALCULATION: START
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Likely Customer Profit ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Discount Rate 1 1.10 ??? ??? ??? ???
CLV - per year ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Cumulative CLV ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
We need to START with the figures in BLUE and we need to
CALCULATE the figures in YELLOW
Customer Lifetime Value will be in the bottom-right GOLD
15. FULL CLV CALCULATION: STEP ONE
Average customer profit each year is simply average
customer REVENUE less average customer COSTS
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit 200 400 600 800 1,000
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Likely Customer Profit ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Discount Rate 1 1.10 ??? ??? ??? ???
CLV - per year ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Cumulative CLV ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
16. FULL CLV CALCULATION: STEP TWO
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit 200 400 600 800 1,000
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate 100% 60% 39% 27% 20%
Likely Customer Profit ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Discount Rate 1 1.10 ??? ??? ??? ???
CLV - per year ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Cumulative CLV ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Cumulative retention rate indicates the % probability of
receiving the customer’s business (revenues and costs) in
future years
Cumulative retention rate is the compounding effect of losing
customers
We start with 100% of customers and we keep 60% in year 2.
In year 3 we keep 65% of those remaining, which is 65% of the
60% = 39%
17. FULL CLV CALCULATION: STEP THREE
Likely customer profit each year = Average Customer Profit
(in row 3) X Cumulative Retention Rate (% probability of
the customer still buying from our firm)
Example for Year 3: 600 X 39% = 234
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit 200 400 600 800 1,000
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate 100% 60% 39% 27% 20%
Likely Customer Profit 200 240 234 218 205
Discount Rate 1 1.10 ??? ??? ??? ???
CLV - per year ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Cumulative CLV ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
18. FULL CLV CALCULATION: STEP FOUR
Future discount rates are compounded on a yearly basis
In this case, the discount rate is 10%
Future years are 1.1 X 1.1 = 1.21 X 1.1 = 1.33, and so on
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit 200 400 600 800 1,000
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate 100% 60% 39% 27% 20%
Likely Customer Profit 200 240 234 218 205
Discount Rate 1 1.10 1.21 1.33 1.46 1.61
CLV - per year ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Cumulative CLV ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
19. FULL CLV CALCULATION: STEP FIVE
Contribution to CLV on a yearly basis is the “likely
customer profit” divided by the discount rate
For example, in year 3: profit = 234 / 1.33 = 176
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit 200 400 600 800 1,000
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate 100% 60% 39% 27% 20%
Likely Customer Profit 200 240 234 218 205
Discount Rate 1 1.10 1.21 1.33 1.46 1.61
CLV - per year -500 182 198 176 149 127
Cumulative CLV ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
20. FULL CLV CALCULATION: STEP SIX
Cumulative CLV is the running total of CLV per year
Our key CLV figure is in the GOLD cell = 332
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit 200 400 600 800 1,000
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate 100% 60% 39% 27% 20%
Likely Customer Profit 200 240 234 218 205
Discount Rate 1 1.10 1.21 1.33 1.46 1.61
CLV - per year -500 182 198 176 149 127
Cumulative CLV -500 -318 -120 56 205 332
21. FULL CLV CALCULATION: OUTCOMES
CLV = $332 – which is a positive number – which is great
This means that the 500 acquisition cost has generated good
profits for the firm
As a 10% discount rate has been used, the ROI on the marketing
investment is MORE than a 10% return
Payback on customer acquisition costs is delivered in Year 3
COMPLETE CLV Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Average Acquisition Cost 500
Average Customer Revenue 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Average Customer Costs 300 600 900 1,200 1,500
Average Customer Profit 200 400 600 800 1,000
Customer Retention Rate 100% 60% 65% 70% 75%
Cumulative Retention Rate 100% 60% 39% 27% 20%
Likely Customer Profit 200 240 234 218 205
Discount Rate 1 1.10 1.21 1.33 1.46 1.61
CLV - per year -500 182 198 176 149 127
Cumulative CLV -500 -318 -120 56 205 332
22. CUSTOMER EQUITY
• Customer equity is the total combined customer lifetime
values of all of the company's customers.
• The enterprise views the value of a customer in terms of his
current profitability and also with respect to the net discounted
contribution stream that the enterprise could realize from the
customer over time.
24. SOW
• Share of wallet represents how much a consumer regularly
spends on a specific brand as opposed to its competitors.
• If a customer has allocated a portion of their budget to spend
on a specific kind of product or service, share of wallet is the
percentage of money that goes to that brand instead of its
competitors.