定价策略研究

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Choosing the appropriate price to sell a product or service is more than a challenge for every business. Getting it right is crucial to its eventual survival.

 

定价策略考虑因素

定价涉及许多因素，其中大多数因素都可以进行研究并使其有利于您的公司。

所有市场都不一样。在某些地区，

• 由于房地产或劳动力成本而产生的生产成本
• 潜在客户数量
• 运送货物的费用

这些已知因素通常可以预先确定并控制。

销售目标如何指导定价策略？

Below are several common goals, which often change over time depending on their success rate and reactions from customers and competitors.

• 引发审判
• 吸引回头客
• 开拓新市场
• 拓展现有市场
• 扩大产品线——提供不同价格的不同型号或功能，以扩大对客户的整体吸引力
• 交叉销售多种产品（人寿、汽车和家庭保险；航空、酒店和汽车）
• 增加市场份额
• Defend against competition; create a barrier to entry
• Seek a specific profit margin over the cost of production, promotion and distribution

Market research and testing can guide one to identify optimal price points for each situation.  Here are a few examples:

• 什么价格能使试用效果最大化？
  • How low should initial price be?  A survey can ask questions about different prices, or a market test can compare the percent who take the offer.
  • 试用后，是否需要额外的折扣或优惠，或者是否可以提高价格而不失去客户？
• Will package or bundle pricing effectively sell more than one item or service?
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• Can enough commodity products or supplies for the home or office be sold at a low price and still make a profit?
  • Research can help analyze a market, its customers, and its competition regarding current pricing and purchase activity.
  • Should you set a price to match your competition to remove that differentiator?
  • In some cases, products such as batteries, printer paper, or cleaning supplies may be sold as “loss leaders” (even below actual cost) to generate sales of more and higher-margin items.
• 有足够的市场支付溢价吗？
  • Is there support for high-priced, exclusive, or luxury items? (e.g. Tiffany, Prada, Mercedes, Apple)
  • Are there other customer tiers which can later be sold less expensive models at lower prices?  Or can you customize a product or service and charge an even higher price for an exclusive version to satisfy specific customer needs?

您需要定价策略方面的帮助吗？

You do not need to gamble and hope. Rather, you can calculate all the costs involved in producing, promoting/selling, and distributing a product and then set a price that covers expenses while providing some level of profit.

However, to approach an optimum price point, it may be useful to observe and/or survey your customers. Even better, get a sense of what your competition is or might be doing regarding pricing.

Asking customers what they would pay for a product or service is tricky. Getting insights into your competitors’ strategies is a bigger challenge.

客户 可以通过调查（在线或电话）或亲自接触产品。 

• Here, a set of variables, including price, might be presented to a subject. A statistical technique called conjoint analysis may be applied to determine the optimal tradeoffs of features and prices.
• You can assess price elasticity and experiment within such a range.
• 此外，您可以确定潜在或现有客户的匹配群体，通过在线、优惠券、广告等方式为每个客户提供不同的价格，然后衡量以每个价格购买的百分比。
• （笔记：  在某些情况下，您可能希望在开始生产之前了解客户愿意根据概念或原型支付多少钱，以确保有盈利空间！）

竞争活动 can be monitored by following their channels of distribution (e.g. site visits to stores, following online and offline ads), attending trade shows, and perhaps speaking with your customers. 

• 但要了解他们的未来计划，几乎总是需要通过第三方进行采访来发现这些信息。

Unfortunately, there is more to the equation!  Your company is not operating in a vacuum.  As such, just like you, your competitors may alter pricing to achieve specific objectives.  因此，定价策略是一个持续的过程，需要几乎不断的关注和调整。

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