Comments on: Shall We Talk About Product Pricing? http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/shall-we-talk-about-product-pricing Home Of The Billion Dollar Product Manager Where You Too Can Learn To Be A Wildly Successful Product Manger Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: ok http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/shall-we-talk-about-product-pricing/comment-page-1#comment-24 ok Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:48:34 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=32#comment-24 good site howine good site howine

]]> By: Strategic Pricing - It’s About Time! | The Accidental Product Manager http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/shall-we-talk-about-product-pricing/comment-page-1#comment-10 Strategic Pricing - It’s About Time! | The Accidental Product Manager Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:06:27 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=32#comment-10 [...] Here’s some new product manager vocabulary for you: “price setting” vs. “strategic pricing”. Price setting is what we all do all too often when we’ve created a product or feature and then all of a sudden someone drops by and asks us “so, what’s it going to be sold for?” Strategic pricing is what we all really should be doing and it can make all the difference in the world for our company. Strategic pricing is the “special sauce” that explains why two companies with similar market shares and similar technology often earn wildly different prof.... [...] [...] Here’s some new product manager vocabulary for you: “price setting” vs. “strategic pricing”. Price setting is what we all do all too often when we’ve created a product or feature and then all of a sudden someone drops by and asks us “so, what’s it going to be sold for?” Strategic pricing is what we all really should be doing and it can make all the difference in the world for our company. Strategic pricing is the “special sauce” that explains why two companies with similar market shares and similar technology often earn wildly different prof…. [...]

]]> By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/shall-we-talk-about-product-pricing/comment-page-1#comment-9 Dr. Jim Anderson Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:37:35 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=32#comment-9 MM: every company is different. Here's the key: as a Product Manager, your product is your "baby" - nobody else will love it as much as you will. Even if pricing is not in your job description, you are still responsible for it. Ultimately, since you've spent so much time working on the product, you want to get the greatest reward for it (profit). In smaller firms, yes you'll be responsible for at least proposing pricing for your product. In larger firms pricing will be done by another department, but you had better be providing them with lots of info as to what they should price it at otherwise they'll just pick some number. That would be like having someone else name your baby for you!!! MM: every company is different. Here’s the key: as a Product Manager, your product is your “baby” – nobody else will love it as much as you will. Even if pricing is not in your job description, you are still responsible for it. Ultimately, since you’ve spent so much time working on the product, you want to get the greatest reward for it (profit).

In smaller firms, yes you’ll be responsible for at least proposing pricing for your product. In larger firms pricing will be done by another department, but you had better be providing them with lots of info as to what they should price it at otherwise they’ll just pick some number. That would be like having someone else name your baby for you!!!

]]> By: MM http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/pricing/shall-we-talk-about-product-pricing/comment-page-1#comment-8 MM Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:19:47 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=32#comment-8 Im no product manager, but I'd love to hear about your pricing expertise. My thinking would be that for some companies, pricing might not even be an option (or part of the job description) for some product managers, no ? Im no product manager, but I’d love to hear about your pricing expertise.

My thinking would be that for some companies, pricing might not even be an option (or part of the job description) for some product managers, no ?

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