🎙️ podcast Analysis January 31, 2026 The Twenty Minute VC (20VC)

Wix Marketing: $100M Budget Reveals TROI Metric Disrupting Traditional LTV Models

Website Building Software
Tickers
1 Pick
Conviction HIGH
Risk Profile 1.5/10 (LOW RISK)
Horizon 12-18 months
Signal Snapshot Core Theme: Marketing Technology

Traditional LTV metrics guide marketing spend allocation decisions

Daily cohort measurement enables faster capital reallocation cycles

Super Bowl Investment; Base44 Integration Metrics

Executive Summary

Omer Shai's 18-year tenure as Wix CMO reveals a sophisticated marketing machine that has abandoned traditional LTV metrics in favor of proprietary TROI (Time Return on Investment) methodology. With a $100M+ marketing budget across both Wix and Base44, Shai operates on 11-12 month TROI targets, measuring cohorts as granular as daily intervals rather than relying on lifetime value projections. The company is making two Super Bowl investments in 2026 - marking Base44 as potentially the youngest com...

Key Investment Opportunity

Wix Contrarian Value Play with Marketing Catalyst

Stock trading at 2.6x revenue despite $567M FCF generation and aggressive marketing expansion. Base44 Super Bowl investment signals confidence in AI product-market fit, while TROI methodology enables superior capital allocation.

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