Price a New Service
Added 2026-10-30
Given cost, customer value and competition, get three pricing tiers plus how to validate them.
I am pricing a new service. I will give delivery cost, value to the customer, prices of alternatives, and the target customer. Do: 1) three tiers (entry, core, premium) with who each is for, what it includes, and gross margin; 2) which price point will most likely cause hesitation and why; 3) two ways to validate pricing within two weeks without a big campaign; 4) one mistake most people make when pricing this kind of service.
Site original
Chinese original
How to use
先定三档再谈具体数字，比拍一个价更好卖。
Try tweaking it
- Have it state how the hypothesis could be falsified before discussing execution.
- Split the plan into a one-week testable experiment.
What you should get
- A small testable experiment with a failure threshold
- Costs, risks, and what needs outside confirmation
Common mistakes
- Asking for a "full business plan" and getting unverifiable optimistic assumptions.
- No failure threshold, so you never know whether to continue.
How to check the output
- There is a clear failure threshold, testable within a week.
- Costs, assumptions and risks are listed separately.
Where it works
- Good for: turning business assumptions into a small testable experiment with a failure threshold first.
- Watch out: for pricing, contracts and legal points, treat output as a draft needing professional review.