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Average Order Value (AOV) Calculator

How much the average checkout is worth — the fastest lever for growing revenue without buying more traffic.

AOV = total revenue ÷ number of orders. A store that takes $24,000 across 300 orders has an $80 average order value — 12.5 orders inside every $1,000 of revenue. AOV matters because it multiplies everything upstream: the same traffic and conversion rate at a $95 AOV produces 19% more revenue with zero extra ad spend. Measure it over a consistent period, exclude cancelled orders, and decide deliberately whether to include shipping and tax. Enter revenue and orders to get both numbers.

Average Order Value (AOV) Calculator — your numbers

Average order value

$80.00

Orders per $1,000 revenue

12.50

Estimate only. Results reflect exactly the numbers you enter — verify against your own accounting before making pricing decisions.

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Worked examples

Mid-priced DTC store

Total revenue $24,000.00
Number of orders 300
Average order value $80.00
Orders per $1,000 revenue 12.50

An $80 AOV — a common range for apparel and accessories stores.

After adding a bundle offer

Total revenue $28,500.00
Number of orders 300
Average order value $95.00
Orders per $1,000 revenue 10.53

Same 300 orders at a $95 AOV — $4,500 more revenue from the same traffic.

Frequently asked questions

Should AOV include shipping, taxes and discounts?

Pick one convention and hold it. Most operators use product revenue after discounts, excluding tax, and exclude or include shipping consistently. What breaks analysis is switching definitions between periods — an AOV "increase" that is really a tax-inclusion change leads to bad decisions. Whatever you choose, apply it identically to every month you compare.

What are the most effective ways to raise AOV?

Free-shipping thresholds set 15–30% above current AOV, bundles that package complementary products at a slight discount, post-purchase one-click upsells, and volume pricing on consumables. Threshold offers tend to work fastest: customers reliably add items to clear a "$10 away from free shipping" bar. Test one lever at a time so you can attribute the lift.

Is a higher average order value always better?

Not automatically. Pushing AOV with aggressive upsells can depress conversion rate, and heavy bundle discounts can raise AOV while lowering margin per order. The number to protect is contribution margin per order — AOV × margin% — and revenue per visitor, which combines AOV and conversion. If those rise with AOV, the change is genuinely working.

How does AOV interact with CAC and ad profitability?

Directly: on first orders, AOV × gross margin is the ceiling on what you can pay to acquire a customer and break even immediately. An $80 AOV at 40% margin leaves $32 of first-order margin, so a $40 CAC means going $8 underwater on order one and relying on repeat purchases to recover it. Raising AOV widens that first-order room instantly.

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