Consider price bundling for more profitable sales....
Price bundling is a strategy whereby a seller bundles together many different goods/items being sold and offers the entire bundle at a single price.
There are two forms of price bundling -- pure bundling, where the seller does not offer buyers the option of buying the items separately, and mixed bundling, where the seller offers the items separately at higher individual prices. Mixed bundling is usually preferable to pure bundling, both because there are fewer legal regulations forbidding it, and because the reference price effect makes it appear even more attractive to buyers.
Motivation behind price bundling
Exploit different valuations by different buyers
Suppose there are two buyers, 
and 
, and two products, 
and 
. Suppose buyer values product at 
units above the cost of production, and values at 
units above the cost of production. Suppose buyer values at units above the cost of production, and at units above the cost of production.
and , and two products, and . Suppose buyer values product at units above the cost of production, and values at units above the cost of production. Suppose buyer values at units above the cost of production, and at units above the cost of production.The ideal thing for the seller would be to practice price discrimination: charge each buyer the maximum that buyer is willing to pay. However, this may be forbidden by law or otherwise difficult to implement.
Instead, the seller can pursue the following bundling strategy: charge slightly under 
units above production cost for the combination of and . Since both buyers value the combination at units above the cost of production, this deal appeals to both buyers. This allows the seller the obtain the entire social surplus as producer surplus. (It isn't true in general that bundling allows the seller to capture the entire social surplus -- however, bundling does allow the seller to capture more of the social surplus in many situations).
units above production cost for the combination of and . Since both buyers value the combination at units above the cost of production, this deal appeals to both buyers. This allows the seller the obtain the entire social surplus as producer surplus. (It isn't true in general that bundling allows the seller to capture the entire social surplus -- however, bundling does allow the seller to capture more of the social surplus in many situations).The seller can even make this a mixed bundling strategy: offer both and individually for units above the cost of production, and offer the combination for slightly less than units above the cost of production.
and individually for units above the cost of production, and offer the combination for slightly less than units above the cost of production.Chris Wilkinson.
Certified Business Behaviour & Attitudes Analyst.
Business Coach.
Tel: (905) 275-2907 (Mississauga).
E-mail: buspilot@bell.net
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