Net promoter score (NPS)

The Net Promoter Score is an index ranging from 0 to 10 that measures the willingness of customers to recommend a company’s products or services.

It is a snapshot in time to assess how happy your customers are, or not.

The NPS is used for gauging customers overall satisfaction with a company’s product or service and the customer’s loyalty to the brand. Customers are surveyed randomly on one single question rated on an 11-point scale on the likelihood of recommending the company or brand to a friend or colleague.

The responses are then divided up as follows:

• Detractors – score of 6 or lower
• Passives – score of 7 or 8
• Promoters – 9 and 10

The aim is to maximise the number of customers who are promoters of a company. Unfortunately, companies often use the net promoter score in isolation to measure customer satisfaction and loyalty.

It is a great snapshot in time but it needs to be used in conjunction with other tools like market research to strategically drive business thinking and strategies.

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