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Setting your pricing at the right level is very important. There are many things to consider including what the market is willing to pay for your product or service, what your competitors charge, your costs and overheads, and your financial goals. Your terms of trade outline the payment arrangements between you and your creditors. This is an introduction to setting prices and terms of trade.
When considering whether or not you should start or buy a business it's useful to know what your break even point is. This article provides formulas for working out your break even point with explanations on how to establish fixed and variable costs.
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How much should you charge for your products? There are four basic methods to determine the selling price of a product: cost-plus pricing; demand pricing; competitive pricing; and mark-up pricing. This article looks at the strategy behind setting an appropriate price point for your product or service.
In New Zealand traders are free to choose the price at which they wish to sell goods or services. There are laws around pricing that look at: consumers bargaining, discounting a product, different prices for different methods of payment. This article investigates various examples of laws around pricing goods or services in practice.
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This information is from the consumers perspective of the process of getting an estimate or a quote. It is a useful business tool because it provides a checklist of what components should make up a quote, the technicalities of paying for quoted goods and services, unauthorised work, and other problems that you may face when dealing with and estimate or quote.
Does your customer know what your term of trade are? Getting paid on time by your customers is in large part dictated by setting expectations early on in the transaction. Read this article to learn what your payment agreement should include and how you may want make it present it on your invoices.
This is a general guide to the relevant provisions of the Commerce Act for those considering raising concerns with the Commission about possible anti-competitive practices. It is aimed at businesses wanting to better understand how the Commerce Act impacts on their business activities.
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In 2007, the manufacturing sector was New Zealand's largest employer, with 266,730 employees.