期刊
PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING
卷 38, 期 1, 页码 113-128出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mar.21426
关键词
behavioral pricing; drip pricing; electronic commerce; eye tracking; partitioned pricing; price fairness
资金
- Projekt DEAL
The study finds that sequentially disclosing the final price in drip pricing reduces consumers' perceived price fairness, especially when there are a high number of surcharges. This is mainly due to the increased attention to the final price, leading to higher perceived price complexity and lower pricing transparency perceptions.
Drip pricing (DP) is distinct from partitioned pricing as it sequentially discloses surcharges to consumers. Critics see DP as a deceptive pricing tactic because it obscures the final price of an offer. We examine the effects of the timing of the final price disclosure and the number of sequentially presented surcharges on consumers' attention to the final price and, ultimately, perceived price fairness. In an eye-tracking study with 225 participants, we find that the sequential (vs. up-front) disclosure of the final price lowers perceived price fairness by increasing consumers' attention to the final price, in particular, when the number of surcharges is high. In addition, the sequential disclosure of the final price lowers perceived price fairness because of higher perceived price complexity and lower pricing transparency perceptions. The findings suggest that firms need to be aware of both attentional and cognitive effects of the final price disclosure when designing DP.
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