Cross-sell Rate

What is Cross-sell Rate?

Cross-sell Rate measures the percentage of customers who purchase additional, complementary, or different products/services beyond their original purchase. Cross-selling focuses on broadening a customer’s product adoption.

How to calculate Cross-sell Rate?

You can calculate Cross-sell Rate by dividing the number of customers who purchased an additional product/service by the total number of customers targeted with cross-sell opportunities, then multiplying by 100.

Steps to calculate Cross-sell Rate

  • Step 1 –
  • Define cross-sell products/services and identify what counts as a cross-sell (e.g., add-ons, bundles, accessories).

  • Step 2 –
  • Track cross-sell offers and record how many customers were targeted with cross-sell campaigns.

  • Step 3 –
  • Count successful cross-sells to track how many customers purchased the additional product/service.

  • Step 4 –
  • Apply the formula and divide successful cross-sells by total cross-sell opportunities.

  • Step 5 –
  • Express as percentage by multiplying it by 100.

Formula to calculate Cross-sell Rate

Cross-sell Rate (%) = (Number of Customers Who Purchased Cross-sell Products ÷ Number of Customers Targeted with Cross-sell) × 100

Benchmark for Cross-sell Rate

The ideal benchmark of 5-20% is common in SaaS businesses for Cross-sell Rate.

Related Metrics for Cross-sell Rate

  • Upsell Rate
  • Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
  • Net Revenue Retention (NRR)
  • Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)

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FAQ's

It increases revenue without new customer acquisition, improves customer stickiness, and deepens product adoption.

Use data-driven personalization, bundle products/services, train sales reps, and recommend at the right stage (checkout, renewals, usage milestones).

Not necessarily. Cross-sells should be relevant and value-adding, irrelevant offers can hurt customer trust.