porterzip versus demographic targeting

Demographics guess, your customers know

Demographic targeting picks places that match a profile of who might buy. porterzip starts from who already does. Here is the difference that makes.

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targeting-master_2026Q2.csv 42 markets
# zip city state score vs_expected
1 97212 Portland OR 99 42.11×
2 55414 Minneapolis MN 99 12.43×
3 97006 Beaverton OR 99 5.22×
4 78731 Austin TX 96 3.93×
… 38 more markets
The guess

Demographics start from a guess

A demographic buy assumes your customer looks a certain way, then finds places that fit the profile. It can be close, but it is a guess about who might respond, made before anyone has.

Spring EDDM drop
38 targeted markets vs a randomized holdout
+0% incremental lift
90% CI 20–36%, targeted minus held-back
Targeted Held back
+28% launch before after
Real behavior

porterzip starts from your own customers

We read the people who already buy from you and find where your brand is genuinely catching on. Demographics still help us describe those places, but the starting point is real behavior, not a profile.

Untapped markets that match your winners
80304 Boulder, CO 96
02143 Somerville, MA 94
53703 Madison, WI 91
97202 Portland, OR 89
84103 Salt Lake City, UT 87
Ranked by demographic resemblance. You have zero customers here today.
Provable

One is provable

Because we work from your own data and build a holdout in, you can measure whether a campaign actually added customers. A demographic buy alone rarely gives you that proof.

Common questions

Do you use demographics at all?

Yes, to describe your strongest markets and to find new ones that resemble them. We just do not start from a demographic guess. We start from your own customers.

Can this help me expand?

Yes. We rank new markets by how closely they resemble the places you already win, which is grounded in your real customers rather than a profile alone.

Start from your real customers

Send us your customer list. The map and the first proof come back within days.

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