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Benchmark · Ecommerce · Growth · Mid-Market ($25k-$100k ACV)

Average CAC for Growth Mid-Market Ecommerce Companies

CAC Payback Period · Ecommerce · Mid-MarketSourced

14 months

Best-in-class (top quartile): 9 months

Methodology note: This source segments CAC payback by industry × customer size, not by company stage. The same 14-month payback applies across all 5 stages for ecommerce × mid-market. For more on this site's methodology, see methodology.


Sources

First Page Sage segments CAC payback by industry × customer size only; the same payback applies across all 5 company stages within this segment. For stage-segmented data, see the SaaS Capital benchmark survey (segments by ARR band but is paywalled for cell-level numbers).

How we define this cut

Ecommerce · Growth · Mid-Market

Industry: EcommerceDTC brands, marketplaces commerce, store platforms, post-purchase software.
Stage: Growth$15-$50M ARR, multi-channel acquisition, expanding ICP.
ACV: Mid-Market ($25k-$100k ACV)Mid-market buyers, inside-sales motion, multi-stakeholder evaluation.