Retention research · B2B software

Customers don’t stay because they’re happy. They stay because they get results.

I’ve measured why customers actually stay — in the behavior of 1.3 million B2B software customers. Founder & CEO of ChurnRX.

The Friday letter

One finding from the research, every Friday.

A short essay on why customers actually stay — drawn from the evidence, readable in three minutes.

One email / Friday / 3-min read

Every Friday. Leave anytime.

“Customers don’t leave because they have a reason to leave. They leave when they no longer have a compelling reason to stay.”
Greg Daines · from the research

Where the research goes to work

Three ways in
For your data

ChurnRX

My company. It runs this research on your own customer base — your actual start, renewal, and cancellation records — and shows which customers are bonded, which are leaving, and why.

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For your team

Speaking

Keynotes and executive sessions on what the evidence says about retention.

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For your strategy

Advisory

Ongoing counsel for CEOs and revenue leaders putting the evidence to work in their own retention strategy.

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In preparation The Science of Customer Bonding Research report · coming August 2026
About

I’ve spent my career on a single, stubborn question: why do customers actually stay?

The question got its teeth from our worst customer — unhappy, demanding, always complaining — who kept renewing anyway. When I finally asked why, the answer was: “Why would we cancel when you get us such good results?”

Everything since has been an attempt to test that answer against evidence. Not opinions, not surveys — the recorded behavior of customers themselves: when they start, how they use what they bought, and exactly when they leave.

20+ years proving what actually keeps customers.