pricing products and services i nature importance of price a what is the money or other considerations including goods exchanged for ownership use good service barter practice exchanging rather than accounts billions dollars annually in domestic international trade b as an indicator value often used to indicate quality when it compared with perceived benefits product creative marketers engage simultaneously increasing while maintaining decreasing example supersizing c marketing mix has direct effect on firm s profits this apparent from firms profit equation total revenue cost unit x quantity sold ii general approaches key manager setting final find approximate level reasonable starting point demand oriented emphasize factors underlying expected customer tastes preferences