Product Pricing Strategy for Online Sales
Founders seek guidance on building a pricing model covering VAT, production, packaging, shipping, marketing, and platform fees. The discussion highlights confusion about margin targets and marketing spend ratios when competing against established price points. No single framework is widely adopted for early-stage e-commerce pricing decisions.
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