Modern Pricing
Web and SaaS
dynamic pricing
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea and impressive price changes across countries in the demo
From 2 comments
I just installed a VPN to see how this works on the demo site, https://concorde.io. Pretty impressive to see the price changes when I change between various countries.
aptinfo on HNInteresting idea, I assumed a lot of websites would do this via A/B testing in different locations, to determine the highest price a customer will pay in a region. But this is…
gitgud on HN
Objections
Customers will use VPNs to game prices, like discount codes
From 2 comments
Yeah this’ll end up like discount codes. Everyone will VPN in to get a discount.
quickthrower2 on HNReally surprising that more companies aren’t doing this. I did a quick search and saw that The Princeton Review was doing this (https://techscience.org/a/2015090102/index.php) on…
YakovKagan on HN
Legal and ethical concerns about price discrimination
From 2 comments
What are the legal implications of doing this based on jurisdiction? There are also ethical considerations. I expect this to be another thing which will be an 'open secret' in…
hvass on HNCorrelations may be hidden in statistical data. Don't be so sure.
adontz on HN
Public perception of personalized pricing may be negative
From 1 comment
This looks pretty cool — and I think it is what airlines already do —, but I wonder what the public perception is on something like this? I do not mind if a company does this —…
jamesponddotco on HN
Requests
Use more signals such as screen size in segmentation
From 1 comment
Interesting idea, I assumed a lot of websites would do this via A/B testing in different locations, to determine the highest price a customer will pay in a region. But this is…
gitgud on HN
Questions
Is it legal in different jurisdictions?
From 1 comment
What are the legal implications of doing this based on jurisdiction? There are also ethical considerations. I expect this to be another thing which will be an 'open secret' in…
hvass on HN
Alternatives named
Big Mac Index style regional pricing and airline pricing
From 2 comments
Kinda reminds me of the Big Mac Index.. McDonalds charges different prices for the same thing in different countries. Of course that’s a physical product and this is an API and I…
amedytska on HNThis looks pretty cool — and I think it is what airlines already do —, but I wonder what the public perception is on something like this? I do not mind if a company does this —…
jamesponddotco on HN
Princeton Review regional pricing
From 1 comment
Really surprising that more companies aren’t doing this. I did a quick search and saw that The Princeton Review was doing this (https://techscience.org/a/2015090102/index.php) on…
YakovKagan on HN
Geoscreenshot geo-specific testing tool
From 1 comment
If you are interested in testing geo-specific dynamic pricing, we have a tool here just for that: https://www.geoscreenshot.com
kpsychwave on HN