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What does 'Psychological Pricing' refer to?

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Question added by Sidvin Shetty , Trade Marketing Executive , Al Khayyat Investments
Date Posted: 2015/01/19
padmakumar pathiyil
by padmakumar pathiyil , Marketing Consultant , Management Consultancy

$99.95 is a price mentioned on a product and does not make the consumer feel it is $100,00 even though it is $100.00. The consumer gets a nice feel that it is not $100.00 . This scenario is called psychological pricing.

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Psychological pricing is a marketing/business concept which is used to influence the consumer buying power.

Mukesh Varadhan
by Mukesh Varadhan , Administration Manager , M/s. Triton Health Care

Agreed with experts answers. I remember a shoe company in India (bata) does that.

Afzal Khan
by Afzal Khan , Sales Consultant , ASHAZ GROUP

It is the pricing of products and services according the mentality and life style of the consumer. If customers are fonds of luxurious things then they will willingly pay high price and according to this criteria their market get targeted.

Nasir Hussain
by Nasir Hussain , Sales And Marketing Manager , Pakistan Pharmaceutical Products Pvt. Ltd.

Setting prices according to the psycho-graphics of the targeted market segment.

RAJ DAHIYA
by RAJ DAHIYA , Project Manager - Energy Optimization , Siemens

Endorse already given Answers. Well explained.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Psychological factor effect

In determining the price of the product

 

And the extent of the target price for the item portability

Ibrahim Hussein Mayaleh
by Ibrahim Hussein Mayaleh , Sales & Business Consultant and Trainer , Self-employed

You answered the question well. Thanks

Irina Chepel
by Irina Chepel , Personal trainer , Freelancer

Agree with Mr, Sidvin

Sidvin Shetty
by Sidvin Shetty , Trade Marketing Executive , Al Khayyat Investments

It is an Pricing Strategy that specializes in inflicting psychological effects on consumers which makes them involve in 'Pulse Buying'

It is an marketing strategy based on utilizing particular pricing techniques to form an Psychological impact on the consumer's minds.

Some of best known techniques are:-

  1. Odd Pricing: Pricing used here are in odd number's such as AED299 (Instead of AED300)
  2. Prestige Pricing: Pricing kept at only Psychological differences but no actual differences Such as AED9.99 (Instead of AED10)
  3. BOGOF Pricing (BOFOF refers to: Buy One Get One Free) - Though it seems like it is straight50% free , but actually it is not ...  :-)

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Psychological pricing (also price ending, charm pricing) is a pricing/marketing strategy based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact. The retail prices are often expressed as "odd prices": a little less than a round number, e.g. $19.99 or £2.98. Consumers tend to perceive “odd prices” as being significantly lower than they actually are, tending to round to the next lowest monetary unit. Thus, prices such as $1.99 are associated with spending $1 rather than $2. The theory that drives this is that lower pricing such as this institutes greater demand than if consumers were perfectly rational. Psychological pricing is one cause of price points.

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