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#1308 - Q&A: Is it ethical to sell the same thing at different prices?

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Small Business, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Side Hustle, Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Is there anything wrong with selling to a range of customers at different prices—and if not, how can you do it without someone finding out and getting mad?


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Is there anything wrong with selling to a range of customers at different prices?

0:32.0

What if you've got a product or service and you want to sell it at different prices to different people?

0:36.0

Is there anything wrong with that, anything unethical or immoral or illegal?

0:40.0

And if not, how can you do it without somebody finding out and getting mad?

0:45.0

Now sometimes people are surprised to hear that it is possible to sell the same thing to different customers at different prices.

0:51.0

Our initial reaction might be to think that this is unfair.

0:55.0

This is just unfair. It should be the same price for everyone.

0:58.0

But is it really?

1:00.0

That's what this caller is wondering about today.

1:02.0

I'm going to give you a few different examples of how this happens all the time.

1:05.0

And what the implications are when you're learning to set a price for what you're selling.

1:10.0

So first of all, why is it possible to do this? Why is it not generally speaking unethical?

1:15.0

And what do you need to know as you make decisions about your pricing, your product and service, as you think about what am I going to sell it for and how do I make a decision?

1:23.0

Let's talk about all that in this episode.

1:25.0

Got to shut out to our sponsor and then we're going to dive right in with Becky's question.

1:30.0

Hi, this is Becky from Manchester over in the UK.

1:41.0

I've been listening to the show for the past couple of years and the puns still get me.

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