Marketplace Valuation: Beyond GMV to Real Value Creation
Equidam
JULY 3, 2025
The critical metrics include: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC): The total cost to acquire a buyer or seller, including marketing, sales, and onboarding expenses. This is a result of declining incentives that businesses need to offer to different sides of the market, lower share of paid users, and overall improvement in pricing power.
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