superphoto pricing and delivery policy
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Current issues• Consumer Choice - made difficult
• Poorly communicated (web site and software)
• Difference in 20 and 40 pages misleads
• Photobooks start only from 199, nothing below 100
• Quality (soft cover)
• Low demand for some formats: A3, A4 Portrait
What we want from a satisfied customer?
• Recommend others (family, office)
• Increase average check
• More expensive photobook
• Larger format
• More pages
• Several photobooks in one order
• Increase frequency of orders
What a satisfied customer wants from us?
• FINANCIAL
• Frequent flyer program
• Volume discounts (several copies, additional pages, various books)
• PRODUCT
• New features and formats
• Constant quality
• SERVICE
• Faster delivery
• Reliable delivery
• Help in design (professional or a class)
• Help in photographing (professional or a class)
Key pricing questions?
• Is our pricing good enough
• to stimulate customer future choice of a larger book?
• to stimulate customer to insert more pages?
• to compete with photo printing (to make customers think of switching)?
• Is our delivery policy OK to initiate first orders as well as generate profits?
Current pricing & formats
Soft Cover Hard Photo Cover Hard Linen Cover
A5 199/7.95* 249/7.95
Small Square 21 339/9.95 379/9.95
A4 Landscape 395/9.95 365/9.95
A4 Portrait 355/9.95 385/9.95 375/9.95
Big Square 30 695/15.85
A3 Landscape 795/15.85
* Here and everywhere price for 2 pages
AlbumPrinter Pricing
GBP Hard Linen Cover Hard Photo Cover Leather Cover
13x10 9.95/+0.25 +2.95 +3.50
A5 15.95/+0.40 +3.95 +4.95
Small Square 21 24.95/+0.65 +4.95 +7.50
A4 Landscape 25.95/+0.65 +4.95 +7.50
A4 Portrait 25.95/+0.65 +4.95 +7.50
Big Square 30 34.95/+0.75 +7.25 +9.95
Blurb Pricing
Euro Soft Cover Hard Photo Cover Hard Linen Cover
Small Square 18 12.95 24.95 22.95
Standard Landscape 20x25 19.95 31.95 29.95
Standard Portrait 25x20 19.95 31.95 29.95
Large Landscape 28x33 n/a 56.95 54.95
Big Square 30 n/a 62.95 59.95
US$ Booklet Soft Cover Linen Cover Hard Cover Leather
Pocketsize 5’’ 9.95/+0.50
Square 21 16.95/+1 26.95/+1 32.95/+1 44.95/+1.25
A4 Portrait 19.95/+1 28.95/+1 34.95/+1 39.95/+1
A4 Landscape 39.95/+1Large Square
30 68.95/+1 68.95/+1 68.95/+1
A3 Portrait 89.95/+1.50
A3 Landscape 149.95/+2 189.95/+2
Smilebook Pricing
We are priced in line with competitive markets
Base* Index Base Index Base Index Base Index
A5 245 100 15.95 100 100 100
Small Square 21 375 152 24.95 156 24.95 156 32.95 156
A4 Landscape 395 159 25.95 163 31.95 200 34.95 165
A4 Portrait 395 159 25.95 163 31.95 200 34.95 165
Big Square 30 695 275 34.95 219 62.95 395 68.95 325
* Price for 40 pages, while international brands all have 20-26 pages in Base
Stay with 20 pages
Base Index Base Index Base Index Base Index
A5 195 100 15.95 100 100 100
Small Square 21 275 140 24.95 156 24.95 156 32.95 156
A4 Landscape 295 150 25.95 163 31.95 200 34.95 165
A4 Portrait 295 150 25.95 163 31.95 200 34.95 165
Big Square 30 495 250 34.95 219 62.95 395 68.95 325
* Price for 40 pages, while international brands all have 20-26 pages in Base
Prices for booklets and books are balanced
PhotoBooksPhotoBooks BookletsBooklets
Base Index Base Index
A5 249 100 59 100Small Square 21 379 152 89 151A4 Landscape 395 159 99 168
A4 Portrait 395 159 n/aBig Square 30 695 275 n/a
New policy: photo cover is superior
Booklet Hard Leather Cover Hard Photo Cover
Min/Max Pages (Step)
8/24 20/120 40/120
A5 59/4 195/4 245/4
Small Square 21 89/5 275/5 375/5
A4 Portrait 99/5 295/5 395/5
A4 Landscape 295/5 395/5
Big Square 30 495/8 695/8
Price for A4 hard cover dropped, 9 changed to 5
Hard Leather or Linen CoverHard Leather or Linen Cover Hard Photo CoverHard Photo Cover
New Old New Old
A5 195/4 never existed 245/4 249
Small Square 21 275/5 never existed 375/5 379
A4 Portrait 295/5 365 395/5 395
A4 Landscape 295/5 375 395/5 395
Big Square 30 495/8 never existed 695/8 695
A3 Landscape deleted 795 never existed never existed
Samples & Themes for sales and online promo
Booklet Hard Leather Cover Hard Photo Cover
Min/Max Pages 8/24 20/120 40/120
A5 Love 8 + Kids 24
Small Square 21 Family 20 Vacation 40
A4 Portrait Catalog 24
A4 Landscape Portfolio 80
Big Square 30 Wedding 120
Delivery Policy
• Current:
• all orders above 95 UAH free delivery all Ukraine
•Issues:
• UkrPoshta does not provide for exact delivery costs, thus making customers to pay extra
• Financial losses in the range of average check of 96-125 UAH (photos only)
UkrPoshta
• FOR CUSTOMER
• Unclear delivery dates (±2 workdays)
• Unpredictable fee (breaking the promise of Free Delivery)
• Unable to open/check unless paid (breaking COD promise)
• FOR US
• Has it been delivered? Paid? RETURNED?
Express Production and Delivery
Regular Express
Production 5 workdays 2 workdays+150 UAH
Delivery Kiev 1 workday 1 workday
Delivery Ukraine 5 days 5 days
Shipping Options
KievKharkiv,
Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa
Other oblast centers
Other oblast centers
Rural
Service COD COD COD CODCOD
Carrier Courier CourierNovaya POchta UkrPochtaUkrPochta
Costs 23 60 80+ 33 + client pays 20-3033 + client pays 20-30
Timing same day next day 1-2 days 5-8 days5-8 days
Open questions
•How can we stimulate a customer
•start a new photobook more often?
•order another photobook asap after he received his first one?