Strategy

Subscription Economics

A subscription economics workbook that shows what a subscriber is worth, what each discount actually costs, and whether subscribers earn you more on your own site or on Amazon Subscribe & Save.

Under an hour
Subscription economicsEvery assumption on the Inputs tabCOHORT RETENTIONM1M2M3M4M5M6Jan786658524845Feb7663555046Mar74605247Apr705547May6449Jun60Newer cohortskeep fewer subscribersIntro offer cost per retained subscriber$27CONTRIBUTION LTV BY SOURCECreators$142Search$118Paid social$64MARGIN PER SUBSCRIBER, MONTHLY$11.40Own subscription$6.90Subscribe & SaveInputsCohortsLTVMarginsWhat a subscriber really earns, read cohort by cohort.

The old way

In-house analyst team

Typical time
1-2 weeks per cycle

With MorningAI

Under an hour

Included in your MorningAI platform — 6 deliverables, ready to use

What you get

  • Cohort retention grids and curves built from your own subscription or order export
  • Conservative contribution LTV by acquisition source, so you know what you can afford to pay for a subscriber
  • The cost of every running offer per retained subscriber, from intro offer to win-back
  • Margin per subscriber per month on your own subscription versus Subscribe & Save
  • A churn-driver checklist with a fix for each driver
  • A four-tab Excel workbook with your cohorts, LTV, discount costs, and channel margins, and every assumption listed on one Inputs tab

When to use it

When you need to know what a subscriber is worth, what your intro offer really costs, or whether Subscribe & Save makes you money. Run it before you set acquisition budgets or change your discount ladder.

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