Chapter 1 Flashcards
Refers to the total cost for customers to acquire the product and may involve both monetary and psychological costs such as the time and effort expended in the acquisition.
Price
It determines the value of a good or service to the buyers even to the sellers
Price
It is the amount of
money needed in order to acquire a product or service and its accompanying service.
Price
It is the amount of money charged for a product or service or the sum of the values that consumers
exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service.
Price
The only element in the marketing ix the produces revenue
Price/pricing
expenses that vary directly with the level of production
Variable Costs
overhead costs are expenses that do not vary even if the level of production or sales changes
Fixed costs
not directly attributed to creating a product
or service.
Fixed costs
Five steps in developing pricing strategy
- Objective
- Broad pricing Policy
- Price Strategy
- Implementing Price Strategy
- Price Adjustments
The firm is interested in sales growth and/or maximizing market share.
Sales Based
The concern of the company is to increase sales by offering new product design, product lines, and promotional items
Sales Based
The firm is interested in maximizing profit, earning a satisfactory profit,
optimizing the return on investment, or securing an early recovery of cash
Profit-Based
Its thrust is to satisfy the investors/stockholders by providing them an immediate return of investment.
Profit Based
The firm seeks to avoid reasonable government actions, minimize
the effects of competitor actions, maintain good channel relations, discourage the entry of competitors, reduce demands from suppliers, and stabilize prices
Status quo Based
The goal of the company
is to maintain a good image of the community by creating projects/programs that protect
its welfare and goodwill
Status Quo Based
provides procedures, rules, and methods to act in one specific situation. It links prices with the target market, image, and other marketing elements. It makes sure that pricing decisions are coordinated by other sellers.
Broad Price Policies
Broad Price policies include
Penetration and Skimming Pricing
uses low prices to capture/attract the larger/mass market for a
product or service
Penetration Pricing
The preference of the mass majority of the market will be the basis of the price set
Penetration Pricing
uses high prices to attract the market segment more concerned with
product quality, uniqueness, or status than price
Skimming Pricing
The seller chooses a high price in order
to determine who will really patronize the product.
Skimming Pricing
are ways or some actions to accomplish the goals and objectives of the company
in gaining profit
Pricing Strategies
Price strategy can be classified into three different categories:
- Cost based price strategy
- Demand based price strategy
- Competition based price strategy
is when the firm sets prices by computing merchandise, services, and overhead costs than adding the desired profit to those figures
Cost Based Price Strategy
True or False
After combining all the expenses incurred during the production of the product, the seller must also decide the best profit as part of the price of a product is part of Cost Based pricing.
TRUE
T or F
Cost Based pricing is when the firm sets prices after researching consumer
desires and makes sure the range of prices is acceptable to the target market.
False. Demand based is when the firm sets prices after researching consumer
desires and makes sure the range of prices is acceptable to the target market.
The firms conduct researches regarding the saleability of the product. If the product meets the criteria of the market, the firm can raise the price of the product because it can assure profit based on the market demand
This is under what strategy?
Demand based Price strategy
is when the firm sets prices in relation to the
competitors. The entrepreneur must research the prices set by their competitors.
Competition Based Price Strategy
________is the firm readiness to sell the product which would be effective
if given an attractive price strategy
Implementing Price strategy
when one price is maintained over an extended period of time. Normally the price of the product will not be easily changed.
Customary Pricing
The entrepreneur must
consider the price of the product which is affordable to the majority of buyers.
Customary pricing
is when the price responds to cost fluctuations or differences in demand.
Variable Pricing
The entrepreneur must consider the law of demand and supply. If there are
sufficient supplies and few demands, the price will increase and vice versa
Variable Pricing
is when the price is charged to all customers buying the product or service under similar conditions
One Price Policy
The entrepreneur will set one price for all products available for sale even though they differ from design.
One price policy
is based on the customer’s ability to negotiate or buy the power of the
customer
Flexible pricing
The entrepreneur must meet the needs and wants of the customer so that they
need to adjust the price just to ensure continued patronage and loyalty.
Flexible Pricing
is prices set at levels below even values. The entrepreneur uses odd numbers to attract customers in pricing a product
Odd pricing
is when the consumers believed that high price represents high quality and low prices represent low quality
Price quality association
is when customers set price floors and will not buy at prices below those floors. Above price ceilings, items would seem too expensive.
Prestige pricing