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SQL for 30-Day DNA Kit Retention

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Problem

Ancestry Marketing wants to evaluate 30-day retention for customers who purchased a DNA kit during the DNA-SUMMER-25 promotion. A retained customer is one who records at least one qualifying activity exactly 30 days after their first qualifying promotion purchase.

Write a PostgreSQL query that calculates the retention rate for this promotion.

Requirements

  1. Include users whose DNA kit purchase occurred within the promotion dates.
  2. Use each user's first qualifying purchase as the cohort date, even if they purchased more than once.
  3. Count a user as retained when an activity occurs from 30 days through, but not including, 31 days after the cohort purchase.
  4. Return the cohort size, retained users, and retention percentage rounded to two decimals.

Schema

users
ColumnTypeDescription
user_idPKINTUnique Ancestry user identifier
emailVARCHAR(255)User email address
acquisition_channelVARCHAR(50)Marketing channel attributed to the user
promotions
ColumnTypeDescription
promotion_idPKINTUnique promotion identifier
promotion_codeVARCHAR(50)Promotion code used in campaign reporting
promotion_nameVARCHAR(100)Readable promotion name
starts_atDATEPromotion start date
ends_atDATEPromotion end date
purchases
ColumnTypeDescription
purchase_idPKINTUnique purchase identifier
user_idINTUser who made the purchase
promotion_idINTPromotion attributed to the purchase
product_categoryVARCHAR(50)Purchased product category
purchased_atTIMESTAMPPurchase timestamp
activity_events
ColumnTypeDescription
event_idPKINTUnique activity event identifier
user_idINTUser associated with the activity
event_typeVARCHAR(50)Type of Ancestry product activity
activity_atTIMESTAMPActivity timestamp
Tablesuserspromotionspurchasesactivity_events
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