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Can you profit by serving early adapters?

Berkonomics

It did not hurt that Apple always seemed to trump the competition in design of the product and the product’s user interface too. Marriott called theirs “tier pricing”. Our test sites. In the meantime, we sold a second system to a large timeshare resort in Orlando for the same price. My “way too early” story.

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It is satisfying, but rarely profitable, serving early adopters.

Berkonomics

Marriott called theirs “tier pricing”. The system was priced at $150 thousand, but we calculated that the average decision implemented for the 300 room property should be worth $5 thousand, making payback within an amazing 60 days if all worked as planned. I became even more excited about the concept applied to the hotel industry.