Overview, Learning Objectives, & Checklist Flashcards
What elements make up a price?
What objectives does a firm have in setting prices?
What is a demand curve?
What role does revenue play in pricing decisions?
What does price elasticity of demand mean to a manger facing a pricing decision?
What role do costs make in pricing decisions?
How do various combinations of price, fixed cost and unit variable cost affect a firm’s break-even point?
How is an “approximate price level” established using a demand-oriented approach?
How is an “approximate price level” established using a profit-oriented approach?
How is an “approximate price level” established using a competition-oriented approach?
What major factors are considered in deriving a final list or quoted price from the approximate level?
What adjustments can be made to the approximate price level through discounts?
What adjustments can be made to the approximate price level through the basis of discounts?
What adjustments can be made to the approximate price level through geography?
How do laws and regulations affect pricing practices?
3 Factors that affect Demand Curve
Price
Allowances
Price Elasticity of Demand
Barter
Pricing Constraint
Break-Even Analysis
Relationship between total revenue and total cost to determine profitability at various levels of output
Pricing Objective
Break-even Chart
Profit
Break-even Point
When Total Revenue = Total Cost
Profit Equation
Contribution Margin
Profitability Objective
Demand Curve
Sales Revenue Objective
Demand Factors
Social Responsibility Objective
Elastic Demand
Survival Objective
Extra fees
Total Cost
Final Price
Total Revenue
Total money received from the sale of a product
Fixed Cost
Unit Variable Cost
Incentives
Unit Volume Objective
Inelastic Demand
Value
List Price
Established price normally quoted to potential buyers
Value Pricing
The practice of simultaneously increasing product and service benefits while maintaining or decreasing price
Market Share Objective
Variable Cost
Above-, At, or Below-market pricing
Setting a price based on a subjective feel for the competitors’ price or market price as the benchmark
Predatory Pricing
Charging a very low price for a product with the intent of driving competitors out of business
Allowance
Prestige Pricing
Setting a high price so that consumers that value quality or status will be attracted to the product
Basing-point Pricing
Price Fixing
A conspiracy among firms to set prices for a product
Cash discount
Price lining
Cost-plus pricing
Price War
Cumulative Quantity Discount
Product Line Pricing
Customary Pricing
Setting a price that is dictated by tradition, a standardized channel of distribution, or other competitive factors
Promotional Allowance
Deceptive Pricing
Bait-and-Switch
The practice of misleading consumers with price deals
Quantity discounts
Dynamic Price Policy (aka flexible price policy)
Seasonal Discount
Single-zone Pricing
Skimming Pricing
Setting the highest initial price that customers who really desire the product are willing to pay when introducing a new or innovative product
Everyday Low Pricing
Experience Curve Pricing
Fixed Price Policy (aka one price policy)
FOB Origin Pricing
Standard Markup Pricing
Target Pricing
- Estimating the price that consumers would be willing to pay
- Working backward through markups taken by retailers and wholesalers
- Adjust composition and features of the product to achieve the target price to consumers
4 Approaches to selecting price level
Target profit pricing
Setting an annual target of a specific dollar volume of profit
Geographical Pricing
Target Return on investment pricing
Loss leader pricing
Target return on sales pricing
Multiple zone pricing
Trade-in Allowance
Non-Cumulative Quantity Discount
Uniform delivered pricing
Includes all transportation costs
Odd-even pricing (aka odd pricing)
Setting prices a few dollars or cent under an even number ($189.99)
Yield Management Pricing
Changing of different prices to maximize revenue for a set amount of capacity at any given time
Penetration Pricing
The opposite of Skimming Pricing
Setting a low initial price on a new product to appeal immediately to the mass market
Determinants of Elasticity
- Availability of substitutes
- Role as a complement to another product
- Whether product is perceived as a necessity
- Whether product is perceived as a luxury
- Portion of a person’s budget spent on an item
- Consumers’ time perspective
Relationship between Elasticity and Revenue/Profit
- Price cuts will increase revenues for products with elastic demand
- Price increases will increase revenue for products with inelastic demand
Left Digit Effect