B
Evidence Grade B
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2%
2% -- good email click through rate benchmark for email marketing campaigns (Salesforce benchmark guidance) (2026)
Salesforce benchmark guidance indicates that a click-through rate (CTR) of 2% to 5% is typically considered good for email marketing.
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Value
2%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Salesforce
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Tier B
https://ecommerceboost.io/uncategorized/why-email-marketing/ ↗
Source Article
Why Email Marketing Is Key for Ecommerce ROI in 2026
The loudest advice in ecommerce still says email marketing is always worth it. That's too simple. Email can be one of the most profitable owned channels in the stack, but only when a brand treats it like a retention system, not a broadcast machine.
The difference matters because the inbox is crowded…
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Salesforce
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Methodology
Range 2%-5%; midpoint 3.5% used. Cited to Salesforce benchmark guidance.
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Industrymarketing
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email marketing campaigns (Salesforce benchmark guidance): 2% good email click through rate benchmark. Source: Salesforce (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/good-email-ctr-2-to-5-pct
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