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> 80% of product diversity is really just pricing discrimination in disguise Very good and yes: Think of it from the manufacturer / seller perspective. Why sho
by creer 2y ago
> 80% of product diversity is really just pricing discrimination in disguise
Very good and yes: Think of it from the manufacturer / seller perspective. Why shouldn't it be? If the goal it to optimize profit or return (and it is), then anything less would be a waste of opportunity. Even kickstarters go to great effort to think up ways to "justify" "bonus offers".
This is often one of the great failures of new ventures not to try and offer versions or features that SOME customers would love to pay for.
Except not pricing discimination in that these prices apply to everyone (who doesn't know the discount code). Just "differentiation" and "price point". Offering a different price to someone who "calls" from San Francisco, Kansas City or Mumbai is a different issue, and less palatable.
- rlpb 2y ago> Offering a different price to someone who "calls" from San Francisco, Kansas City or Mumbai is a different issue, and less palatable. The interesting thing about this statement is that expecting a fixed price for anything is a relatively new phenomenon. It isn't very long ago that the price for pretty much everything was individually negotiated in some physical market, and nobody expected to pay the same price as everyone else.
- creer 2y agoThat's a good point. Anyone has experience with haggling over the web or email - for stuff that's listed on web sites? Besides stuff that's deliberately not priced on the web like enterprise software?