Answer : As owner of the icetime company we can used price
differentation strategy of selling the product. The main aim of the
ice-time company is using the strategy to maximise the profit. As
owner they want to maximise sales such as:
- Economy pricing : It is the pricing strategy where the company
does not spend more on promotion of goods . It is budget pricing in
which we gain maximum market share in the market.
- Psychological pricing : It is the strategy where there is
gathering information instead of a rational respond. Provide
customer the firm which satisfied the customer a lot.
- Promotional pricing : It means that it includes discount
offers, gifts or money coupons or voucher. The main purpose of the
promotional pricing is to attract maximum number of customers.
- Value pricing : Value pricing is the strategy used for the
reducing price of the product due to the external factors that can
affect the sale of the product.
- Pricing as per geographic location : The reason for it is that
availability of the product, taxes different in every country.
Different pricing strategy has been used in different segments
such as :
- They work effectively and different segments do not communicate
with each other.
- Segment must share different degree of demand
- Segment must be legal
There are various types of segment for applying differentation
pricing :
- Customer segment pricing is that when different customers paid
different price for the same product I.e ice-cream.
- Product segment pricing is that when different version of the
product are priced differently but not according to different
cost.
- Location pricing is done when the product is sold at different
geographical location means different in area.
- Time segment means that at different time period different
pricing has been charged.
CRUX : It depend upon the owner which pricing strategy it has
been adopted in which segment in order to gain maximum profit
fromthe business.