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ENTREPRENEURSHIP I
Ind. 5.01 – Develop a foundational knowledge of pricing to understand
its role in marketing. (Part I)
What is Pricing?
Pricing is a marketing function that involves the determination of an exchange price at which the buyer and seller perceive optimum value for a good or service.
Effective pricing is important for: Customer satisfaction The continued success of a business
What is Pricing?
Pricing isn’t as simple as just placing a tag on an item that tells customers how much they owe. It involves: Perceiving Optimum Value
Buyers & sellers must feel they are receiving the most from the product
Determining the exchange price The amount of money the buyer is willing to pay and the
seller is willing to accept.
Pricing is a Tug of War
Buyers want low prices
Sellers want high prices
The trick is to find a balance!
If this doesn’t happen: Consumers spend their
money elsewhere A businesses sales will
decline – products will be discontinued or prices will change
Product Life Cycle Strategies
Introduction stage: stimulate consumer interest and create awareness.
Growth stage: stress benefits of a product over its competitor’s products.
Maturity stage: repositioning a product.
Decline stage: greatly reduce marketing or drop product due to poor sales.
MATURITY STAGEA business will stabilize a product's price
during the maturity stage
Strategies during this stage may include repositioning a product.
Choosing a different target market to position the product.
Factors Affecting Price
CostsSupply and demandEconomic conditionsCompetitionGovernment
regulationsChannel membersCompany objectives
and strategies
To remain competitive a manager of a local business keep track of the prices that similar businesses in the area are charging
FLEXIBLE PRICING POLICY
Method of selling where the prices are open to
negotiations between buyers and sellers, and allow for bargaining within a certain range.
Example: Lowering prices during bad economic times
costs of raw materials increase considerably, a business is likely to increase the selling price of a product.
How Pricing Affects Place Decisions
The price function often influences the place function by determining where the product is sold.
Goods and services with high prices will be carried by stores that sell higher priced items.
Pricing Objectives
some new companies set their selling prices as low as they can to get market share as fast as possible
SALES-ORIENTED PRICING OBJECTIVES
the purpose of sales-oriented pricing objectives to increase the total amount of sales income
One reason why the target market of a business affects its pricing is because consumers in each target market judge the value of products differently.
More About Pricing…
What is actually being priced? The product an all of
its associated services i.e. In the case of a
car, it’s not just the car itself. The price includes the car and all of the associated services—transportation and delivery charges, credit, etc.
Who sets prices? Depending on the size of the
business, many people may be involved in establishing prices. This person will check competitors’ prices and use the company’s own records to establish prices for the goods and services the business offers.
In a smaller business, the person most often responsible for setting prices is the manager or owner.
In larger companies, an entire department (part of marketing) is usually responsible for setting prices for the company.
How Pricing Affects Product Decisions
Research Research costs money!
Profit Decisions Can we make a profit by
selling this product? Can we achieve the return
in investment we want? Can we set our prices high
enough to answer the other two questions with a yes?
Materials used in production The quality of materials
used is reflected in the product's price
Customer Decisions A companies pricing
strategy will determine the type of customer it will attract
Company Image Pricing will help to
determine the businesses image
How Pricing Affects Promotion Decisions
Choice of Medium Products with low
profit margins are promoted in lower priced media (i.e. radio)
Products with higher profit margins are promoted in a combo of media (i.e. radio, tv, newspapers, & magazines)
The bigger the ad, the higher its cost
Amount of Money Spent The amount of money
spent on promotion is built into the cost of the product, therefore the more promotion=higher price
Time Allocated to the Promotion The longer the
promotion, the higher the price
How Pricing Affects Place Decisions
Choice of Transportation Channels Businesses choose the
type of transportation that fits in their budget & gets the product to the destination at the right time
The cost of this transportation will be built into the price of the product
Where the Product is Offered A product’s price
affects where it is sold. Goods and services
with high prices will be carried by stores that sell higher priced items.
If a product is priced inexpensively, it will sell at a different type of store.
Pricing Objectives
Pricing objectives are the goals a company hopes to accomplish through its pricing strategies
There are a number of pricing objectives companies may have, they may relate to: Profitability – making as much money as possible or
simply covering the cost Sales – selling as many as possible or gaining a
certain market share Competition Image/Prestige – setting prices to keep a certain
image in the customers mind
ENTREPRENEURSHIP I
Ind. 5.01 – Develop a foundational knowledge of pricing to understand
its role in marketing. (Part II)
What is a Selling Price?
The selling price the amount the seller charges for a product
Each business goes through its own process to determine prices.
Selling prices are dynamic – they do not remain the same, they fluctuate.
Components of the Selling Price
From selling price, the business must:
Pay all of the costs of the product
Pay operatin
g expenses
Obtain a profit
Importance of Selling Price
For Customer Helps them decide
how to allocate money People cannot buy
everything they want so price helps them to decide what they can afford
Helps them compare products Price = Quality
For Businesses Helps them determine
amount of income from sales They must include
enough mark-up to pay current expenses & provide for future growth
Helps them reach company goals
Pricing Objectives
A firm’s pricing objectives should be compatible with its marketing objectives. The business must know where it wants to go before it
can choose selling prices that will help it to get there. Sometimes, a business must use a combination of pricing
objectives to reach its goals. In all cases, the business should set its marketing
objectives first, and then select pricing objectives that seem most likely to help it meet its marketing objectives.
Pricing objective will change as circumstances inside & outside of the business change.
Sales-Oriented Pricing Objectives
Purpose – to increase the total amount of income from sales
Two ways to do this: Charge lower prices to increase sales volume Charge higher prices to increase the dollar value of its
salesSome specific objectives a business might
achieve: Creating an image Being more competitive (similar price, higher price, or
lower price) Obtaining, maintaining, & increasing market share
Profit-Oriented Pricing Objectives
Purpose – to create profits for the business Some businesses want to make the most profit possible but
most simply want to recover costs and make a reasonable profit
Some specific objectives a business might achieve: Surviving Maximizing profits Earning return on investment - specific % of profit based on
the amount of money put into the business Earning return on sales – basing the amount of profit they
want to earn on sales. Corporations often use this to avoid the government of accusing them of unfair trade practices or earning too much profit
Factors Affecting Selling Price
Costs (fixed & variable) Knowing the total
costs of a product is very important in setting selling prices because the business needs to recover those costs.
If it doesn’t, the business will eventually go broke.
Supply & Demand When consumer demand for a
product increases, producers make more of it, the supply increases.
As the supply increases, the number of buyers may decrease, and sellers will have to reduce the price of the game to get it off the shelves.
On the other hand, if the producer is not able to increase production, and the supply of the product does not increase, the price may go up.
Customers may be willing to pay the higher price to obtain the product.
However, if the selling price goes too high, customers may stop buying, and demand will drop.
Factors Affecting Selling Price
Economic Conditions The national economy
is always changing. Ups and downs in
economic activity are known as business cycles.
Factors Affecting Selling Price - Competition
Pure Competition In a pure competitive market, there are a great many buyers
and sellers of nearly identical products, and marketers have very little control over pricing.
More competition exists in this kind of market than in any other.
Most products are sold at market price—the actual price that prevails in a market at any particular moment.
Market price is controlled by supply and demand. Sellers can’t raise their prices above the market price because
buyers can obtain all they want of the product at the lower, market price.
Sellers also can’t lower the price to increase demand because buyers are already buying as much as they want of the product.
Factors Affecting Selling Price - Competition
Monopolistic Competition In a monopolistic competitive market, there are many
buyers and sellers, but there is a range of prices rather than one market price.
Demand for products may be elastic or inelastic. Companies make their products different from each
other in terms of quality, service, features, styles, as well as prices, so that competition is not based on price alone.
Customers decide which product to buy based on its difference from other products.
There are both big firms and small businesses competing in this kind of market.
Factors Affecting Selling Price - Competition
Oligopoly In an oligopolistic market, there are relatively few
sellers, and the industry leader usually determines prices.
Prices are fairly stable because not too many new firms can afford to enter the market.
If the industry leader raises or lowers prices, the other firms usually follow suit.
Sellers watch each other’s pricing because they know they will lose customers if the competition lowers prices.
Competition is more likely to be based on style or brand than on price.
Factors Affecting Selling Price - Competition
Monopoly In a pure monopoly, there is only one seller or provider
of a product, and no substitutes are readily available. Pure monopolies have been almost eliminated by the
federal government because monopolies control the pricing of their products.
This is unfair to customers who would have to pay whatever price was charged because they could not get the product they needed elsewhere.
The monopolies such as utility companies that exist today are either owned or controlled by the government.
Factors Affecting Selling Price
Government Regulation – state & federal laws Price Fixing - agreeing on a price or price range for a
product. This prohibited because it limits competition Price Discrimination - Businesses are not allowed to
charge different prices to similar customers in similar situations if doing so would damage competition. These laws were passed to protect small businesses in their competition with larger businesses. Without these laws, a drug wholesaler selling to two drugstores might charge the large drugstore much lower prices than it would charge the smaller drugstore because the large drugstore buys in larger quantities. This would put the smaller store at a competitive disadvantage.
Factors Affecting Selling Price
Government Regulation – state & federal laws (cont) Price Advertising – prohibits any kind of customer
deception. i.e. They may not use bait-and-switch advertising—promoting a low-priced item to attract customers to whom they then try to sell a higher priced item.
Unit Pricing - Unit pricing shows the price per unit (ounce, pound, etc.) along with the total price of the item. Some states have laws requiring businesses to use unit pricing. Unit pricing is an added expense for the business because of
the time required to calculate unit prices, print labels, and post prices.
However, unit pricing makes it easier for consumers to compare
Factors Affecting Selling Price
Channel Members Each member must make a profit Channel members who perform
certain duties in the process of selling products expect producers to provide them with such support as sales and service training, sales promotions, or cooperative advertising.
Producers must consider the cost of the supports they are expected to provide when they price their products. If they price the products too low to be
able to provide this kind of assistance, channel members may buy from another producer.
If they add too much to their prices to cover support activities, the price may be too high to encourage sales.
When manufacturers and producer raise their prices this is passed on the consumer
Company Objectives & Strategies Product Mix Product Life
Cycle Target Market