Pricing Models (Wed Nov 12, lecture 20)

Homework due for today

Business Models

  • Remember: The Gazintas have to exceed the Gazoutas
Excercise
  • 4 groups, random, 20 minutes
  • You are a 10 year old entrepreneur running a neighborhood lemonade stand. You want to make some money doing this. What are some models that you could put in place?
    • Charge 50 cents per glass of lemonade
    • Chare 25 cents for a small, and $1.00 for a large lemonade
    • There are many other possibilities
  • Work with your team on the following
    1. Come up with many variants of pricing models as you can
    2. Try to come up with a classification of those models, in other words look for the patterns, for example: what is being charged for, what is free? who is paying, who is getting something for free, what costs are fixed and which ones are variable, and so on.
  • Prepare to present the results using the whiteboard if necessary.
Discuss
  • What are some principles we learn from this exercise?

Pricing Models

  • My terminology
  • A subset of the business model
  • Explanation of who pays and what they pay for
  • Ask yourself some questions:
    • Who is getting value out of this business?
    • Who is willing to pay for that value?
    • What exactly are they willing to pay for?
    • When are they most likely to be willing to pay for it?
    • How often are they willing to pay for it?
Discussion about “our” products
  • Each team come up with at last TWO distinct pricing models for your product.
  • Take 15 minutes. Consider:
    • Will the model “make sense” to the buyer?
    • Will they be willing to pay it?
    • Is the pricing anchored with any other prices or expectations?
  • Present them to class