Setting Prices Flashcards

1
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Explain the concept if price elasticity if demand

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How much demand varies with the price. Houses would be quite inelastic while bracelets would be verry elastic

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2
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How is price related to cost, quality and value

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Price needs to make up for cost, quality is costly but justifies a price premium and value is the difference between the difference in worth of quality and the price

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3
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How do customers perceive price

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They use well-known reference prices context and signs to determine value

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4
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Which are the four pricing strategies

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Pricing premium, penetration pricing, economy pricing and price skimming

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5
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What is premium pricing

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Price an offering high to indicate its distinctiveness in the market

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6
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Explain penetration pricing

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Price lower than competition to gain market share

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7
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Explain economy pricing

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Price bare minimum to attract sensitive buyers

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8
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Explain price skimming

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Setting price high and them lower in sequential steps. Like bartering or to make it seam low in comparison to the past

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9
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Which are the two classical approaches when pricing new offerings

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Price penetration and skimming

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10
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When should you apply market skimming

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When you need to recover rnd costs quickly, when product lifecycle is short or when customers price sensitivity is low or unknown

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11
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When should you use price penetration

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When recovering rnd costs is not pressing, customer price sensitivity is known to be high and product life cycles are long

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12
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Explain going rate pricing

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Set your price based in the competition

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13
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What types of pricing exists in b2b

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Geographical, negotiated, discount, value in use, relationship, pay what you want, transfer, consumer value and bid pricing strategies

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14
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What is show rooming

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Chucking out something in a store and buying them cheaper online

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15
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What is webrooming

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Researching products online to buy them in stores

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16
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Why increase price

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It has a disproportionally good effect in profits. A study showed that 1% increase in price led to 9% greater profit as that money goes directly to net revenue.

17
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Does higher price mean higher quality

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There is only a weak link

18
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Are consumers usually price councius

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No, especially if they have contract free credit cards

19
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What is odd number pricing

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Ending a price in nine because people have not learned to round yet

20
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Explain price anchoring

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We expect prices to be what we saw first so if it becomes lower people think it is cheap

21
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What is pure price bundling

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Adding some gift with a product to make the price seam reasonable

22
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What is mixed price bundeling

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Offering a lower price if you buy things in a bundle than if you would buy them individually

23
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What are price guarantee schemes

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Promising to match competitors cheaper prices as a statement hoping people actually dint check

24
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Do you have to respond in kind to a price war

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It depends how consumers react to the price decrease. If the reaction is modest you may want to instead advertise your quality or cator more

25
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Explain value oriented pricing

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To set prices where consumers see it as fair and valuable, not considering cost

26
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Which launch pricing strategy should you take if there is a strong threat from competitors, the product is not that differentiated, there are low barriers to entry and there are positive economics of scale

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Market penetration

27
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What is surge pricing

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To adapt prices in real time to demand

28
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What is loss leader pricing

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Set a price lower than the cost to lure customers to a place where they are likely to spend

29
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What is promotional pricing

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Temporarily lowering prices to increase awareness, free trial comes to mind

30
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Explain segmentation pricing

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Setting different prices for different groups. Aka price discrimination

31
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What is customer centric pricing

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Creating a bundle with a price catering to a specific type of customer

32
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What is pay what you want pricing

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Offering an open price for publicity, often used by street musicians

33
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Explain free in board destination pricing

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When the manufacturer pays for shipping but not other transportation

34
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What is transfer pricing

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Prices at transfers where one party control both buyer and seller to tailor the transaction so it looks good un the books