Tag: Supply=Demand

What Do You Charge Your Customers?

The prices you charge for your products (or services) greatly affects your company’s growth, and ultimately profit. Pricing impacts your image – it will lure some customers to your business and drive others away.  Pricing is inter-dependent on several factors: Your Market – not only geographically, but also product type Your Competition – upscale specialty stores have a different strategy than discount retailers Your Costs – a certain percentage mark-up may not work if you’re selling more in quantity without changes in overhead There are many variables to consider when setting a price, and it must be adjusted as times change. You have to remember the standard economic formula of Supply = Demand.  You can charge whatever price the market will bear.   That sounds like a very obvious statement and one that is difficult to achieve.  Let’s see if we can think about this and make it clear. Let’s use …more