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Investing in Small Websites: 2012 to 2019

On September 21, 2019 By MarginHound In Website Investing

It’s been about 4 years since we last wrote about website valuations, continuing the work of a project we started 8 years ago. One of our readers recently commented that valuations have risen. He’s absolutely …

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Pros & Cons of Matching Price as a Retailer

On October 1, 2021 By MarginHound In Pricing Goals, Pricing Process

In the wide world of retail, every product or business seems to need some kind of a unique value scheme these days. They need something to set their specific product or brand apart from all …

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How to Easily Calculate Margin of Safety for a Budget, Deal, or Investment

On May 24, 2021 By MarginHound In Industry Profitability, Pricing Analytics, Product Profitability

In business and investing, the margin of safety is the amount of buffer that you have above your breakeven target (for a deal) or the intrinsic value of a stock (for investing) to ensure that …

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Thinking at the Margin – 5 Practical Examples

On May 23, 2021 By MarginHound In Customer Profitability, Margin Improvement, Pricing Analytics, Product Profitability

While accountants are trained to provide a full view of what happened to the finances of a business, an economist or business analyst will speak of “thinking at the margin”. To “think at the margin” …

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Manage Your Mix: How To Calculate Weighted-Average Contribution Margin

On May 17, 2021 By MarginHound In Margin Improvement

The weighted average contribution margin of a company or business unit is the amount by which an incremental unit of net sales contributes to total profit. For a single product business, the contribution margin is …

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OpalStack Review – A Webfaction Hosting Alternative

On November 9, 2020 By MarginHound In Technology, Website Investing

Truth be told, we had other plans for this space. Our growing little fleet of websites has been happily parked at Webfaction for the past decade, where we started with a Python shared hosting account …

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Balancing Cost vs. Value in Pricing Strategy Consulting

On May 31, 2020 By MarginHound In Distributor Pricing, Margin Improvement, Pricing Consulting, Pricing Goals, Pricing Process, Pricing Software, Private Equity

While this advice is admittedly self serving, I’ve grown very skeptical of the recent trend of B2B Pricing Consultants pairing off with B2B Pricing Software Companies as “strategic partners”. The issue isn’t the pricing software. …

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How To Calculate Wholesale Price (Speaking As A Distributor)

On May 30, 2020 By MarginHound In Distributor Pricing, Pricing Model, Retail Pricing

Sometimes you want to set the record straight. So speaking as someone who has led pricing at four companies, three of which were wholesale distributors – most of what is written about how to calculate …

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How To Ensure Your Distribution Pricing Consultant Is Successful

On May 30, 2020 By MarginHound In Distributor Pricing, Margin Improvement, Pricing Analytics, Pricing Consulting, Pricing Goals, Pricing Process, Pricing Team, Private Equity, Turnaround Strategy

If you’re managing a decent sized distributor, you’ve probably been approached by at least one consulting firm to talk about pricing. The concept sounds good on paper: use a few targeted price increase campaigns to …

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By Product Pricing – Treasure From Trash!

On October 12, 2019 By MarginHound In Pricing Analytics, Product Profitability

Many manufacturing processes, especially in basic industries, produce more than one output. For example, chemical plants often produce a basket of chemicals. This is a result of breaking chemical compounds into smaller molecules. These other …

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When To Use Competitor Oriented Pricing

On October 12, 2019 By MarginHound In Distributor Pricing, Pricing Goals

A competitor oriented pricing objective sets prices in response to competitor pricing decisions. This type of pricing strategy is common in hierarchical markets, where there is a good / better / best ranking of potential …

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  • Pros & Cons of Matching Price as a Retailer
  • How to Easily Calculate Margin of Safety for a Budget, Deal, or Investment
  • Thinking at the Margin – 5 Practical Examples
  • Manage Your Mix: How To Calculate Weighted-Average Contribution Margin
  • OpalStack Review – A Webfaction Hosting Alternative

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