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Agenda

Pricing Strategies

Price Adjustment Strategies

Money Charged for a Product or Service

Generates Revenue

Easy to Change

Price

Low High

Low

High

Economy

Pricing

Market

Penetration

Market

Skimming

Premium

Pricing

Price

Quality

Pricing Strategies

Applies to new, distinctive products, early in the PLC

Market Skimming

• Most consumer electronic products

• The iPod was priced $259 in 2004.

Market Skimming

Applies to large markets with elastic demand,

economies of scale, intense competition

Penetration Pricing

Reducing Price Too Soon

Pricing Based on Cost instead of Customer Value

Two Pricing Mistakes

• Discount / allowance

• Segmented

• Psychological

• Promotional

• International

• Types of discounts

– Cash discount

– Quantity discount

– Seasonal discount

• Allowances

– Trade-in allowances

– Promotional allowances

Strategies

Price Adjustment Strategies

Quantity Discounts in Public Transport

Total Price = Retail Price + Shipping Price

Two-part Tariffs

• Discount / allowance

• Segmented

• Psychological

• Promotional

• International

• Types of segmented pricing strategies:

– Product-line pricing

– Location pricing

– Time pricing

• Also called revenue or yield management

• Certain conditions must exist for segmented pricing to be effective

Strategies

Price Adjustment Strategies

High

Quality

Low

QualityToyota Corolla

Altis

Toyota Camry

W1

Product Lines in India

Student Discounts in Public Transport

– Market must be “Segmentable”

– Segments must show different demand

– Pricing must be legal

– Costs of segmentation cannot exceed revenues

earned

– Segmented pricing must reflect real differences

in customers’ perceived value

Segmented Pricing Effectiveness

• Discount / allowance

• Segmented

• Psychological

• Promotional

• International

• The price is used to say something about the product.

– Price-quality relationship

– Reference prices

– Differences as small as five cents can be important

– Numeric digits may have symbolic and visual qualities that psychologically influence the buyer

Strategies

Price Adjustment Strategies

This ad for a luxury

priced car attempts to

show that Mercedes

owners form important

relationships with their

cars.

Psychological Pricing

• Discount / allowance

• Segmented

• Psychological

• Promotional

• International

• Temporarily pricing products below the list price or even below cost– Contracts, Special-Event

pricing

– Cash rebates

– Low-interest financing, warranties

– Loss leaders

Strategies

Price Adjustment Strategies

Sold at (or below) cost

Frequently purchased product

Inconveniently Located

Perishable

Loss Leader

Not Loss Leader – Everyday Low Pricing

• Easily copied by competitors

• Creates deal-prone consumers

• Erode brand value

• Industry Price Wars

Promotional Pricing – Challenges

• Discount / allowance

• Segmented

• Psychological

• Promotional

• International

• Prices charged in a specific country depend on many factors

– Economic conditions

– Competitive situation

– Laws / regulations

– Distribution system

– Consumer perceptions

– Corporate marketing objectives

– Cost considerations

Strategies

Price Adjustment Strategies

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