Cohorts

Cohorts by first product: find the product that wins customers worth keeping

Overview

Group your customers by the first product they bought and see which one brings in people who keep spending. Lead your acquisition with that product, not just the one that wins the first order.

Where customers come in Demo data
Ordinary's Cohorts grouped by first product: each entry product with its customers, revenue per customer and how often they come back against the store average. Demo data.

Customer cohort analysis

Which first product keeps customers

The Cohorts guide explains each way to group customers and what each number means.

Group customers by their first product

Alongside channel, country and U.S. state, group every customer by the first product they bought. Each product becomes its own cohort, side by side.

More on revenue by country and U.S. state

Compare what each group spends over time

A product with a smaller first order can still bring in customers worth far more months later. Groups too new to measure show a dash, so you never compare a few weeks against a full window.

See who comes back for a second order

Tell a one-and-done product apart from one that starts a habit.

For the store-wide picture, see the Retention report

Grouped by channel

Which channel's customers pay you back

Grouped by channel, each row is a month of new customers. Each cell shows how they're doing up to twelve months later, so you see which channel's customers pay for themselves, and how fast.

Acquisition cost earned back

How much of what you paid to acquire them they've already earned back: your CAC payback period, month by month.

Don't know your acquisition cost yet? Start with the CAC calculator

Acquisition cost earned back, by channelDemo data
Ordinary Cohorts heatmap for Meta: each month's new customers in a row, with the share of their acquisition cost recovered in every month since, colored from red to green, shown with demo data.

Spend per customer

How much each customer has spent so far, for every month of new customers as they age.

Revenue per customer, by channelDemo data
Ordinary Cohorts heatmap showing average revenue per customer for each monthly cohort as it ages, shaded in purple, shown with demo data.

Every breakdown is saved in the page link, so a teammate or your agency opens the exact view you're looking at.

Available now

Cohorts, including the first-product breakdown, is available on the Advanced plan.

Lead with the product that keeps customers.

Connect your store and compare every first product by what its customers go on to spend.

Connect your store