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15% -- marketing budget as percent of revenue for Ecommerce brands (2025)
Many e-commerce brands spend between 15% and 25% of their annual revenue on marketing.
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15%
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2025
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75
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Paperstack
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https://www.paperstack.ai/post/ecommerce-business-funding-insider-tips-from-a-fintech-ceo ↗
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Ecommerce Business Funding: Insider Tips from a Fintech CEO - Paperstack Blog
You can run a profitable e-commerce brand and still feel cash-poor. Inventory needs cash before it creates cash. Marketing needs cash before it shows up in revenue. Platforms pay you on their schedule, not yours.
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Paperstack
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Range of 15%-25% cited by Paperstack CEO as typical ecommerce marketing spend; midpoint 20% used
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Ecommerce brands: 15% marketing budget as percent of revenue. Source: Paperstack (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-marketing-spend-percent-revenue
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