Vickrey auction
Hinted by an HN comment, in which yes, “‘Asking people what they'd pay for and how much rarely works.’ (…) Using a Vickrey auction, similar to Google's ad auction mechanism, can elicit a person's maximum willingness-to-pay.”
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Pricing niche products kevinlynagh.com
“The most compelling argument against simply picking a price, though, is that it limits how much you can learn about your market.” Then the author setup vickrey auctions to discover price.
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Don't just roll the dice – Software pricing guide neildavidson.com
Huge and complete collection of pricing scheme, with their psychological effect and impact on revenue model.
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Finding the max revenue price mark for digital products web.archive.org
“To find the optimal price that provides maximum revenue for your product you will need to field-test several price points; you then reconstruct the revenue curve and find the peak.”
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Quantity discounts on a virtual good: The results of a massive pricing experiment sci-hub.st
“Implementing price reductions ranging from 9–70% for large purchases, we found remarkably little impact on revenue, either positively or negatively.” If discounts are a placebo and are still widely used in the industry, maybe they are a marketing hack to lure big customers?
Billing › Marketplace: “Hinted by an HN comment, in which yes, “‘Asking people what they'd pay for and how much rarely works.’ (…) Using a Vickrey auction, similar to Google's ad auction mechanism, can elicit a person's maximum willingness-to-pay.””