249. default strategy
P1 - Marketing is not just to beat competitors but also to persuade shoppers to part with their money.
P2 - Delay payment can increase consumer's willingness to buy since:
1/ the time value of money makes further payments less costly.
2/ emotions experienced in the present are important
P3 - Another way to minimize the pain of payment is to understand the way mental accounting affects decision making.
Consumres use different mental accounts: windfall gains, pocket money, income, savings
P4 - Presenting one option as a default increases hte chance it will be chosen.
P5 - How to harness these principles. An Italian telecome company's example.
P6 - Default works best when decision makers are too indifferent, confused, or conflicted to consider their options.
1. The marketer’s task is to persuade shoppers to part with their money in the first place.
a) The pain of payment
b) Many factors influence the way consumers value and spending pains.
2. Delaying payment increases shopper’s willingness to buy.
a) Reason one: future payments less costly than immediate ones.
b) Reason two: less rational-delays soften the immediate pain from payment.
3. Mental accounting influences e pain of payment
a) Different source determines treatment to payment
b) Windfall gains and pocket money are the easiest, income and saving are difficult.
4. The principles that Default increases the chance of payment.
a) Loss is more painful than gains
b) Default gains is more valued.
5. Marketing strategy based on the principles
a) Keep the plan to receive the free calls;“You have been already credited”
b) Finally, many customers did not want to give up the free one that they have already owned.
6. The default is good choice for both buyers and sellers.
a) A default eliminates the need to make a decision.
b) And attempting to mislead customers will ultimately backfire by breeding distrust.