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| above-, at-, or below-market pricing | Pricing based on market price.
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| bundle pricing | The marketing of two or more products in a single "package" price.
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| cost-plus pricing | The practice of summing the total unit cost of providing a product or service and adding a specific amount to the cost to arrive at a price.
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| customary pricing | A method of pricing based on tradition, a standardized channel of distribution, or other competitive factors.
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| everyday low pricing (1) | The practice of replacing promotional allowances with lower manufacturer list prices. (2) Retailing strategy that emphasizes consistently low prices and eliminates most markdowns.
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| experience curve pricing | A method of pricing based on the learning effect, which holds that the unit cost of many products and services declines by 10 percent to 30 percent each time a firm's experience at producing and selling them doubles.
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| flexible-price policy | Setting different prices for products and services depending on individual buyers and purchase situations. Also called dynamic pricing.
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| FOB origin pricing | A method of pricing where the title of goods passes to the buyer at the point of loading.
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| loss-leader pricing | Deliberately selling a product below its customary price to attract attention to it.
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| odd-even pricing | Setting prices a few dollars or cents under an even number, such as $19.95.
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| one-price policy | Setting one price for all buyers of a product or service. Also called fixed pricing.
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| penetration pricing | Setting a low initial price on a new product to appeal immediately to the mass market.
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| prestige pricing | Setting a high price so that status-conscious consumers will be attracted to the product and buy it.
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| price discrimination | The practice of charging different prices to different buyers for goods of like trade and quality.
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| price fixing | A conspiracy among firms to set prices for a product.
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| price lining | Setting the price of a line of products at a number of different specific pricing points.
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| price war | Successive price cutting by competitors to increase or maintain their unit sales or market share.
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| product-line pricing | The setting of prices for all items in a product line.
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| promotional allowance | Cash payment or extra amount of "free goods" awarded sellers in the channel of distribution for undertaking certain advertising or selling activities to promote a product.
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| quantity discounts | Reductions in unit costs for a larger order.
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| skimming pricing | The highest initial price that customers really desiring the product are willing to pay.
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| standard markup pricing | Adding a fixed percentage to the cost of all items in a specific product class.
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| target pricing | Manufacturer deliberately adjusting the composition and features of a product to achieve the target price to consumers.
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| target profit pricing | Setting an annual target of a specific dollar volume of profit.
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| target return-on-investment pricing | Setting a price to achieve a return-on-investment (ROI) target.
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| target return-on-sales pricing | Setting a price to achieve a profit that is a specified percentage of the sales volume.
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| uniform delivered pricing | The price the seller quotes includes all transportation costs.
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| yield management pricing | The charging of different prices to maximize revenue for a set amount of capacity at any given time.
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