
Memecast #7: Raise Prices Causes Rethink
Sylvester Tumelo Les
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to the Impact Pricing Memecast, where I take one of our daily names and provide a little bit more insight behind the words. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Think about Netflix for a second. My guess is if you're a Netflix subscriber or Hulu or wherever you get your video, you probably pay the bill every month, and you rarely ask yourself, should I stay with Netflix or not? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And yet, what do you think happens? When Netflix announces $1 a month price increase? You suddenly ask yourself? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is Netflix really worth it? Am I getting the value? Now it's not to say that it's not worth another dollar. But it's to say that you rethink the decision. Were prior to them raising the price. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You never even thought about that decision. </span></p> <p><strong>"When you raise prices on your current subscribers, you cause them to rethink their decision. Be careful."</strong> - Mark Stiving</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, if you're anything like me, in my old days, I used to pay for a gym membership.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And one of the things I found is even though I paid for a gym membership, I rarely went to the gym, I certainly did not get my money's worth. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And yet, if they never raise prices, I just keep paying the bill. Don't even think about it, because it's a decision that I had already made someday in the past. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But imagine what happens the day they say, “Hey, we're gonna raise your prices.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh, now I have to say, you know, “I'm not really using it that much. I'm not getting my value out of it.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I think I'll go ahead and unsubscribe or cancel my membership. In other words, when we raise prices on people who are sub