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Price
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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
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Customer value-based pricing
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setting price based on buyers' perceptions of value rather than on the seller's cost
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Cost based pricing
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setting prices based on the costs of producing, distributing, and selling the product plus a fair rate of return for effort and risk.
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Diagram of Cost-based pricing
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Design a good product-> Determine product costs -> Set price based on cost -> Convince buyers of product's value
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Diagram of Value-based pricing
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Assess customer needs and value perceptions -> Set target price to match customer-perceived value -> Determine costs that can be incurred -> Design product to deliver desired value at target price
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Good-value pricing
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offering just the right combination of quality and good service at a fair price
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Value-added pricing
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attaching value-added features and services to differentiate a company's offers and charging higher prices
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Cost-based pricing
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setting prices based on the costs of producing, distributing, and selling the product plus a fair rate of return for effort and risk
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Fixed costs (overhead)
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costs that do not vary with production or sales level
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Variable costs
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costs that vary directly with the level of production
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total costs
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the sum of the fixed and variable costs for any given level of production
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experience curve (learning curve)
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the drop in the average per-unit production cost that comes with accumulated production experience
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cost-price pricing (markup pricing)
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adding a standard markup to the cost of the product
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break-even pricing (target return pricing)
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setting price to break even on the costs of making and marketing a product, or setting price to make a target return
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competition-based pricing
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setting prices based on competitors' strategies, prices, costs, and market offerings
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target costing
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pricing that starts with an ideal selling price, then targets costs that will ensure that the price is met
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Demand curve
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A curve that shows the number of units the market will buy in a given time period at different prices that might be charged.
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Different types of pricing in different markets
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Pure competition (markets do not spend money on marketing strategy), Monopolistic competition (sellers try to develop differentiated offers for different customer segments), oligopolistic competition (market consists of few large sellers so each is very aware of competitors' prices), pure monopoly (price is handled differently in each case)
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price elasticity
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a measure of the sensitivity of demand to changes in price