Price Flashcards
What is price?
The amount of money charged for a product or service
Major pricing strategies are:
Value- based
Coast - based
Customer value-based pricing (define)
Setting price based on buyers perception of value rather than sellers coast
Good value pricing (define)
Perfect combination of good service and fair price
Value added price (meaning)
Rather than cutting price, they add features and services to differentiate from competitors
Coast based price (define)
Define price based on coast of producing, distributing and selling
Two types of coast?
Fixed and variable
Fixed coast (what is?)
Coast that do not vary with production or sales level
Variable coast (meaning)
Varies directly with the level of production
Cost-plus pricing (define)
Adding a standard markup to the coast of the product
Break-even price / target return pricing
Company decides in a price that will make it even só costumers come back
Competition-based pricing
Setting prices based on competitors
Price elasticity (inelastic)
Demand doesn’t change with change of price = inelastic
Price elasticity (elastic)
If the demand changes a lot of price changes = elastic
New product pricing (2 types)
Skimming price = high inicial price to gain the biggest amount of profit, then Lower prices later
Market penetration pricing = low inicial price to penetrate the market quickly