Your Price is Too Low
Sooner or later, you will be talking about price.
Despite all of the effort we put into crafting just the solution the client needs; understanding “what’s keeping them up at night” (which is, by the way, a terrible question to ask a client); and goals the client is trying to achieve, someone is going to ask for a price concession.
Why does that always seem to be a surprise?
Anyone who has received urgent emails or calls from colleagues about the client’s ask for a lower price knows what I am talking about. “How should we respond?” is usually the question. And we discuss some strategies to address the issue.
But in the back of my mind I always wonder: why didn’t you have a plan for this? We all know a request for a price decrease is going to come.
When was the last time the client told you, “Your price is too low”?
Planning a successful sales strategy is all about being ready for the unexpected; it’s a given that we should be ready for the expected.
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Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant at Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
5yA great read John. I generally have a response, and then a follow up style that I learned from a mentor. You can incorporate this into any line of business you’re in. A) When asked about a price reduction, I respond by saying “I hear what you are asking, now can you elaborate as to why that is fair”. Introducing fairness into the conversation is key. Let them truly explain their requirement. B) My follow up is then not to concede, but to barter. For instance, I’ll reduce cost by 2%, for a move from a one-year guarantee to a two year contract.
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5ySeems like you can go two ways here: Price realistically and reasonably and stick to it, or artificially inflate your opening price and fall back to the real price. Personally, I respect people who do the first one a lot more.