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Product Pricing
Learning Objectives
Master how to avoid common pricing mistakes.
Unit 5
Master some e-commerce pricing strategies.
Master how to write a proposal for price adjustment.
Master how to design a tier pricing.
part 1 Lead-in
part 2 Reading A
part 3 Listening A & Speaking A
part 4 Reading B
part 5 Listening B & Speaking B
part 6 Writing
part 7 Case Study
An Overview of Product Pricing
A. Read the three sentences below and highlight the important factors affecting the price according to your understanding. Then write them down in the bubbles.
Price says a lot more about your brand than just the cost.
Price is how you position yourself in the marketplace.
Price is the value of the product to the consumer
cost
value
brand
position
PartⅠ
Lead-in
B. Apart from the factors mentioned above, can you figure out more factors
that businesses will take into consideration when pricing their products or
services?
Suggested answers:product quality, product uniqueness, competitors’ prices, customer demand, market supplystage in the product life cycle, the spending power of your target market, business’s objectives
PartⅠ
Lead-in
Words & Expressions
highlight [ˈhaɪlaɪt] vt. 突出;强调
position [pəˈzɪʃn] vt. 定位
marketplace [ˈmɑːkɪtpleɪs] n. 市场
take... into consideration 考虑到……
PartⅠ
Lead-in
E-commerce Pricing Strategies
Using the right pricing strategy for your e-commerce business can help scale your business up and grow your revenue and profits. Although product pricing is a difficult task, there are ways to identify the right pricing strategy that fits your business.
PartⅡ
Reading A
Discussion Task
Before you read the passage, finish the tasks below.
1. Choose the correct definition for each pricing strategy.
Pricing Strategy Definition
Discount Pricing
Bundle Pricing
Psychological Pricing
①A technique of setting prices at a certain level where the consumer perceives the price to a sale price. The most common method is , which uses figure that ends in 9.