Here’s a way to encourage more of your clients to commit to your business, long-term, with “decoy” pricing. It’s something I learned about a while ago but I just saw an example of it in action and it was really sweet. Made me think of you.
Adobe has monthly and annual pricing for their apps. You can pay $29.99 a month or $19.99 a month. Only difference is that for $29.99 a month, there’s no contract. They can cancel at any time. And at $19.99 a month, there’s a contract. They have to stick with you for a year.
So it’s kinda like “rewarding” clients for committing to working with you for a year. Those that don’t commit have to pay a whopping 50% more per month. That’s quite an incentive to commit.
“No contracts” is often a selling point (that your competition might be using) for monthly payment options but what Adobe have done here is made their contract option WAY more appealing by comparing it side-by-side with a more expensive “no contract” version.
The key lesson is that you don’t have to “cave in” to pressure from your competitors who offer “no contracts” as a benefit. You can still give your customers a “no contracts” options but in such a way that they actually change their minds about what they want and take the option that serves you and them better.
The “no contracts” price becomes a sort of “decoy” price here. Sure you’ll get some folks who will still take it. But I’ll bet they’re the minority by a mile.
You can achieve 2 things by starting to do this today:
- You get a client for a year. Instead of just 3 months. (“No way am I paying $120 extra for the same software!”)
- You secure a monthly income.
All just with some clever positioning of your pricing options.
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PS: Look – I’m no teacher, coach or anything. I’m a Tech Assassin. But I saw this and it made sense to me. I think it’d work great for coaches especially. So many times your clients want a “no commitments” 1-month arrangement but you know that transformation takes longer than that. 3 months minimum but more likely 6-12 months. Here’s a great way to help them help themselves.
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