eCommerce Retention Marketing

Acquiring a new customer costs 5x more than keeping one. So why is your entire budget on acquisition?

Here's the uncomfortable truth most eCommerce brands don't want to hear: you don't have a traffic problem. You have a retention problem. You're spending $30-$80 to acquire a customer through paid ads, they buy once, and then they disappear into the void. No post-purchase flow. No loyalty program. No win-back sequence. No reason to come back. So they don't.

Meanwhile, you keep pouring money into Meta and Google to acquire new customers at increasingly higher costs. Your CAC climbs. Your margins shrink. And the math starts to look ugly because you're treating every customer like a one-night stand instead of a long-term relationship.

Retention marketing flips the economics. Instead of spending $50 to acquire a $75 order you'll never see again, you spend $2 on a post-purchase email that generates a $90 repeat order. Your LTV doubles. Your payback period shortens. And suddenly those acquisition costs are justified because every customer is worth 3-4x what they were before. We build retention systems — email flows, SMS sequences, loyalty programs, and subscription offers — that turn one-time buyers into repeat customers and repeat customers into brand advocates.

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150+

Clients Served

3.2x

Avg. LTV Increase

$23M+

Revenue Driven

67%

Repeat Purchase Rate Lift

If this sounds familiar, your retention needs work

  • Your repeat purchase rate is under 25% — meaning 75%+ of customers never buy again
  • You spend 90% of your marketing budget on acquisition and almost nothing on retention
  • You have no post-purchase email sequence, no loyalty program, and no subscription option
  • Customers who bought 3+ months ago have never heard from you since the order confirmation
  • Your LTV hasn't improved in a year despite growing your customer base

Every customer who buys once and never returns is proof that your acquisition spend was only 30% effective. Retention marketing turns that 30% into 100%.

What we do for eCommerce brands

Post-purchase flow architecture

Cross-sell, upsell, review requests, educational content, and replenishment reminders — all timed to your product's consumption cycle. The first 30 days after purchase are where repeat buying is won or lost.

Win-back and re-engagement

Multi-step win-back sequences for customers who've gone quiet. Escalating offers, fresh creative, and urgency triggers that pull lapsed buyers back before they forget you entirely.

VIP and loyalty programs

Tiered loyalty systems that reward your best customers and motivate mid-tier buyers to spend more. Early access, exclusive offers, points programs, and VIP-only communications.

Subscription and replenishment

For consumable products, we build subscription offers and replenishment reminder flows that lock in recurring revenue and dramatically increase LTV.

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How we work

Step 01

Analyze your retention data

We pull your cohort data, repeat purchase rates, time-between-orders, and LTV by acquisition channel. This shows us exactly where customers drop off and why.

Step 02

Design the retention system

Post-purchase flows, win-back sequences, VIP programs, subscription offers, and SMS touchpoints. A complete system designed to maximize customer lifetime value.

Step 03

Build and launch

Everything built in Klaviyo — flows, segments, campaigns, and automations. Goes live in stages so we can measure impact from day one.

Step 04

Measure LTV, optimize monthly

We track LTV by cohort, repeat purchase rate, time between orders, and retention revenue share. Monthly optimizations based on what the data shows.

Why eCommerce brands trust us

We've built retention marketing systems for 150+ eCommerce brands. On average, our retention programs increase customer LTV by 3.2x within the first year. As a Klaviyo Gold Partner, we use the platform's predictive analytics and behavioral data to build retention systems that get smarter over time.

Questions our best clients asked first

Turn one-time buyers into repeat customers

Book a call and we'll analyze your repeat purchase rate, identify where customers drop off, and map out the retention system that'll change your unit economics.

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