Quickstart FAQ
You connected your data sources - now what?
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Drivepoint automatically creates multiple kinds of LTV metrics.
Navigate to
Click on "DTC" or "Amazon Cohort Analysis"
Open the first report (Cohorted Financials)
Toggle between Gross/Net Sales LTV and Contribution Profit LTV after Marketing
If you have questions about how certain metrics are calculated. Click on the 💡 in the report that will link to our .
Open the Cohorted Financials report (see one question above of how to navigate there)
Toggle the metric to "Contribution Profit Less Blended CAC"
In order to get to change the metric. Click the Customize button on the top right of the report.
If you have a full Financial Model built out in Drivepoint, navigate to Variance Reviews and then the P&L Variance Report to understand line by line where you missed.
If you are not fully set up as a customer in Drivepoint, a good place to start is the P&L Benchmarks report to see how your drivers performance compare to your peers.
Click on
Click on "Benchmarks"
Click on P&L "Benchmarks"
Hover over the table to view your score compared to the quartiles and median
Creating scenarios is easy in :
Click on "Plans"
Click on "Quick Edit" on the top right of your live model
Select a wholesale driver in the drop-down
Change the driver by editing the values in the table directly or set it to a specific value via the drop-down
Click on "Preview"
View the impact of a specific wholesale driver change
Save as new plan to your Drivepoint "Plans" interface
a full video walk-through of how to scenario plan in Drivepoint.
Similar to adjusting wholesale drivers (see question above), you can change certain growth strategies with Quick Edit:
Increase Ad Spend by specific channels
Decrease CAC
Increase Wholesale door count
Change product prices
All you need to do is quickly edit these drivers and save as new plans. Then you can select them in the plans page and click on "Visualize" to view the impact of all of the scenarios visually.
You're able to view performance vs. plan multiple different ways*:
Click on Variance Review
Click on "Performance vs. Plan"
Select your Plan
Select your Channel
Post Month End Accounting Close Variance reports
Click on Variance Review
Click on P&L, Balance Sheet or Cash Flow Variance report
Select a Plan
Change the month and breakdown
Export and send to investors
Post Month End Accounting Close Variance views in the model
Navigate to the Plans page
Open your model (or any Drivepoint plan)
Navigate to the blue "Variance Summary" tab
Toggle between different tabs to view your performance vs. plan
*all Performance vs. Plan features require at least one saved plan in Drivepoint
The best way is to do this in the Drivepoint model. We're happy to give you a full demo and run-down of how we're building towards your Sales assumptions by channel or your demand plan.
Click on "Plans"
Click on "Quick Edit" on the top right of your live model
Select any driver (e.g. Blended Paid CAC or Ad Spend Channel) in the drop-down
Change the driver by editing the values in the table directly or set it to a specific value via the drop-down
Click on "Preview"
View the impact of a specific wholesale driver change
Save as new plan to your Drivepoint "Plans" interface
Of course, you're also able to do this in any Drivepoint plan as soon as you're a customer of Drivepoint.
Yes. As a Drivepoint customer, you get a monthly board report dashboard which contains core reports that might be relevant for your board report (e.g. P&L Variance, Financial Margins, etc). A dashboard is a collection of reports and you can build your own. If you just want a single report export, you can export any by clicking on the ⬇️ on the top right.
We offer a cash flow forecast as additional product module. Talk to your Drivepoint rep to learn more and see it in action.
For COOs and VPs of Ops,
Yes. Drivepoint integrates natively with Cin7 Omni + Core. We have out of the box Sales reports to understand expected vs. received POs as well as Gross Sales by retailer. You can also import PO-level information by product and account into any Drivepoint Plan.
Talk to us if you want to see Cin7 as part of your Quickstart.
You can see it in the demand planning report module. Drivepoint integrates with 70+ WMS and 3PLs that allow us to create inventory burn and velocity reports on a Warehouse level.
This module is only available for Pro customers.
If you use Drivepoint for Demand Planning, open the SKU Summary tab in the model, select a plan and view your performance by SKU.
We're happy to send you a 5 min Loom of the SKU-level variance review.
Open Drivepoint
Open the LTV by Dimension Report
In the filter on the bottom right, search for a source site or discount code to filter for LTV performance by Marketing
Drivepoint offers multiple LTV metrics. Our most popular is the Cohorted Financials Report that marries financial and operational data to get to a Contribution Profit LTV After Marketing.
Click on Reports
Click on "DTC/Amazon Cohort & LTV Analysis"
Open the first report
Toggle between CAC and LTV metrics
Another interesting view is our LTV Benchmarks report where you can compare all of your LTV and CAC performance to peers.
Click on Reports
Click on "Benchmarks"
Click on "LTV Benchmarks"
Hover over each metric to see your performance
Mid-Month Pacing Summary down to :
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Making changes is easy in :
a full video walk-through of how to scenario plan in Drivepoint.
The LTV by Dimension Report is complex in the way it calculates the maturity of cohorts. Read more in our documentation .
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