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Paris Childress

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
141 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

Well, right now we are optimizing for a cost per acquisition in the high 20s.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

Let's say $27, $28.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

And the trial conversion rate is about 60%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

So

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

They have a pretty good understanding of the maximum customer acquisition cost right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

No, about 60%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

Oh, the conversion rates are about between 5% to 7% from clicks.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

Yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

Because it's not $30 cost per click, it's cost per acquisition.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

It's cost per free trial.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

I'm sorry.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

I meant CPA, cost per acquisition, which is in our definition, that's a free trial.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

That's correct.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

They stick much longer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

What we see is that the cohort's

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

Once people make that first payment, there's about 60% of that starting cohort that will stick for many, many months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

So there's a big drop off in the first few months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

So the cohort sheds about 30%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

And then it flattens out.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

And then lifetime value from that point on is very steady.