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
Five product mix pricing:
- Product line pricing
- Optional-product pricing
- Captive-product pricing
- By-product pricing
- Product bundle pricing
Optional pricing (define)
Pricing of options accessories along with main product
Captive pricing (define)
Setting pricing for products that must be used with main product (blades for razor ex)
By product pricing (define)
Setting a price for by-products to make the main product price more competitive
Product bundle pricing (define) (combo)
Combine several products and offering the bundle at reduced price
Price adjustment (7)
1 discount 2 segmented pricing 3 psychological price 4 promotional pricing 5 geographical pricing 6 dynamic 7 international
3 major peixinho stratégies?
- Customer value based price
- Cost based price
- Competition based price
Internal factors that influence price decision (4)
- Company’s overall marketing strategy
- Objetives
- marketing mix
- Organizational considerations
Key issue related to price changes
Customers reactions to it