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Developing Pricing
Strategies and Programs


 Vineeta ahuja
Contents
•   Understanding pricing
•   Consumer psychology and pricing
•   How companies price
•   Adapting the price
•   Responding to price changes
What is a price?
• It quantifies value and determines profit
• It expresses the value of the exchange
  relationship
• It is the determining factor in a
  marketing exchange
• ‘Price’ can also be a fee, rent, fare,
  commission, etc
Price: the determining factor
                   Price


                   Product
   Supplier                       Customer




              Promotion & Place
Price: flexibility
• Changes in price are more readily
  implemented than the other 3P’s
• Product - major re-investment
• Place - find and convince new distributors
• Promotion - long time scales/involves
  outside agencies
Consumer Psychology
     and Pricing
    Reference Prices

  Price-quality inferences

         Price cues
Possible Consumer Reference
              Prices
• “Fair price”        •   Lower-bound price
• Last price paid     •   Competitor prices
• Upper-bound price   •   Expected future price
                      •   Usual discounted
                          price
The price…
Price Cues
•   “Left to right” pricing (Rs 299 vs. Rs 300)
•   Odd number discount perceptions
•   Even number value perceptions
•   Ending prices with 0 or 5
•   “Sale” written next to price
Steps in Setting Price
Select the price objective

      Determine demand

            Estimate costs

        Analyze competitor price mix

               Select pricing method

                     Select final price
Step 1: Selecting the Pricing
         Objective
                • Survival
                • Maximum current
                  profit
                • Maximum market
                  share
                • Maximum market
                  skimming - Nokia
                • Product-quality
                  leadership -
                  Bugatti
Step 2: Determining Demand

Price Sensitivity


  Estimating
Demand Curves
Inelastic
and Elastic Demand
Factors Leading to Less Price
               Sensitivity
•   The product is more distinctive
•   Buyers are less aware of substitutes
•   Buyers cannot easily compare the quality of substitutes
•   The expenditure is a smaller part of buyer’s total income
•   The expenditure is small compared to the total cost of
    the end product
•   Part of the cost is paid by another party
•   The product is used with previously purchased assets
•   The product is assumed to have high quality and
    prestige
•   Buyers cannot store the product
Step 3: Estimating Costs

               Types of Costs
               Accumulated
                Production
              Activity-Based
              Cost Accounting
               Target Costing
Cost Terms and Production
• Fixed costs / overheads
• Variable costs
• Total costs
• Average cost (total
  cost/production)
• Cost at different levels of
  production
• ABC
Cost per Unit as a Function of
  Accumulated Production
Selecting a Pricing Method
• Markup pricing
    – Unit cost= variable cost + fixed cost/unit sales
    – Markup price = unit cost/(1-desired return on
      sales)
• Target-return pricing
    = unit cost + (desired return x invested capital)/unit
      sales
•   Perceived-value pricing
•   Value pricing – EDLP, high-low pricing
•   Going-rate pricing
•   Auction-type pricing
Break-Even Chart




Break-even volume = fixed cost / (price – variable cost)
Auction-Type Pricing


            English auctions

             Dutch auctions

           Sealed-bid auctions
Step 6: Selecting the Final Price
• Impact of other
  marketing activities
• Company pricing
  policies
• Gain-and-risk sharing
  pricing
• Impact of price on
  other parties
Price-Adaptation Strategies
        Geographical Pricing

          Discounts/Allowances

             Promotional Pricing

              Differentiated Pricing
Price-Adaptation Strategies
Geographical            Discounts/ Allowances
Countertrade            • Cash discount
• Barter                • Quantity discount
• Compensation deal     • Functional discount –
• Buyback arrangement     trade channel
• Offset                  members
                        • Seasonal discount -
                          hotels
                        • Allowance -return on
                          old items
Promotional Pricing Tactics
              • Loss-leader pricing
              • Special-event pricing
              • Cash rebates
              • Low-interest financing
              • Longer payment terms
              • Warranties and service
                contracts
              • Psychological
                discounting
Differentiated Pricing
           • Customer-segment
             pricing - museums
           • Product-form pricing
           • Image pricing
           • Channel pricing –
             vending machines
           • Location pricing - theatre
           • Time pricing- early bird
           • Yield pricing
Increasing Prices

     Delayed quotation pricing

        Escalator clauses

           Unbundling

      Reduction of discounts
Brand Leader Responses to
        Competitive Price Cuts
•   Maintain price
•   Maintain price and add value
•   Reduce price
•   Increase price and improve quality
•   Launch a low-price fighter line

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pricing strategy

  • 1. Developing Pricing Strategies and Programs Vineeta ahuja
  • 2. Contents • Understanding pricing • Consumer psychology and pricing • How companies price • Adapting the price • Responding to price changes
  • 3. What is a price? • It quantifies value and determines profit • It expresses the value of the exchange relationship • It is the determining factor in a marketing exchange • ‘Price’ can also be a fee, rent, fare, commission, etc
  • 4. Price: the determining factor Price Product Supplier Customer Promotion & Place
  • 5. Price: flexibility • Changes in price are more readily implemented than the other 3P’s • Product - major re-investment • Place - find and convince new distributors • Promotion - long time scales/involves outside agencies
  • 6. Consumer Psychology and Pricing Reference Prices Price-quality inferences Price cues
  • 7. Possible Consumer Reference Prices • “Fair price” • Lower-bound price • Last price paid • Competitor prices • Upper-bound price • Expected future price • Usual discounted price
  • 9. Price Cues • “Left to right” pricing (Rs 299 vs. Rs 300) • Odd number discount perceptions • Even number value perceptions • Ending prices with 0 or 5 • “Sale” written next to price
  • 10. Steps in Setting Price Select the price objective Determine demand Estimate costs Analyze competitor price mix Select pricing method Select final price
  • 11. Step 1: Selecting the Pricing Objective • Survival • Maximum current profit • Maximum market share • Maximum market skimming - Nokia • Product-quality leadership - Bugatti
  • 12. Step 2: Determining Demand Price Sensitivity Estimating Demand Curves
  • 14. Factors Leading to Less Price Sensitivity • The product is more distinctive • Buyers are less aware of substitutes • Buyers cannot easily compare the quality of substitutes • The expenditure is a smaller part of buyer’s total income • The expenditure is small compared to the total cost of the end product • Part of the cost is paid by another party • The product is used with previously purchased assets • The product is assumed to have high quality and prestige • Buyers cannot store the product
  • 15. Step 3: Estimating Costs Types of Costs Accumulated Production Activity-Based Cost Accounting Target Costing
  • 16. Cost Terms and Production • Fixed costs / overheads • Variable costs • Total costs • Average cost (total cost/production) • Cost at different levels of production • ABC
  • 17. Cost per Unit as a Function of Accumulated Production
  • 18. Selecting a Pricing Method • Markup pricing – Unit cost= variable cost + fixed cost/unit sales – Markup price = unit cost/(1-desired return on sales) • Target-return pricing = unit cost + (desired return x invested capital)/unit sales • Perceived-value pricing • Value pricing – EDLP, high-low pricing • Going-rate pricing • Auction-type pricing
  • 19. Break-Even Chart Break-even volume = fixed cost / (price – variable cost)
  • 20. Auction-Type Pricing English auctions Dutch auctions Sealed-bid auctions
  • 21. Step 6: Selecting the Final Price • Impact of other marketing activities • Company pricing policies • Gain-and-risk sharing pricing • Impact of price on other parties
  • 22. Price-Adaptation Strategies Geographical Pricing Discounts/Allowances Promotional Pricing Differentiated Pricing
  • 23. Price-Adaptation Strategies Geographical Discounts/ Allowances Countertrade • Cash discount • Barter • Quantity discount • Compensation deal • Functional discount – • Buyback arrangement trade channel • Offset members • Seasonal discount - hotels • Allowance -return on old items
  • 24. Promotional Pricing Tactics • Loss-leader pricing • Special-event pricing • Cash rebates • Low-interest financing • Longer payment terms • Warranties and service contracts • Psychological discounting
  • 25. Differentiated Pricing • Customer-segment pricing - museums • Product-form pricing • Image pricing • Channel pricing – vending machines • Location pricing - theatre • Time pricing- early bird • Yield pricing
  • 26. Increasing Prices Delayed quotation pricing Escalator clauses Unbundling Reduction of discounts
  • 27. Brand Leader Responses to Competitive Price Cuts • Maintain price • Maintain price and add value • Reduce price • Increase price and improve quality • Launch a low-price fighter line

Editor's Notes

  1. Ask students what will be the price of this pendant if it is available at Archies Janpath Nakshatra Swarovski
  2. Maximum market share is market skimming
  3. Estimate demand curve by surveys, price experiments, statistical analysis
  4. Average cost = total cost / production