http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/product-manager-lessons-from-an-online-company-in-china Home Of The Billion Dollar Product Manager Where You Too Can Learn To Be A Wildly Successful Product Manger Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/product-manager-lessons-from-an-online-company-in-china/comment-page-1#comment-665 Alibaba.com and reaction to the recession… « Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul… Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:53:21 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=680#comment-665 [...] Alibaba.com and reaction to the recession… There is something to be learned from what Alibaba.com, a counterpart of eBay in China, achieved. Accidental Product Manager was the one who brought my attention to this news. [...] [...] Alibaba.com and reaction to the recession… There is something to be learned from what Alibaba.com, a counterpart of eBay in China, achieved. Accidental Product Manager was the one who brought my attention to this news. [...]

]]> http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/product-manager-lessons-from-an-online-company-in-china/comment-page-1#comment-663 PuristProductManagement Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:18:30 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=680#comment-663 Hmmm interesting post. I guess the decision to reduce pricing comes down to the product you're offering, the level of competition in the market, the threat of substitutes, entry and exit barriers etc. In this case clearly it has worked, but I'd suggest that Alibaba was at q1/08 a lone ranger in the market, and that other forces such as the low entry barriers to the market place influenced their decision to reduce pricing. Down turns and up turns come and go, but quality products live on and on Hmmm interesting post. I guess the decision to reduce pricing comes down to the product you’re offering, the level of competition in the market, the threat of substitutes, entry and exit barriers etc. In this case clearly it has worked, but I’d suggest that Alibaba was at q1/08 a lone ranger in the market, and that other forces such as the low entry barriers to the market place influenced their decision to reduce pricing. Down turns and up turns come and go, but quality products live on and on

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