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Some examples of pricing decisions to be made include:
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* Pricing strategy (skim, penetration, etc.)
 
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* Suggested retail price
 
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* Volume discounts and wholesale pricing
 
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* Cash and early payment discounts
 
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* Seasonal pricing
 
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* Bundling
 
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* Price flexibility
 
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* Price discrimination
 
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Frequent mistakes are determining prices [[Mark-up pricing|Mark-up pricing]] and [[Competitive match pricing|Competitive match pricing]].
 
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Which price maximizes long-term profits?
 
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* Customer perceived benefits and price elasticity
 
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* Competition (now and later)
 
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* Business model
 
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* Psychological effect
 
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* Segmentation and positioning
 
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Value creation per unit looks like this:
 
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Tests to determine price elasticity:
 
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|Price experiments
 
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|* Fast<br>* Low risk <br>* Many variants can be tested
 
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|* External validity (transfer?) <br>* Internal validity (too strong simplification
 
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|Classic market tests
 
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|* Realistics <br>* Allows for good predictions
 
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|* Reaction to heterogeneous prices? <br> * Positioning jeopardized? <br>* High cost / time
 
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|Tests over the internet
 
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|* Realistic <br>* Very fast <br>* Limited cost and time
 
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|* Reaction to heterogenous prices? <br>* "Unfair"? (Amazon) <br>* Long range effects? <br> * Not suitable for all distribution channel
 
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Price Decisions in the Marketing Mix