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PAGE PAGE 1 Simple Discussion on Pricing Strategies in Business Marketing 1 Introduction With more and more companies entering into the competition of marketing and countries becoming more open to each other, consumers are now facing ever more choices when they selecting the things they want to buy. How can companies stand out in this competitive market world and win the heart of its customers? The only answer to this question is to create more value on the products and services that going to sell to customers and price its products or services as low as possible. Take a glimpse around us you will see how important the price is to our daily lives. For instance, when people are intending to buy certain things, whether they are luxury items or daily necessities such as clothes, furniture, house, cars, books, everything. Normally, they would visit several places and check the prices. Therefore, there is an old Chinese saying, “When you buy things, you would not be cheated if compare the prices from three stores”. So price plays a very important role in attracting customers to buy the products you offer and the prices have to be set according your company’s Marketing Strategy and Product Positioning. 2 Basic concepts about Pricing Strategies in Business Marketing The price is a amount of money charged for a product or the value exchanged for the benefits of the product or service. The price normally reflects the relative quality of the product, of course, covers all costs associated with production, marketing, after-sale service. A right pricing strategy will help you acquire the biggest profit. Furthermore, Pricing strategy is one of the four major elements of the marketing mix. It is related to product positioning, affects other marketing mix elements such as product strategy, channel strategy and sales promotion strategy. 3 Factors that Influence the Prices 3.1 Inner Factors that Influence the Prices There are so many factors existing inside an organizatio