question
price
answer
amount of money charged for a product or service of the four Ps it is the most flexible and the only one that produces revenue
question
Major Pricing Strategies
answer
customer value-based pricing, cost-based pricing, and competition-based pricing
question
customer value based pricing
answer
user buyers perception of value not the sellers cost, set the price to match the value before you set the cost
question
good value
answer
offer the right combination of quality and good service at a fair price
question
everyday low pricing
answer
involves charging a constant everyday low price with few or no temporary price discounts
question
high low
answer
run higher prices but you can discount more often
question
value-added
answer
attaching value added features and services to differentiate and support higher prices
question
cost-based pricing
answer
when you set prices based on producing, distributing, and selling plus a fair rate of return for effort and risk
question
fixed costs
answer
do not vary with production or sales level
question
variable costs
answer
costs that vary with the quantity of output produced
question
total costs
answer
the sum of the fixed and variable costs for any given level of production
question
Cost-plus pricing (markup pricing)
answer
adding a standard markup to the cost of the product
question
Break-even (target return) pricing
answer
setting price to break even on the costs of making and marketing a product, or setting price to make a target return
question
competition-based pricing
answer
when the price is based on competitor strategies, prices, costs, and market offerings
question
Pricing in Different Types of Markets
answer
pure competition, monopolistic competition, oligopolistic competition, pure monopoly
question
pure competition
answer
many buyers and sellers trading in a uniform commodity where no single buyer or seller has much effect on the going market price, no buyer or seller can affect the price
question
monopolistic competition
answer
the market consists of many buyers and sellers trading over a range of prices rather than a single market price
question
oligopolistic competition
answer
the market consists of only a few large sellers, they are alert to each other, price is a major tool
question
pure monopoly
answer
the market is dominated by one seller
question
demand curve
answer
shows the number of units the market will buy in a given time period at different prices that might be charged
question
price elasticity
answer
a measure of sensitivity of demand to change in price, demand does not change