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How to win with New Price Models & Packaging

Pricing Strategies for tomorrow

Auckland, August 4th, 2015

Chris Petzoldt, Managing Director Australia / New Zealand

Sydney office

Level 32, Northpoint Tower100 Miller StreetNorth Sydney NSW 2060, AustraliaTel. +61 2 [email protected]

Zuora presentation 2015 - Simon-Kucher

Overview

Pricing – an increasing challenge

Capture value with New Price Models

Capture value with Packaging Strategies

Need help? Simon-Kucher can support!

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Global Pricing Study; 1,615 companies across the world; 39% C-level executivesSource: Simon-Kucher & Partners

Simon-Kucher's Global Pricing Study 2014

report increasing price pressure83%

are in price war58%

price implementation rate – lowest number ever measured37%

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Why is this so alarming?

-23%

-23%

-28%5% decrease in volume...

5% increase in fixed cost ...

5% increase in variable cost ...

Example profit & loss structure

Resulting decrease of operating income*

Fixed cost45

Variable cost45

5% decrease in price...Operating income10

Price = 1, Volume = 100Revenue100

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-50%


Global Pricing Study; 1,615 companies across the world; 39% C-level executivesSource: Simon-Kucher & Partners

Top solutions companies see to cope with increasing price pressure

Top options to escape oppressive market conditions*

12%

16%

19%

20%

26%

Share of respondents*

Introducing new, innovative, or differentiated products

Changing the revenue model and the way customers think about price and value

Strengthening sales & marketing functions to support value creation & communication

Reducing our variable or fixed costs

Changing mindset and confidence in our ability to implement higher prices

72% of innovations do not fulfil their KPI targets!

Most overstretched cost reductions already

Price models

Packaging

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Overview





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Case 1: From fixed to success based

Situation & Challenge Solution

Project Example:B2B Marketplace

Global online platform to connect buyers and suppliers, secure invoice and payment capabilities, and software (buyers only)

Price model:

Membership model for buyers

Flat fee per relationship for suppliers with qualifying activity level

Challenges:

Limited number of buyers

No monetisation of network growth

Huge tail of small customers

One size fits all pricing created barrier to adoption by small customers

Breakeven

Total spend

total invoice value processed

“old” flat fee

Old price

New % of

spend

Revenue impact: + 300%

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Case 2: From usage based to two-part tariff


Project Example:Rail operator

Long-haul passenger transport, regional passenger transport

Price model:

“Pay-as-you-go” for more than 100 years

Ticket price based on distance traveled

Challenges:

Increasing competition from low-cost airlines and private cars

Decrease in passenger numbers and revenue

More than 4m Bahncards soldIncrease in passenger volume

Revenue impact EUR 100m p.a.

appr. 1,900 km

Total spend

total km per

year

BahnCard 50%

“old” pay-as-you-go

140 € per year

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Case 3: From fixed to customer value based


Manufacturer of truck tires developed innovative new tire that has a 20% higher durability

Price model:

Pay per tire

Discount for higher volumes of tires

Challenges:

Intense price competition across channels

No possibility to charge higher price for new, more valuable tire

New value proposition: Solution provider: "Keep your truck rolling"

New model: Price/km - trucker's cost aligned with revenue basis

New pricing perspective: Focus on TCO rather than unit price

Monetisation of innovation: "Automatically" higher price for better value (duration)

Project Example:Tire manufacturer

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Simon-Kucher approach step 1: Assess customer value perception

Peter F. Drucker

"Customers don't buy

products, they buy the

benefits that these products

and their suppliers offer them."

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Simon-Kucher approach step 2: Find price model that can capture the created value best

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Possible subscription models

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Simon-Kucher approach step 3: Optimise price levels for new price model

Value drivers Price hierarchy Price thresholds

Competitive advantages and their value as a basis

for value pricing approach

Optimal price structure within one product

category based on value drivers

Optimisation of price points

Base prices on product value

Ensure consistent pricing logic

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Conjoint analysis Van Westendorp

Gabor Granger

Price Map

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Overview





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Packaging cannot be that hard – can it?

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Bad example: Packaging is more than A+B – 15%

This "trial" cost a high two-digit million figure

Manager at Rogers: "This was our first attempt. We just wanted to try out packaging. Meanwhile, we do a better job."

Conclusion: Poor packaging destroys value

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Bad example: There should be a package portfolio not an all-in

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Bad example: Packages need to differentiate on relevant features

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A B C

Should these features be differentiated across packages?

Are these features valuable enough to

create up-sell?

Should these features be differentiated across packages?

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Well-designed packages create a win-win

Increased customer satisfaction Value capturing

Vendor perspective Customer perspective

Packaging

Receive discounts(or other incentives)

Exploit differencesin customer

willingness-to-pay

Enhance cross-selling

Compete on breadth of portfolio/solutions

Buy solutions, not products

Enjoy convenience (one-stop shop)

Reduce transaction/ search/delivery costs

Decrease pricetransparency

Reduce costs(Economies of scope

in sales/ops)

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Packaging can exploit differences in willingness-to-pay

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WtP

Co.

Profit

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Co.

WtP

Profit

Volume

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WTt*Co.**

Profit

Example

Customer with limited budget: $5

Max. willingness to pay for either coffee or cake: $3

Customer would buy either coffee or a cake

Bundle price: $5 customer buys both

Win-Win: Customer benefit = discount Provider benefit: 50 % more profit

Price $3 Price $3 Price $5

Individual customer's budget: €5

* WtP =Willingness to Pay** Co. = variable costs

Volume Volume

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Simon-Kucher approach step 1: Define packaging strategy

Degree of complexity (# of offers)Simple Complex

Definition: One offer with all products & features included

Examples:Workday HCM

Definition: Packages which combine a variety of product categories

Examples:Fortknox

Definition: A variety of packages with increasingly more feature functionality

Examples:Xero

Definition: A variety of packages with implementation complexity limitations

Examples:US Sage Accounting

Definition: A build-your-own package approach with bundled discounts

Examples:Oracle

PriceBundling

All-you-can-eat

Categorybundling

Good/Better/Best:

Features

Good/Better/Best:

Complexity

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Simon-Kucher approach step 2: Define package contents

... selected "leader" products

High value products / features that most customers want to or "must" buy.

Coke & Fries

... some "filler" product(s)

Medium value products / features that most customers consider "nice to have."

Coffee

... NO "killer" product(s)

Products which either have "own" willingness-to pay-or no bundle fit

A successful package consists of ...

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Product/feature evaluation matrix

Identifying leaders, fillers, and killers using the Simon-Kucher feature evaluation matrix

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2

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4

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Features/modules

Simon-KucherProject Example

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Simon-Kucher step 4: Develop package portfolio and pricing

Good-better-best: Role based packages:

Packages with increasingly more feature functionality

Differentiation across customers based on value and willingness-to-pay

Need for behavioural tactics to steer choice

Packages that are targeted at specific types of users

Clear segments or use-cases drive package choice

Use cases don’t change over time (no upsell path)

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Example impact of packaging optimization

Source: Simon-Kucher project example

Approach

Research showed that the entry package met large percentage of customers’ needs

As a result, we reduced value of entry package to better align with existing price point

New features were added and existing features shifted to premium tiers to justify higher prices

Before re-design: After re-design:

May August0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Plus (55%) - $39 Plus (24%)

- $39 (re-duced value)

Deluxe (32%) - $79

Deluxe (48%) - $99

(Price in-crease)

Elite (12%) - $149 Elite (21%) -

$199(Price in-crease)

Advantage (7%) $349

% of new subscribers

New tier

# of new subs 1,524 1,313 -14%

Average MRR per new subscriber

$66 $124 88%

MRR from new subscribers $100K $162K 62%

Project Example:SaaS

Impact

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Source: manager magazine, August 2011/IMB, survey among German top managers

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Simon-Kucher specialisation: Strategy, Marketing, Sales and Pricing

Pricing

Strategy Marketing

Sales

Strategic goals and direction Pricing strategy Growth strategies Business models Competitive strategy Market sizing/forecasts Market due diligence Corporate organisation

Customer segmentation based on value, needs, willingness to pay

Value and brand positioning Product and service development Portfolio design and management Marketing effectiveness and efficiency Customer retention and loyalty programs Up & Cross sell initiatives

Price models and bundling Price setting (launch and post-launch) Rebates, incentives and discount systems Price negotiation and key account pricing International pricing Price organisation and processes Price monitoring and controlling Pricing training programs

New channel development/partnering

Up and cross-selling Sales channel mix Channel incentives Sales force organisation Sales force performance and

compensation Negotiation support Sales force training programs

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Dow JonesDuPont

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FreseniusGoldman Sachs

HoneywellHewlett Packard

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MichelinMicrosoft

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RBSSAP

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TPGTNTUBS

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Zurich

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British Airways Caterpillar

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Secure ParkingSkaffoldSky NZ

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Telecom New ZealandVodafone Fiji

Selected international referencesLocal

references(AUS/NZ/Fiji)

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References in the subscription space

Telco

Software & othersOnline

Media


Selection

Axiata

Hutchison 3

Indosat

Macquarie Telecom

Optus

Ooredoo

SingTel

Telefonica

Telecom / Spark

T-Mobile

Vodafone

…

Abril

Bertelsmann

Bloomsbury

Fairfax

FAZ

PubliGroupe

Reed Business Infor.

Tamedia

Scholastic

The Economist

Wiley

…

Anchestry.com

Cars.com

ImmoScout

Gameforge

LinkedIn

LifeLock

Manheim

Skype

Trulia

TotalJobs

Xing

…

Adobe

Advent

Activision

Citrix

Deutsche Bahn

FC Cologne

Intuit

Michelin

Microsoft

Paris St Germain

SAP

Ubisoft

…

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