Exam 3 (ch. 9 & 10) Flashcards
High initial prices to skim revenues layer by layer from the market
Market-Skimming Price
Low initial price to penetrate the market
Market-Penetration Pricing
A form of pricing in which consumers are charged both an entry fee (fixed price) and a usage fee (per-unit price)
Two-part pricing
Any pricing method that uses consumer demand–based on perceived value–as the central element (difficult to estimate demand)
Demand based pricing (same as customer based pricing)
Reducing prices to reward customer responses such as paying early or promoting a product
Discounts/Allowances
Company sells product or service at two or more prices despite the prices not being based on costs
Segmented Pricing
Sellers consider psychology of prices and not simply economics
- Higher prices indicate a higher quality
- Reference prices
Psychological Pricing
prices buyers carry in mind when looking at a given product
Reference Prices
What are the two pricing types
- two-part pricing
- demand based pricing (consumer based pricing)
estimating a competitive price and designing a product to meet the price
target costing/pricing
what are the four market types
- pure competition
- monopolistic competition
- oligopolistic competition
- pure monopoly
many buyers and sellers with uniform products
Pure competition
Numerous buyers and sellers with range of prices
Monopolistic competition
few sellers that are highly sensitive to each other’s prices
Oligopolistic competition
one seller dominates the market
Pure monopoly
what kind of price adjustment reduces prices to create buying excitement and urgency (ex. Black Friday)
promotional
what kind of price adjustment adjusts based on geographical location of customers
geographical
what kind of price adjustment remains as one price for all buyers everywhere
fixed price
what kind of price adjustment involves adjusting prices continually to meet the characteristics and needs of individual customers and situations (online shopping, fluid pricing for different consumers)
dynamic pricing
what kind of price adjustment involves adjusting prices for international markets
international pricing
what are the five product mix pricing options
- product line pricing
- optional-product pricing
- captive-product pricing
- by-product pricing
- product bundling pricing
the product mix pricing type where management analyzes costs within a product line and sets price. pricing is based on product features
product line pricing