Compare Revenue Per Visitor Across A/B Test Variants

Enter the visitors and total revenue for your control and variant, and this tool instantly computes revenue per visitor (RPV), the uplift, and projected gain at scale, the metric that matters when conversion rate and order value move in opposite directions.

Control (A)

Variant (B)

Control RPV
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Variant RPV
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RPV Uplift
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Control AOV
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Variant AOV
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Extra $/10k visitors
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Enter your numbers to see the winner.

How this RPV calculator works

Revenue per visitor collapses two levers, how often people buy and how much they spend, into a single number you can compare directly. The core formula is simple:

RPV = Total Revenue ÷ Total Visitors

The tool computes RPV separately for your control and variant, then expresses the difference as a relative uplift:

Uplift % = (RPVvariant − RPVcontrol) ÷ RPVcontrol × 100

Why use RPV instead of conversion rate? Because a variant can lower conversion rate yet still win on money. Suppose a variant pushes a premium upsell: fewer people convert, but average order value (AOV = revenue ÷ orders) climbs enough that each visitor is worth more. Conversion-rate tests miss that entirely; RPV captures it. The reverse trap is just as common, a "winning" conversion lift that quietly shrinks basket size and loses revenue.

The calculator also decomposes the result. It shows AOV for each arm so you can see why RPV moved, whether the gain came from more orders or bigger orders, using the identity RPV = Conversion Rate × AOV. Finally it projects the per-visitor difference onto a fixed traffic block (extra dollars per 10,000 visitors) so the abstract percentage becomes a concrete revenue figure you can take to a planning meeting.

One caution: RPV is a high-variance metric because a handful of large orders can swing the mean. Treat the uplift here as a point estimate of business impact, not proof of significance. Confirm the result holds with a proper significance test on adequate sample size before you ship the variant to all traffic.

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