click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Marketing
Chapter 12
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Bait Pricing | tries to get consumers into a store through false or misleading advertisement and then uses high-pressure selling to persuade consumers to buy more expensive products instead |
Base Price | the price level at which companies wish to sell the goods or services |
Basing-Point Pricing | charging freight from a base point, regardless of the city from which the goods are shipped |
Cash Discount | a price reduction offered to consumers in return for prompt payment of a bill |
Cumulative Quantity Discount | deduction from the list price that applies to the total purchases made during a specific time period |
Deceptive Pricing Promoting | a price or price saving that is not actually available |
Flexible Pricing (Variable Pricing) | different customers may receive different prices for the same products (selling cars) |
FOB Origin Pricing | the buyer absorbs the freight costs from the shipping point, farther customers pay more |
Freight Absorption Pricing | the seller pays all or part of the actual freight charges |
Trade Discount (Functional) | a discount to wholesalers and retailers for performing functions (setting up retail displays) |
Loss-Leader Pricing | a product is sold near or even below cost in hopes that customers will buy other items once in the store |
Market Share | companies product sales as a percentage of total sales for that industry |
Noncumulative Quantity | a deduction from list price that applies to a single order during a certain time period |
Odd-Even Pricing (Psychological) | odd priced items are bargains and even priced items are quality |
Penetration Pricing | a relatively low price for a product |
Predatory Pricing | a very low price for a product in hopes to driving competitors out of business |
Price | that which is given up in an exchange to acquire a good or service |
Price Bundling | marketing two or more products in a single package (hotel room and airline seats) |
Price Fixing | agreement between two or more companies on the price they will charge for a product, illegal |
Price Lining | offering a product line with several items at specific price points (balls for $2, $5, and $7) |
Price Skimming | a high price with heavy promotion |
Price Strategy | basic, long-term agreement that establishes the initial price for a product and the direction for price movements over the products life cycle |
Profit | revenue-expenses |
Quantity Discount | unit price reduction offered to buyers buying either in multiple units or at more than a specified dollar amount |
Resale Price Maintenance | attempts by a producer to control a store's retail price for a product |
Revenue | price charged to customers times the number of units sold |
Seasonal Discount | price reduction for buying products out of season |
Single-Price Tactic | offering all goods at the same price (Netflix) |
Status Quo Pricing | meeting the prices of competitors |
Two-Part Pricing | charging two separate prices for one product (bowling and shoes) |
Unbundling | reducing the bundle of services that comes with the basic product |
Uniform Delivered Pricing | the seller pays the freight charges and bills every customer an identical, flat freight charge |
Value-Based Pricing | setting the price at a level that seems like a good price to customers compared to the competition |
Zone Pricing | divides the total market into segments and charges a flat freight rate to customers in the given zone |
Demand | amount of a product that will be sold in the market at various prices for specified periods |
Elastic Demand | situation in which consumer demand is sensitive to changes in price |
Elasticity of Demand | consumer's responses to changes in price |
Inventory Turnover | measures the number of times a company goes through full stock |
Markup | dollar amount added to the cost of sales to get to the selling price |
Price Discrimination | charging different prices for different buyers (movie tickets) |
Right Price for a Product | Establish pricing goals, Estimate demand, costs, and profits, Choose a price strategy to help determine a base price, Fine-tune the base with pricing tactics |