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Pricing Strategies
Pricing Strategies
Cost of production of smaller lot must not be that high that it eats high price
Other costs like distribution cost must fall with rise in sales volume
BY-PRODUCT PRICING
Setting a price for by-products in order to make the main product’s
Price more competitive.
CASH DISCOUNT: A price reduction to buyers who pay their bill promptly.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PRICING
A pricing approach that considers the psychology of prices and not simply
the economics; the price is used to say something about the product.
REFERENCE PRICES
Prices that buyers carry in their minds and refer to when they look at a
given product.
PROMOTIONAL PRICING
Temporarily pricing products below the list price and sometimes even
below cost to increase short run sales.
GEOGRAPHICAL PRICING
Other methods are (a) cost effective production/distribution, (b) shrink the
product, © substitute the ingredients (d) remove certain features, packaging etc.
BUYER REACTION TO PRICE CHANGES
TRUE or FALSE
2: Pricing starts with an ideal selling price, then target cost is worked
out which will ensure that the price is met.
5: Price change does not effect demand specially for the products
which have elastic demand.