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Unit economics segmentation

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Last discussed Oct 28, 2026

Breaking LTV and customer acquisition cost down by customer segment (e.g., monthly vs. annual plans) instead of relying on blended averages.

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Stripe Different focus
online payment processing platform

Jake exports Stripe payments and splits by plan type to find real profit per customer. Stripe only shows a blended average.

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Jake Shimota

"I think especially for someone getting started with paid ads, I think knowing the granular unit economics of what you're selling is really important... So I exported all my payments into a spreadsheet, separated them out by monthly and a..."

Better than relying on Stripe's single blended LTV metric

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Jake Shimota
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Used for: Analyzing LTV/CAC by plan type when running paid ads; informed doubling the monthly price Praised: Revealed that monthly customers were barely profitable and led to faster growth vs: Better than relying on Stripe's single blended LTV metric

"I think especially for someone getting started with paid ads, I think knowing the granular unit economics of what you're selling is really important... So I exported all my payments into a spreadsheet, separated them out by monthly and annual, and..."

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