What's a better price 10.99 or 9.99 + 0.99 shipping?

What's a better price 10.99 or 9.99 + 1.00 shipping?

What would you prefer to buy out of these?

let's say for selling online.

Reply 1

username2224711

18

I woudln't care because they're the same price.

Reply 2

Kevin De Bruyne

21

The question in the title isn't the same as the question in the OP :tongue:

In your post, they are both the same price as far as I am concerned.

Reply 3

Anonymous #1

OP

Original post by ravioliyears

I woudln't care because they're the same price.

Original post by SeanFM

The question in the title isn't the same as the question in the OP :tongue:

In your post, they are both the same price as far as I am concerned.

My mistake! assume 9.99 + 1.00 :tongue:

Reply 4

pjm600

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Original post by Anonymous

What's a better price 10.99 or 9.99 + 1.00 shipping?

What would you prefer to buy out of these?

let's say for selling online.

Who knows why you needed to go anonymous for this...

I've heard 9.99 + shipping works better than including shipping in the price.

Reply 5

Death Grips

5

Original post by Anonymous

What's a better price 10.99 or 9.99 + 1.00 shipping?

What would you prefer to buy out of these?

let's say for selling online.

9.99 is better. Some people dont pay attention to / forget about the shipping costs.

Reply 6

Sephiroth

18

He's probably anonymous because the motive behind such a question is whether you can fool people into thinking they are getting a better deal than they are by shifting part of the cost to the postage. Not exactly the most customer friendly practise.

What I can't stand are shops that advertise lower prices than their competitors and then whack a hefty postage fee on when you get to the checkout making the product more expensive than their competitors. It's a good way to ensure I never ever buy anything from them as they just wasted my time but for some people they'll just go along with it.

Reply 7

Anonymous #1

OP

Original post by Sephiroth

He's probably anonymous because the motive behind such a question is whether you can fool people into thinking they are getting a better deal than they are by shifting part of the cost to the postage. Not exactly the most customer friendly practise.

What I can't stand are shops that advertise lower prices than their competitors and then whack a hefty postage fee on when you get to the checkout making the product more expensive than their competitors. It's a good way to ensure I never ever buy anything from them as they just wasted my time but for some people they'll just go along with it.

it will be £1.00 only! :smile:

Reply 8

dean01234

19

I obviously wouldn't prefer either, but my attention would be drawn to 9.99 first

Reply 9

Alexion

17

My attention would be drawn to the 'free shipping' which would presumably be advertised alongside the £10.99 option.

Reply 10

Sephiroth

18

Original post by Anonymous

it will be £1.00 only! :smile:

True, it's not much. But if I see a postage charge I'll be looking to see if I can buy it elsewhere for the same price with free postage.

Reply 11

Doones

21

As a buyer, it's free shipping FTW.

But as a seller you generally pay selling fees on the product price, but not on the P&P. So your profits will be slightly lower if you increase the product price to "hide" the shipping cost.

So you need to try both approaches (higher product price free shipping, lower price not free shipping) to test if the possibly increased sales volume for the free shipped product offsets the lower unit profit for that specific product.

The market will determine the best approach for you, and might be different for different products.

Always test, and test again.

(edited 8 years ago)

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