Final Customer Purchasing from an Intermediary of the Product
Acquire Steps: Acquire steps include all activities the customer completes preceding the purchase of the product. These steps include the customer's efforts needed to identify and evaluate Intermediaries and travel to the Intermediary location.
B.
Resources: Reduce resources required for the use of the product
1.
Money: Reduce the money the customer uses with the product. For more ideas on using pricing, please see the Improve/Pricing section of StrategyStreet.
A. Reduce the level of payment for use of the product.
Reduce performance benefits
Reduce function benefits
Reduce size, speed or power
| No. | Year | SIC | Note |
| 1 | 1999 | 6035 | First Place Financial wants to attract customers with new unique products. It offers a mortgage that you can pay every 2 weeks instead of monthly, which lowers overall interest costs. |
| 2 | 1991 | 6321 | A handful of companies have persuaded HMOs to charge on a fee-for-service basis, instead of taking the usual pre-paid fee that covers employees even if they do not need medical attention. The companies share the risk of financing medical costs. |
| 3 | 2004 | 7371 | Microsoft also offers a stripped- down service called MSN Plus for $5.95 a month but it lacks most of the compelling features of Premium except for the larger e-mail attachments. |
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