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Editorial illustration of overlapping cohort retention curves on cream paper with a single orange ribbon highlighted.

The discount paradox: when your welcome code is silently killing LTV

Two years of cohort data across seven DTC brands shows that customers acquired with a welcome-code have a 31% lower 12-month LTV than full-price acquisitions — and the gap widens.

9 min readApr 28, 2026
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