Pricing Considerations
Order Instructions:
For this essay, you calculate the cost of goods sold for a product. Using these calculations, you then develop a pricing strategy for the product.
To prepare:
Review the online calculator tools provided below:
Calculator Web. (2014). Marketing calculator. Retrieved from http://www.calculatorweb.com/calculators/marketingcalc.shtml
For Dummies. (n.d.). Calculating cost of goods sold and inventory cost. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/calculating-cost-of-goods-sold-and-inventory-cost.html
Queensland Government. (2014). Pricing calculators. Retrieved from
http://www.business.qld.gov.au/business/running/marketing/pricing-products-services/working-out-prices
Swiftutors.com. (n.d.). Cost of goods sold calculator. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from http://calculator.swiftutors.com/cost-of-goods-sold-calculator.html

Select a product on which to focus for this Assignment. It may be a product that is sold by a company you work for or hope to work for.
Using one of the online calculator tools provided above, calculate the COGS for the product you selected. Keep in mind that the numbers you use will be hypothetical, but be as realistic as possible when producing these estimates. Use the following guidelines:
Make an educated guess as to what costs would be involved in producing any given number of the product you selected.
Take into account as many costs as you can think of (e.g., manufacturing, shipping, packaging).
Once you have calculated COGS, decide how much you want to mark up the pricing of your product in order to create the best gross margin, aligning with the price that fits your brand.
Think about the following considerations related to your product pricing:
What is the marketing strategy behind the pricing you decided upon?
What is the psychology behind the pricing?
How do you predict customers might view the pricing?
In 250–350 words:
Describe the product.
Outline the cost of goods sold and pricing.
Explain the marketing strategy behind the pricing.
Explain the psychology behind the pricing.
Predict how customers might view the pricing.