Seller’s Choice: Why Would I Use Pay-What-It’s-Worth-Pricing?

by | Feb 11, 2013

Tara Joyce

Written by Tara Joyce

This is space to share my musings—unformed ideas, collections of words that catch my fancy, that sort of thing. I'm the author of Pay What It's Worth and the Cross My Heart series.

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As a business owner, here are some reasons why you might employ Pay-What-It’s Worth pricing:

1. It reduces transaction-related costs

  • reduces the cost incurred from finding info on your customers willingness to pay
  • removes the cost of promotional pricing initiatives
  • reduces the cost of sales
  • removes the cost of setting prices

2. It maximizes your potential market participation

  • removes price as the major barrier to entry for the client
  • adds value creation as a major reason for engagement for the client

3. (Almost) guaranteed positive revenue

  • you will makes sales and receive business (as long as your service/product creates value)

4. Potentially higher profits (than setting prices) if you are:

  • small
  • exclusive
  • intimate
  • have loyal clientele
  • provide personal service

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