Pricing Process
1. Selecting Pricing Objective
Survival Maximum Current Profit Maximum Market Share Maximum Market Skimming Product-Quality Leadership Other
Partial Cost recovery Full Cost recovery
2. Determining Demand
Price Sensitivity Estimating Demand Curve
Surveys Price experiments Statistical experiments
Price Elasticity of Demand
3. Estimating Costs
Types of Costs and Levels of Production Accumulated Production Target Costing
4. Analyzing Competitors Costs, Prices and Offers
5. Selecting a Pricing Method
Markup Pricing Target Return Pricing
Perceived Value Pricing
Value Pricing Going Rate Pricing Auction Type Pricing
6. Selecting the Final Price
Impact of Other Marketing Activities Company Pricing Policies Gain-and-Risk sharing pricing Impact of price on other parties
ADAPTING THE PRICE
Geographical Pricing
How to price a product for customers located in different parts of the world.
Higher price for distant customers Same price for all
5 strategies
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. FOB-origin pricing (free on board) Uniform-delivered pricing Zone pricing Basing-point pricing Freight-absorption pricing
Promotional Pricing
Temporary reduction on list price or even cost price.
Creates buying excitement and urgency.
Done to increase sales and reduce inventories.
Also done thru special event pricing (Boxing Day)
Adverse effects
Creating deal prone customers Eroding brand value in eyes of customer. Leading to industry price wars, usually one co. with best operations.
To be used in certain circumstances and not as a steady diet.
Discriminatory Pricing
Adjusting prices continually to meet the characteristics and needs of individual customers and situations. Based on
buying behavior Inventories, costs and demand
Buyer benefits
Product and price comparison from 1000 of vendors Negotiate prices
Drawbacks
Knowledge of discriminatory pricing is a backfire. May damage important customer relationships.
PRICING STRATEGIES
New Product Pricing Strategies
Market-Skimming Pricing
Market- Penetration Pricing
Product Mix Pricing Strategies
Product Line Pricing
Optional Feature Pricing
Captive-Product Pricing
2-part Pricing (service)
By-Product Pricing Product Bundle Pricing