Understanding Customer Value and Pricing Strategies

Pricing: Understanding and Capturing Customer Value

Session Outline What Is a Price? Factors to Consider when Setting Prices Pricing Strategies Pricing Process

What Is a Price? The amount of money charged for a product or service, or the sum of the values that customers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service.

Factors to Consider when Setting Prices Other internal and external considerations Marketing strategy, objectives, and mix Nature of the market and demand Competitors strategies and prices Customer perceptions of value Product costs Price Ceiling No demand above this price Price Floor No profits below this price

Customer Perceptions of Value In the end, the customer will decide whether a product's price is right. Pricing decisions, like other marketing mix decisions, must start with customer value.

Value-Based Pricing Versus Cost-Based Pricing Cost-Based Pricing The Wrong Way Setting prices based on the costs for producing, distributing and selling the product plus a fair rate of return for effort and risk. Convince buyers of product s value Set price based on cost Design a good product Determine product costs

Value-Based Pricing Versus Cost-Based Pricing Value-based Pricing The Right Way Setting price based on buyers perceptions of value rather than on the seller s cost. Set target price to match customer perceived value Design product to deliver desired value at target price Assess customer needs and value perceptions Determine costs that can be incurred

Good Value Pricing and Value Added Pricing Good Value Pricing Offering just the right combination of quality and good service at a fair price. Value Added Pricing Attaching value added features and services to differentiate a company s offer and charging higher prices.

Company and Product Costs Cost Based Pricing Setting prices based on the costs for producing, distributing and selling the product plus a fair rate of return for effort and risk. Cost Plus Pricing Adding a standard markup to the cost of the product.

Other Cost Considerations Types of Costs Costs at Different Levels of Production Costs as a Function of Production Experience

Other Internal and External Considerations Affecting Price Decisions Overall Marketing Strategy, Objectives and Mix Organizational Considerations The Market and Demand Competitors Strategies and Prices

Pricing Strategies

New-Product Pricing Strategies Market-Skimming Pricing Setting a high price for a new product to skim maximum revenues layer by layer from the segments willing to pay the high price; the company makes fewer but more profitable sales. Market-Penetration Pricing Setting a low price for a new product in order to attract a large number of buyers and a large market share.

Skimming vs Penetration Unit sales Profitability Penetration price Penetration price Skimming price Skimming price Time in local market Time in local market

Pricing Process

Setting the Price (Pricing Process) 1. Selecting the Pricing Objective 2. Determining Demand 3. Estimating Costs 4.Analyzing Competitors Costs, Prices, and Offers 5. Selecting a Pricing Method 6. Selecting the Final Price

1. Selecting the Pricing Objectives Survival Current Profit Maximization Marketing Maximum Market Share Objectives Maximum Market Skimming Product Quality Leadership

2. Determining Demand Price Elasticity of Demand Inelastic Demand Elastic Demand Price Rs. 15 15 10 10 50 150 100 105 Quantity Demanded per Period Quantity Demanded per Period

3. Estimating Costs Demand sets a ceiling on the price the company can charge for its product. Costs set the floor. The company wants to charge a price that covers its cost of producing, distributing and selling the product, including a fair return for its effort and risk.

4.Analyzing Competitors Costs, Prices and Offers Within determined by market demand and company costs, the firm must take competitors costs, prices and possible price reaction into account (reactions/ customers, competitors, distributors, suppliers and even governments). the range of possible prices responses from

5.Selecting a Pricing Method Given customers demand schedule, the cost function competitors prices, the company can now select a price. the High Price (No possible demand at this price) Ceiling Price and Customers assessment of unique product features Orienting point Competitors prices and prices of substitutes Costs Floor Price Low Price (No possible profit at this price)

6. Selecting the Final Price Pricing methods narrow the range from which the company must select its final price. In selecting that price, the company must consider additional factors, Impact of Other Marketing Activities Company Pricing Policies Gain and Risk Sharing Pricing Impact of Price on Other Parties

Summary and Conclusions