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What most directly guides value-based pricing?

Value-based pricing centers on the customer's perceived value.

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  1. Only the founder's hours
  2. What customers value ✔
  3. Only last year's cost

Why: Value-based pricing considers the outcome or benefit the customer believes the offer provides. Costs still matter because the resulting price must support the business.

Huh, didn't know that: Market research can test whether customers recognize the claimed value.

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Why did value get a price tag? Customers wanted the point.
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References

Answer: What customers value. Value-based pricing considers the outcome or benefit the customer believes the offer provides. Costs still matter because the resulting price must support the business.

  1. SBA Pricing for Profit event legacy.sba.gov/event/89369
    Learn how costs, competition, and customer perception influence pricing
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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