potential target customer

基本解释

In the very beginning, we recommend talking with customers and people who understand your potential target market in a very open ended way to help refine your hypothesis of who your customer is.
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His target customer: the gym rat who does three or four intense workouts a week, a potential audience his research estimates at more than 10 million, including those who like hitting the heavy bag in the basement at home.
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