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Setting the Price
Pricing Procedure
• Select pricing objective
• Determine demand
• Estimate costs
• Analyze competition
• Select pricing method
• Select final price
• Survival
• Maximize current profits
• Maximize market share
• Penetration strategy
• Market skimming
• Skimming strategy
• Product quality leaders
• Partial cost recovery
Setting the Price
Pricing Procedure
• Select pricing objective
• Determine demand
• Estimate costs
• Analyze competition
• Select pricing method
• Select final price
• Understand factors that
affect price sensitivity
• Estimate demand curves
• Understand price elasticity
of demand
• Elasticity
• Inelasticty
Marketing Strategies
Conditions Under Which Consumers are
Less Price Sensitive:
• Product is more distinctive
• Buyers are less aware of substitutes
• Buyers cannot easily compare quality
of substitutes
• The expenditure is a lower part of
buyer’s total income
• The expenditure is small compared to
the total cost
• Part of the cost is borne by another
party
• The product is used with assets
previously bought
• The product is assumed to have
more quality, prestige, or
exclusiveness
• Buyers cannot store the product
Marketing Strategies
Conditions Under Which Demand
is Less Elastic:
• There are few or
no substitutes
• Buyers do not readily
notice the higher price
• Buyers are slow to
change their buying
habits and search for
lower prices
• Buyers think higher
prices are justified
Setting the Price
Pricing Procedure
• Select pricing objective
• Determine demand
• Estimate costs
• Analyze competition
• Select pricing method
• Select final price
• Types of costs and levels
of production must be
considered
• Accumulated production
leads to cost reduction via
the experience curve
• Differentiated marketing
offers create different cost
levels
Key Pricing Terms:
Fixed costs: do not vary directly with changes in level
of production
Variable costs: vary with production
Total costs: sum of fixed and variable costs a given
level of production
Average cost: cost per unit at a given level of
production
Setting the Price
Setting the Price
Pricing Procedure
• Select pricing objective
• Determine demand
• Estimate costs
• Analyze competition
• Select pricing method
• Select final price
• Firms must analyze the
competition with respect
to:
• Costs
• Prices
• Possible price reactions
• Pricing decisions are also
influenced by quality of
offering relative to
competition
Setting the Price
Pricing Procedure
• Select pricing objective
• Determine demand
• Estimate costs
• Analyze competition
• Select pricing method
• Select final price
• Price-setting begins with
the three “C’s”
• Select method:
• Markup pricing
• Target-return pricing
• Perceived-value pricing
• Value pricing
• Going-rate pricing
• Auction-type pricing
• Group pricing
Setting the Price
Pricing Procedure
• Select pricing objective
• Determine demand
• Estimate costs
• Analyze competition
• Select pricing method
• Select final price
• Requires consideration of
additional factors:
• Psychological pricing
• Gain-and-risk-sharing pricing
• Influence of other marketing
mix variables
• Company pricing policies
• Impact of price on other
parties

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Setting Price: Pricing Procedure & Factors

  • 1. Setting the Price Pricing Procedure • Select pricing objective • Determine demand • Estimate costs • Analyze competition • Select pricing method • Select final price • Survival • Maximize current profits • Maximize market share • Penetration strategy • Market skimming • Skimming strategy • Product quality leaders • Partial cost recovery
  • 2. Setting the Price Pricing Procedure • Select pricing objective • Determine demand • Estimate costs • Analyze competition • Select pricing method • Select final price • Understand factors that affect price sensitivity • Estimate demand curves • Understand price elasticity of demand • Elasticity • Inelasticty
  • 3. Marketing Strategies Conditions Under Which Consumers are Less Price Sensitive: • Product is more distinctive • Buyers are less aware of substitutes • Buyers cannot easily compare quality of substitutes • The expenditure is a lower part of buyer’s total income • The expenditure is small compared to the total cost • Part of the cost is borne by another party • The product is used with assets previously bought • The product is assumed to have more quality, prestige, or exclusiveness • Buyers cannot store the product
  • 4. Marketing Strategies Conditions Under Which Demand is Less Elastic: • There are few or no substitutes • Buyers do not readily notice the higher price • Buyers are slow to change their buying habits and search for lower prices • Buyers think higher prices are justified
  • 5. Setting the Price Pricing Procedure • Select pricing objective • Determine demand • Estimate costs • Analyze competition • Select pricing method • Select final price • Types of costs and levels of production must be considered • Accumulated production leads to cost reduction via the experience curve • Differentiated marketing offers create different cost levels
  • 6. Key Pricing Terms: Fixed costs: do not vary directly with changes in level of production Variable costs: vary with production Total costs: sum of fixed and variable costs a given level of production Average cost: cost per unit at a given level of production Setting the Price
  • 7. Setting the Price Pricing Procedure • Select pricing objective • Determine demand • Estimate costs • Analyze competition • Select pricing method • Select final price • Firms must analyze the competition with respect to: • Costs • Prices • Possible price reactions • Pricing decisions are also influenced by quality of offering relative to competition
  • 8. Setting the Price Pricing Procedure • Select pricing objective • Determine demand • Estimate costs • Analyze competition • Select pricing method • Select final price • Price-setting begins with the three “C’s” • Select method: • Markup pricing • Target-return pricing • Perceived-value pricing • Value pricing • Going-rate pricing • Auction-type pricing • Group pricing
  • 9. Setting the Price Pricing Procedure • Select pricing objective • Determine demand • Estimate costs • Analyze competition • Select pricing method • Select final price • Requires consideration of additional factors: • Psychological pricing • Gain-and-risk-sharing pricing • Influence of other marketing mix variables • Company pricing policies • Impact of price on other parties