October 14, 2025

Price Bands

One of the things I'll be looking at in this run of the MineThatData Elite Program is price bands.

Many businesses have items priced, say, in the $10.00 - $19.99 price band. This ends up being a high-volume price band that is responsible for a ton of customers.

Well, you toss tariffs into the mix and now that $19 item might cost $22. It's in a higher price band.

It's common for sales to increase and customer counts to decrease in times of inflation and/or increased cost of goods. This "can" cause long-term changes to the business. Vacating a price band can cause an audience to vacate as well. And yes, the opposite can happen ... customers move up in a price bracket and do not change behavior.

It's important to understand how your customers adapt and adjust, right?




P.S.: You measure the average price per item purchased (after discounts/promos) for customers purchasing from email campaigns, and you compare the metric to other channels, right? Hint - you need to do this. Your email customers are "different", and oftentimes it's your fault they are different.

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