To Know About Pricing Flashcards
The sum of everything the customer gives up for having and using the product
Price
Customer cost
Examples of price (customer cost)
Time Inconvenience Travel Delivery Installation Training Opportunity Cost
Pricing that focuses on customer perceptions of value
Value based pricing
Two pricing approaches
Cost based pricing
Competition based pricing
Calculate cost, add markup to get price
Cost-based pricing
Look at what competition is doing, copy it to get price
Competition based pricing
No demand above this price
Price ceiling
No profit below this price
Price floor
The cost of the product represents what kind of price
Price floor bc no profit if selling product below the cost of the product
Two products that represent market penetration
Dell
Walmart
New product innovation is related to what kind of pricing
Market skimming pricing
Examples of market skimming pricing
High tech
Luxury items
Price related to the value of the good is the
Maximum price (price ceiling) bc customers have no desire to buy product who’s price is higher than they value it at (no demand above it)
When customers are price sensitive, what kind of pricing is used
Market penetration
When production costs decrease with production, what kind of pricing is used
Market penetration pricing
When low price keeps out competition, what kind of pricing is used
Market penetration pricing
When the company can maintain a low price position (still making profit) this is
Market penetration pricing
Apple: As they go up in features, it goes up in pricing such as with the different iPhones and MacBooks; this is an example of
Product-line pricing
Colorful keyboard covers are sold for laptops and they aren’t necessary for the product (the laptop) to work
Optional-product pricing
Game consoles and the games and the controller; prescription lens and frames; razor and the cartridge are all examples of
Captive product pricing (you need to buy the accessories to work the product )
Discount for buying more; buy the whole thing and it’s a little cheaper than buying the individual parts is an example of what
Product bundle pricing