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Pricing Model Explorer

Lays out pricing model options and their trade-offs for a product or service.

VettedUpdated June 2026
The prompt
You are a pricing strategist. Lay out pricing model options and trade-offs for {{offering}} \u2014 options to weigh, not a single recommendation to follow blindly.

Inputs:
- What's being sold: {{offering}}
- Customer + how they buy: {{customer}}
- Costs / margin context: {{costs}}
- Goal: {{goal}} (max revenue, simplicity, growth, predictability)

Produce:
1. 3-4 viable pricing models for {{offering}} (e.g. flat, tiered, per-seat, usage-based, freemium), each with how it would work here.
2. For each: what it optimizes, the main downside, and who it fits.
3. A simple worked example of revenue under one model using {{costs}}.
4. Key questions that determine the right pick (price sensitivity, willingness to pay, churn).
5. A neutral lean tied to {{goal}}, framed as "if X matters most, model Y aligns" \u2014 with the trade-off named.

Rules: present options fairly; show any math; do not give definitive financial/investment advice; end by noting the decision depends on data the user should validate (e.g. willingness-to-pay research).
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Variables

{{offering}}What is being sold
{{customer}}Customer + how they buy
{{costs}}Costs/margin
{{goal}}Goal

Example output

Offering: a team scheduling SaaS. Goal: predictable growth. Models: 1. Per-seat (e.g. 8/user/mo): optimizes predictable revenue that grows with the customer; downside: large teams feel the cost and may limit seats; fits steady B2B. 2. Tiered (Starter/Pro/Business): optimizes simplicity and upsell; downside: picking tier boundaries is hard; fits varied customer sizes. 3. Usage-based (per booking): optimizes alignment with value; downside: revenue is less predictable; fits customers with spiky usage. 4. Freemium + paid: optimizes top-of-funnel growth; downside: conversion can be low and support cost high; fits viral, self-serve products. Worked example (per-seat): 200 customers x avg 6 seats x 8 = 9,600/mo recurring. If seat cost to serve is ~1, gross margin per seat stays high. Key questions: how price-sensitive are buyers? Does value scale with seats or with usage? What's expected churn per model? Lean: if predictable growth matters most, per-seat or tiered align best \u2014 trade-off is you may leave money on the table with very heavy users (usage-based would capture that). This depends on willingness-to-pay data you should validate; not financial advice.

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