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This guide covers the 20 essential metrics — from ROAS to LTV to return rate — with benchmarks and how to measure them. ecommerce kpi dashboard shopify metrics analytics 60% from one source) is a business risk. **Good target:** No single channel should represent more than 40-50% of revenue. Organic + Email combined should ideally exceed 40%. → [How to see channel-attributed revenue from GA4 and Shopify in one dashboard](/blog/shopify-ga4-dashboard) --- ## Acquisition KPIs ### 6. Sessions (Traffic) **Formula:** Total sessions from GA4 **What it tells you:** Overall top-of-funnel health. Should be growing month-over-month. **Split by:** Channel (Organic, Paid, Social, Email, Direct). Watch for over-reliance on paid traffic. --- ### 7. Conversion Rate (CVR) **Formula:** Orders ÷ Sessions × 100 **What it tells you:** How effective your site is at turning visitors into buyers. **Good benchmark:** 1-3% is average for e-commerce. Above 3% is excellent. Below 1% suggests a site, pricing, or trust issue. **When it drops:** Check which pages have the highest drop-off. Often it's the product page, checkout, or shipping cost reveal. --- ### 8. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) **Formula:** Total Acquisition Spend ÷ New Customers Acquired **What it tells you:** How much you pay to acquire each new customer. Should always be compared against LTV. **Good benchmark:** CAC should be at most 1/3 of first-year customer LTV to ensure profitability. --- ### 9. Click-Through Rate (CTR) — Paid Ads **Formula:** Clicks ÷ Impressions × 100 **What it tells you:** How compelling your ad creative and copy is. **Good benchmark:** Google Shopping: 0.8-1.5%. Meta Feed: 1.0-2.5%. Below benchmark indicates creative fatigue or poor targeting. --- ### 10. Cost Per Click (CPC) **Formula:** Ad Spend ÷ Clicks **What it tells you:** How competitive your ad market is. **When it rises:** Either competition has increased (seasonal, new entrants) or your quality score/relevance has dropped. --- ## Customer KPIs ### 11. Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) **Formula:** Average Order Value × Purchase Frequency × Customer Lifespan (months) **What it tells you:** The total revenue you can expect from a single customer relationship. **Why it matters:** If your LTV is £200 and your CAC is £60, you have healthy economics. If LTV is £60 and CAC is £50, you're barely breaking even. --- ### 12. Repeat Purchase Rate **Formula:** Customers with 2+ orders ÷ Total Customers × 100 **What it tells you:** Whether customers are loyal. Repeat buyers cost far less to serve than new customers. **Good benchmark:** 25-30% repeat rate within 12 months is healthy. Fashion/beauty: often 40%+. **When it drops:** Check post-purchase email flows, product quality feedback, and delivery experience. --- ### 13. New vs. Returning Customer Revenue Split **Formula:** Revenue from new customers vs. revenue from returning customers **What it tells you:** Growth vs. retention balance. If 90% of revenue is from new customers, you have a retention problem. If 90% is from returning customers, growth may be stalling. **Good target:** 50-70% from new customers (for growth-stage stores), shifting to 40-60% from returning customers as the store matures. --- ### 14. Return Rate **Formula:** Returned Orders ÷ Total Orders × 100 **What it tells you:** Product quality, sizing accuracy (fashion), and customer expectation management. **Good benchmark:** Fashion: 15-30% is typical. Electronics: 5-10%. Consumables: 2-5%. Above benchmark suggests a product or description problem. --- ### 15. Net Promoter Score (NPS) **Formula:** % Promoters (9-10 rating) - % Detractors (0-6 rating) **What it tells you:** Overall customer satisfaction. A leading indicator for repeat purchase rate. **Good benchmark:** +30 is good. +50 is excellent. Negative NPS is a crisis signal. --- ## Operational KPIs ### 16. Cart Abandonment Rate **Formula:** (Carts Created - Orders Completed) ÷ Carts Created × 100 **What it tells you:** Where your checkout funnel is leaking. **Good benchmark:** Average e-commerce cart abandonment is ~70%. Below 65% is excellent. **When it rises:** Check for unexpected shipping cost reveal, slow checkout page, missing payment options, or trust signals. --- ### 17. Average Fulfilment Time **Formula:** Average time from order placed to order shipped **What it tells you:** Operational efficiency. Customers who receive faster-than-promised delivery have higher NPS and repeat purchase rates. **Good benchmark:** 1-2 business days. Above 3 days increases cancellation requests. --- ### 18. Inventory Turnover Rate **Formula:** Cost of Goods Sold ÷ Average Inventory Value **What it tells you:** How efficiently you're managing inventory. High turnover = less capital tied up. Low turnover = risk of deadstock. --- ### 19. Revenue Per Email Sent **Formula:** Revenue attributed to email campaigns ÷ Number of emails sent **What it tells you:** Email channel effectiveness. One of the highest-ROI channels when tracked properly. **Good benchmark:** £0.08-0.15 per email sent for promotional campaigns. Automated flows (abandoned cart, post-purchase): £0.50-2.00 per email sent. --- ### 20. Refund Rate **Formula:** Refund Amount ÷ Revenue × 100 **What it tells you:** A more accurate profitability picture than the return rate alone (not all returns become refunds). --- ## Building Your E-commerce KPI Dashboard Not all 20 metrics belong on a single dashboard. We recommend three layers: **Daily Dashboard (5-7 metrics):** Revenue today vs. yesterday, Orders, Conversion Rate, Active Ad Spend, ROAS, and Sessions. These are your "is the business running?" checks. **Weekly Dashboard (10-12 metrics):** All revenue KPIs, acquisition channel breakdown, cart abandonment, top products, new vs. returning split. **Monthly Dashboard (full 20 KPIs):** Including LTV, repeat purchase rate, NPS, fulfilment time. These move slowly enough that daily tracking adds noise, not signal. ## Setting Up KPI Alerts The most powerful feature of a well-configured analytics platform is automated alerts. 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