Pricing and Place Flashcards
Price definition?
- The dollar amount the consumer pays
- Includes: Money, time, cognitive effort, behavioral effort, affective effort, commitment
What are the trade offs with “Price Elements”
- time for money
- money for time
- money for effort
- effort for money
What does price elements contribute to?
Different market segments
List concepts involving price:
- Demand
- Price elasticity and demand
- Break even point
- Reference price
- Price perception
- Price competition
What is Demand equivalent to?
Total number of potential transactions -taste or preference -availability of substitutes -income price expectations for future
Does demand change with the price?
NO, demand is unlocked by price
-This is called quantity demanded and it changes with price.
What is the correlation between Price and Demand?
Price increase, QUANTITY DEMANDED goes down, YES
Income increases, demand goes up? YES
Break Even Point
-How many units should you sell in order to cover all your fixed and variable costs, up until that point of selling
What is the Break Even Point equation?
- Contribution Margin = Price - Variable Cost
- Break-even Volume = Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin
What are issues with the Break Even Point?
- Variable cost being not constant
- fixed cost not being constant
- Quantity demanded, for the price may be lower than the break even point. Need to shift demand. Price change wont help.
Reference Price and Price Perception
Ref. Price-The aggregate consumer belief about what the price should be for a particular offering
Price Percept.-is a subjective judgement about a particular market offering (product)
What are some common pricing goals?
- Max profits per unit sold
- Max unit sales
- Market share
- Discourage competitors
- Brand image
- Traffic
- Trial purchases
List some pricing strategies:
-Cost-plus - (variable cost + allocated cost) * (1+ percentage marked up)
Price Skimming
-High to Low. Usually first to the market.
Penetration pricing
-Low price. Usually expect that costs go down over time.
Experience Curve:
-Lowering with time