Glossary

Customer acquisition cost (CAC)

What you spend on advertising, on average, to win one paying customer.

Formula

CAC = ad spend ÷ orders

What it means

CAC is total ad spend divided by the number of orders it produced. It differs by channel, creative, product and market, which is why Product Score compares each product's break-even CAC with channel benchmarks rather than a single number.

Our planning benchmarks are $9.50 for TikTok, $14.00 for Meta and $17.50 for Google Shopping in the US, scaled per market. They are estimates: replace them with your own campaign data when you have it.

See Customer acquisition cost (CAC) on real products

Product Score calculates it for every AliExpress product it scores, with a 0–100 Opportunity Score. Free plan, no card needed.