Pricing A Product
HELP! How do I price my product at wholesale pricing?
I just launched my business, and have an inquiry from a dealer/retailer. Is wholesale 5%, 10%, 20% off the retail price? How does it work?
Thanks for the answers so far. One more question. Is shipping of the product to the wholesaler included in the wholesale price, or does the wholesaler pay for the shipping cost to their retail store? (I have furniture, rather large items to ship)
It's going to vary by industry, but in the ones I'm familiar with, there is a 30% discount at each stage of the process. So if you have a retail price of $100, retailers will buy the item from distributors at $70, and the distributors will buy from the manufacturer at $40.
If you are a small manufacturer selling direct to retailers and customers, my recommendation is to set your product's recommended retail at least 200% of your cost to manufacture, then set a wholesale price of 70% of retail. So if your item costs you $10 to make (be sure to figure in things like overhead, wages, etc), set the MSRP at $20, then sell it to retailers for $14.
Price Your Product
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1. How much you have invested; and
2. How much you want to earn per item there are two approaches that are generally used when it comes to pricing. Let's take a look at them.
1. Price your product a little over the break even point, and rely on the volume of items you will be able to sell.
2. Price your product substantially higher than the break even point, so that every sale would reap some substantial rewards.
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If you foresee your product to be a hot seller, then the first approach would be the best one for your needs. You could just rake in your earnings through the several sales you will be able to achieve. If you foresee slow sales for your product, then the second approach would be more appropriate. Each sale would give you what you need, and you won't be pressured to sell a lot of items to realize your earnings. But both approaches have their own shares of problems. For more details www.profiting-info-products.com Pricing your product too low might just give your prospective customers the impression that your product is of inferior quality. Pricing your product too high would alienate a large segment of the market. Personally, I say that you should price your product for what it's worth. Let the market forces take care of themselves. If you bestow a fair price for your product, you won't have to worry about the backlash of consequences. Each product is a different case, and it merits special attention when it comes to pricing. Keep this in mind when deciding on the right price for the same. But here's a very secret tip: you could use the price of your product to tremendously boost your sales. Yes, you read that right. YOU CAN USE THE PRICE OF YOUR PRODUCT TO TREMENDOUSLY BOOST YOUR SALES. This is through a process called dynamic pricing. Dynamic pricing can create an urgency that would compel people to purchase your product as soon as possible. There are some tools that would allow you to implement dynamic pricing for your offers. The way it works is that you'd offer a product for an amazingly low price, with a warning that after a specified period of time, the price would increase. This increase would continue until the offer is priced beyond your market's budget.
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Pricing Your Product
