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How to Identify Your Best Customers Using RFM Analysis

Think about your top five customers.

What actions qualify them as your best?

Is it because they recently made a purchase?

Do they return often to buy from you?

Or do they typically spend a large amount?

As a business owner, it’s worth asking how we define “top customers”—and how that definition affects where we focus our time and resources.

One of the most effective and simple ways to understand customer behavior is through RFM analysis, a method introduced by Hughes in 1994 and still widely used today.

What is RFM Analysis?

RFM stands for:

• Recency – How recently a customer made a purchase. More recent customers are typically more engaged and more likely to return.

• Frequency – How often a customer purchases from you. Frequent buyers tend to be more loyal.

• Monetary – How much a customer spends. Higher spenders contribute more to your revenue.

By analyzing these three dimensions, you can categorize customers based on their value and engagement with your business.

EasyStore’s Segment Tool: Powering Smarter Decisions

EasyStore’s Segment Tool uses the RFM model to score customers on a scale of 1 to 4 for each metric, with higher scores indicating stronger engagement and value.

This enables you to:

• Identify high-value customers – Those who score high across all three areas are your most valuable customers. They're more likely to stay loyal and advocate for your brand.

• Tailor marketing strategies – With clear visibility into where each customer stands, you can send personalized messages that align with their behavior.

• Optimize resource allocation – By focusing your efforts on segments that matter most, you can boost returns on retention strategies, promotions, and service.

Predefined and Custom Segments

EasyStore automatically segments your customers into four categories:

• Top Spenders

• Potential

• New

• Losing

Each segment provides actionable insights to help you craft the right message or offer at the right time.

You can also create custom segments for more precise targeting, ensuring your campaigns and resources are aligned with your business goals.

Build Loyalty with the Right Focus

With RFM analysis and EasyStore’s Segment Tool, you're equipped to deliver a more personalized customer experience, maximize retention, and drive sustainable growth.

Ready to get started?

Explore the Segment Tool in your EasyStore dashboard and click ‘Create Segment’ to unlock powerful insights and new business opportunities.

Make Customers Love Buying From You

EasyStore empowers your brand to prioritize customers and enhance their experience, creating a unified customer experience (UCX) that makes customers love buying from you.

Over 50,000 brands have grown their businesses by embracing unified customer experiences (UCX) strategy through EasyStore across multiple sales channels - online store, retail outlets, marketplaces, and social media, ensuring consistency in product and service offerings for a seamless shopping journey.