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Email Revenue Calculator

See how much revenue your email program should be driving. Enter your monthly revenue and email current share, compare it with the DTC benchmark, and size the annual upside sitting in your flows.

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Enter your revenue and how much of it email drives to see the gap to benchmark.
Email upside · per year—Extra annual revenue if email reaches your target share.
Email revenue now / mo
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At your current share
Email at target / mo
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At your target share
Monthly upside
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The gap, per month
Annual upside
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The gap, per year

Email and SMS should be a quarter of DTC revenue. If yours is under that, the flows are where the money is.

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How much revenue should email drive for a DTC brand?

For most direct-to-consumer brands, email and SMS together should account for roughly a quarter to a third of total revenue, with well-run programs reaching 30% or more. This calculator takes your monthly revenue and the share email drives today, compares it with that benchmark, and shows the annual revenue sitting in the gap \u2014 revenue from customers you have already acquired.

Where the email upside actually comes from

The gap is almost always closed by automated flows rather than more one-off campaigns. A welcome series, browse and cart-abandonment flows, post-purchase sequences, and a winback flow run continuously and capture revenue that campaigns miss. Brands stuck in the low teens usually have campaigns but thin or missing flows, which is the highest-return place to start.

How this is calculated

Email revenue now is your monthly revenue times the share email drives today. Email revenue at target uses your benchmark share. The upside is the difference, annualized. It is a directional estimate: your real ceiling depends on list size, engagement, and how much of the flow infrastructure is already in place.

FAQ

Everything you need to know.

What percentage of revenue should come from email?
For established DTC brands, roughly 25% to 35% of total revenue from email and SMS is a healthy range, and strong programs exceed 30%. If email drives less than about 20% of your revenue, there is usually meaningful upside in your automated flows. Enter your numbers above to size the gap.
How do I increase email revenue?
Automated flows are the fastest lever: a welcome series, cart and browse abandonment, post-purchase, and winback. These run continuously and capture revenue campaigns miss. Growing and cleaning your list and improving segmentation compound the gains. Most brands under-invest in flows relative to one-off campaigns.
What is a good email revenue benchmark?
A common target is around 28% of total revenue from email and SMS combined, though it varies by category and price point. The exact number matters less than the trend: if you are well under a quarter of revenue, the flows are usually where the fastest retention revenue is.
Does this include SMS?
The benchmark share here is best read as email and SMS combined, since they work together in modern retention programs. If you only run email today, treat the target as the combined ceiling you are working toward as you add SMS to the mix.
Built by Liquid Lemon, a Shopify design studio and DTC growth agency for consumer brands.
Planning model. Results are estimates based on the figures you enter, not a guarantee of performance.