Pricing Flashcards
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I strategy used to estimate the value that a producer would receive in exchange for their goods and services.
Pricing
The decision making method that results in a value being assigned to a good or service.
Pricing
The initial goals and guiding principles that the company establishes to direct how it prices a good or service
Pricing objectives
All commercial enterprises need to generate long term profits.
- Profit
Any company’s primary pricing goal is to determine an optimal price that will enable the product or service remain in demand
- Survival
Many businesses based the cost of their products and services on how well clients perceive their quality
- Maintaining product quality
In an effort to gain a larger portion of the market , several businesses set low pricing for their product
- Increasing market share
Profit demand sales, just as a company’s long term survival depends on it.
- Maximizing sales and profits
Pricing significantly affects how customers view a company . Prices should ideally be higher to convey at status and luxury and lower to convey value
- Changing the brand image
Uses the price a company sets to attract customer.
- Pricing based on competitors
Because businesses is still need to turn a profit in order to stay in operation, all pricing is profit driven.
- Pricing based on profits
Design to gain traction in a crowded market, typically by providing a cheap starting price
- Pricing for market penetration
The complete opposite of a market penetration-based one
- Price skimming
Entails charging what rival businesses do for comparable goods and services.
Simple pricing
Determine by the uniqueness for a good or service and the price that consumers are ready to pay.
Complex pricing.
Sometimes, how buyers perceive a products cost is more important than its actual cost.
- Psychology of pricing.
When clients are more likely to just buy one item at a time than when they would otherwise, bundled pricing can assist both average sales and total earnings.
- Product bundling
New businesses face the challenge of having to meet their fixed cost with fewer sales while also locking the buying power to lower their variable caused by securing volume discounts from their suppliers.
- Economies of scale
When choosing a price for a product, cost must be one of the key factors to consider.
- Product cost
Customers do not really care about products cost; they are ready to pay what they believe it is worth.
- Perceived value of goods
While monopolies have nearly unrestricted ability to raise prices, open and free markets are extremely sensitive to price changes.
- Competition
Pricing decisions are influenced by the state of the market.
- Prices of competitors
The pricing of the product is influenced by its features as well. Different features are added to the goods, such as quantity, size, color or alternative usage in order to draw in customers
- Product differentiation
Because of the reputation of the company as well as differences in quality, different producers products have different prices.
- Position in the industry