1. Retention is the Low-Hanging Fruit

Keeping an existing customer is 5-7× more cost-effective than acquiring a new one. Improving retention by just 5% can increase a brand’s profitability by 25–95%. But many DTC brands still depend heavily on acquisition while neglecting the goldmine of conversions hiding in their existing traffic.

2. Retention vs. Loyalty: What’s the Difference?

• Retention is about getting customers to repeat purchases and preventing churn.

• Loyalty goes deeper, it’s emotional brand affinity that can lead to referrals, upsells, and defense against competitors.

3. The Metrics That Matter

• Repeat Purchase Rate (RPR): The percentage of customers coming back again. A strong baseline metric.
  Retention Rate: How many customers maintain active engagement over time. Different from churn, it reveals stickiness.

• Customer Lifetime Value (LTV): Ultimate retention metric, watching this soar shows you’re creating real value.

4. Why Most Brands Still Fall Short

Over 70% of brands define retention by only measuring RPR, ignoring behavioral signals that indicate engagement between purchases. Without tracking activity,like email opens, click behavior, or abandoned cart triggers, brands miss chances to re-engage customers at scale.

5. Retention, Reinvented

Identify and Remember Opted-In Traffic

Forget cookie-tracking gaps: Instant reveals opted-in site visitors and transforms them into actionable audiences for your flows.

Trigger More Engagement

Our tool delivers more browse and cart abandonment events into Klaviyo or Instant AI. That means more opportunities to re-engage shoppers precisely when intent is highest.

Personalized at Scale

Instant AI crafts custom, real-time email content, no templates required so each shopper receives uniquely relevant messaging.

Retaining Customers Shouldn’t Be Hard

Retention isn’t just a nice-to-have, it's the engine that compounds growth, lowers costs, and drives brand equity. Instant takes retention from theory to practice: finding the customers who matter and giving them a reason to come back.

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