psychological pricing

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(noun)

a marketing practice based on the theory that nominally different prices may be perceived differently

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Psychological pricing or price ending is a marketing practice based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact.

Examples of psychological pricing in the following topics:

  • Psychological Pricing

    • Psychological pricing or price ending is a marketing practice based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact.
    • Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors.
    • Psychological pricing or price ending is a marketing practice based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact.
    • The retail prices are often expressed as odd prices: a little less than a round number, such as $19.99 or £2.98.
    • Psychological pricing can be used to the perceived value of a product up as well.
  • Psychological Pricing

    • Psychological pricing is a marketing practice based on the theory that certain prices have meaning to many buyers.
    • One such meaning is often referred to as the psychological aspect of pricing.
    • Inferring quality from price is a common example of the psychological aspect of price.
    • Another manifestation of the psychological aspects of pricing is the use of odd prices.
    • Psychological pricing is one cause of price points.
  • Demand-Based Pricing

    • These include: price skimming, price discrimination, psychological pricing, bundle pricing, penetration pricing, and value-based pricing.
    • Price skimming is a pricing strategy in which a marketer sets a relatively high price for a product or service at first, then lowers the price over time.
    • Psychological pricing is a marketing practice based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact.
    • Penetration pricing is the pricing technique of setting a relatively low initial entry price, often lower than the eventual market price, to attract new customers.
    • By definition, long term prices based on value-based pricing are always higher or equal to the prices derived from cost-based pricing.
  • Demand-Based Pricing

    • Price skimming is a pricing strategy where initially a product price is set very high, but lowered over time.
    • Psychological pricing (aka price ending) is a marketing practice based on the idea that certain price have a psychological impact.
    • These include: price skimming, price discrimination and yield management, price points, psychological pricing, bundle pricing, penetration pricing, price lining, value-based pricing, geo and premium pricing.
    • Psychological pricing or price ending is a marketing practice based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact.
    • Psychological pricing is one cause of price points.
  • Demanding a Premium

    • Firms can engage in premium pricing by keeping the price of their good artificially higher than the benchmark price.
    • Premium pricing is the practice of keeping the price of a product or service artificially high in order to encourage favorable perceptions among buyers, based solely on the price.
    • A premium pricing strategy involves setting the price of a product higher than similar products .
    • It is also called image pricing or prestige pricing.
    • Luxury has a psychological association with price premium pricing.
  • Status-Quo Pricing of Existing Products

    • Status quo pricing is the practice of maintaining current price levels that other firms are charging.
    • Price-Quality Effect: Buyers are less sensitive to price the more higher prices signal higher quality.
    • Status-quo pricing, also known as competition pricing, involves maintaining existing prices (status quo) or basing prices on the prices of competitor firms .
    • Status-quo pricing, also known as competition pricing, involves maintaining existing prices or basing prices on what other firms are charging.
    • Compare Nagle and Holden's nine laws of price sensitivity with status-quo pricing
  • Behavioral Economics: Irrational Actions

    • It also studies the consequences for market prices, returns, and resource allocation.
    • Errors impact prices and returns which the create market inefficiencies.
    • Market inefficiencies: include the study non-rational decision making and incorrect pricing.
    • Behavioral economics was born out of the combination of economics and psychology.
    • By 1979, economists used cognitive psychology to explain economic decision making, which included an editing stage and an evaluation stage.
  • Introduction

    • Some of these include psychology, business, economics, the sciences, nursing, and, of course, mathematics.
    • Often real estate prices fit a normal distribution.
  • New Concept

  • Careers in Psychology

    • Psychology is a very broad field, and there are many career options available for graduating students of psychology.
    • Clinical psychology involves the study and application of psychology for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and treating psychologically based dysfunction.
    • Forensic psychology is concerned with the application of psychological methods and principles to legal questions and issues.
    • Careers in health settings can vary widely and include health psychology (sometimes called health-and-wellness psychology), occupational-health psychology, and medical psychology.
    • Neuroimaging has been helpful in many areas of psychology, particularly in the subfield of biological psychology.
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