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Organizations will always come up with ways to encourage buying more (or paying a higher price), but the strategies are a moving target because a given market will learn and adjust (albeit slowly). I would argue that the MRSP "trick" no longer works because almost no one expects to pay it anymore.

Using some of these tactics could backfire depending on how educated or savvy your target market is. Think of spam messages, those over the top tactics used to work on more people, now for most educated people that type of hard sell doesn't work.

Of course it all depends on the target market, if you're selling blankets with arms the bar is a little lower.




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