What is Customer Data Platform (CDP)?
Customer Data Platform (CDP) is Software that unifies customer data from multiple sources into a single customer profile.
Definition
A Customer Data Platform collects data from your website, CRM, email, support tickets, and other touchpoints, then stitches it together into unified customer profiles. The goal is a single source of truth for who your customers are and what they've done. CDPs sit between your data sources and your activation tools (email, ads, personalization).
Why It Matters
Without a CDP, your customer data is fragmented. Marketing sees email engagement. Sales sees CRM activity. Support sees tickets. Nobody has the full picture. CDPs solve identity resolution: connecting anonymous website visitors to known contacts to paying customers across devices and channels.
Example
A visitor browses your site anonymously, then fills out a form. Later they become a customer. A CDP stitches together the anonymous browsing, form submission, and purchase into one profile that marketing can use for personalization.
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