Here’s a lesson in price anchoring psychology.
First, let me ask you…
What is worth more to you:
a) Regular: $299.99 Today: $79.99
or…
b) Regular: $99.99 Today: $79.99
Lemme guess… you picked (a) right?
Right.
Well, friend, you are susceptible to something called price anchoring.
We all are.
That $299 sticker value makes the product seem MORE valuable, even if the sale price is the same as the $99 deal.
In fact, the $99 product could be IDENTICAL to the $299 product in every way… but it doesn’t seem like such a “deal” at $79 does it?
Yeah we all fall for it… me included.
Actually, it just happened to me yesterday.
I was at a big department store downtown Toronto. And I somehow accidentally made my way to the “designer” clothing section. The first sweater I saw was $225.
TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE dollars for something that looked like it could also be sold at any other shop for $30 bucks.
Then I saw another shirt, different designer… for $79.99. The quality felt great, the design looked even better… I tried it on, it fit well. So I thought I’d ask if it was on sale…
Sure enough, it was… It was $53 and change.
Now I bring this up because the price anchor in my head was $225. Then it was $79.99. And when it came in LOWER than that price anchor, I felt like I was getting an INCREDIBLE deal.
But really, if I was in any other store and the average shirt cost $50… I wouldn’t be getting a deal at all, right? (Right.)
(And, yes, I bought the shirt.)
So what can we learn from this for our own biz?
- Juice up your value by including REAL WORLD “anchors” that can show just how valuable your offers are. For example, something that has a real cost to it or has a high perceived value could be added as a bonus or as part of your offers.
- Always list your “regular” price, then strike it out so it appears like a large savings. Even include the percentage savings or the dollar value of the discount to emphasize the value.
- On occasion it can be helpful to anchor your price by showing proof of the regular price. A screenshot or a link to the live web page are a couple ways of doing this.
So there you go. Start anchoring your pricing. It works.
To your success,
Ronnie Nijmeh
PLR.me
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