be used in the real world but merely in-game or in-app purchases. Nature of these in-app purchases could be anything from clothes and accessories for your character in the game to purchases of the next level in the game. In order to understand pricing of virtual goods‚ we need to first understand how some of the economics of in-game purchases. 1. Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) have their own in-game currency. For eg: Second Life has Linden Dollars‚ World of Warcraft
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Part IV. The global marketing mix 2. Global pricing strategy 1 Cheap and cheaper… 2 Expensive and more expensive… 3 1. Basic pricing concepts Introduction Price: the amount charged to customers/consumers in exchange for goods or services Market price: the price that prevails in the market for a particular good at a specific time 3 key elements of market price: supply‚ demand and time Eg: hotel prices – peak season during summer – higher prices driven by the demand (more
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Marketing Mix Paper – Price Pricing is the amount of money that customers are willing to pay a business for a good or service. There are a lot of contributing factors that businesses must take into consideration when it comes to effectively setting a price for a good or service. It includes direct and indirect cost as well as opportunity cost. Pricing is one of the most important elements of the marketing mix. It is the only one of the components that generate revenue‚ while promotion‚ place
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There are several differences between cost-based pricing and value-based pricing. In this essay we will consider a few of them. Value-based pricing is based on the customer’s perception of value rather than the seller’s cost as the key. Cost-based pricing is based on the product. A company comes up with an idea of what they think would be a good product and sets the price after considering all the production costs plus a target profit. (Kotler‚ Armstrong‚ 2008‚ p. 285‚ 286) Instead of starting
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DHL Case 1. Using the EVC framework (i.e.‚ differentiation value)‚ what opportunities exist for price customization at DHL? (In other words‚ where is there value that is not priced out?). Based on the differentiation value‚ the following price customization opportunities exist for DHL. - DHL can charge a premium for its extensive network span and coverage in remote areas that they serve‚ which are not serviced by their competitors‚ like Africa. - Differentiation premium could be charged on
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Selecting a Pricing Method 3 major considerations in price setting : costs of production‚ distribution‚ communication set a floor to the price competitors’ prices and the price of substitutes provide an orienting point customers’ assessment of unique features establishes the price ceiling (plafond) Companies select a pricing method that includes 1 or more of these three considerations. We will examine 6 price-setting methods: Mark-up pricing‚ target-return pricing‚ perceived-value
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into buying - and buying more. The revelation was borne out in an analysis of the Consumer Council based on its daily surveillance of online prices of the two supermarket chains on 288 items over a 5-month period between October 2008 and February 2009. (Prices of these 288 items were available and monitored throughout the entire study period). The analysis cited‚ as an example‚ the case of the price movement of a popular brand of canned beer 330ml in a promotion. On November 14‚ both supermarket
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Chapter 11 Pricing Strategies Questions for Discussion 1. Which of the different product mix pricing strategies discussed in the text applies best to Payless’s new strategy? : The strategy for setting a product’s price changes when the product is the part of a product mix. Firms are look for a prices that maximizes the profits on the total product mix. There are five product mix pricing strategies for the firms. Product line pricing‚ optional-product pricing‚ captive-product pricing‚ by-product
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COMPARING THE PRICING STRATEGIES OF VARIOUS STORES Firstly‚ Wendy’s uses many different types of pricing methods to attract customers to buy their food items. One of the strategies they use is price discrimination (same product sold in different markets at different prices) by offering discounts to seniors for 10% and children with a hamburger Kid’s Meal for only $2.69. Wendy’s also uses promotional pricing (charging a low price to entice customers and to build brand awareness) by presenting discounts
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IPO refers to a situation when a company issues common stock or shares to the public for the first time. The process generally involves one or a syndicate of investment banks. The sale of shares in an IPO may take several forms. In a firm commitment agreement‚ the bank acts as an underwriter by purchasing the securities from the issuer at a mutually agreed price with a view of reselling them to the public at a margin. For the issuer‚ it is the safest but the most expensive type of agreement. It
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