NPS measures customer loyalty by asking: 'How likely are you to recommend us to a friend or colleague?' on a 0–10 scale. Promoters (9–10) minus Detractors (0–6) = NPS. Above 50 is excellent in SaaS; above 70 is world-class. NPS is a leading indicator of organic growth and retention. It's also useful for segmenting customers: Promoters are your expansion and referral candidates; Detractors need intervention before they churn.
For example, if 60% of surveyed customers are Promoters, 20% are Passives, and 20% are Detractors, your NPS is 40 — reasonable but below the threshold that drives meaningful organic growth through word-of-mouth.
We use NPS benchmarks when auditing client marketing programs — high churn and low NPS tells us a different story than high churn and high NPS.
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