{"product_id":"price-before-promotion","title":"Price Before Promotion — Pricing Strategy Ebook + Calculator Toolkit","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStop approving promotions from revenue alone\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 20% discount can look harmless. A 15% creator commission can look standard. An ad dashboard can report a healthy ROAS. But once product cost, fulfillment, shipping, payment fees, platform costs, returns, commission, and acquisition are combined, the order may leave almost nothing behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice Before Promotion\u003c\/strong\u003e gives small Shopify, TikTok Shop, and DTC brands a practical operating system for seeing the complete economic picture before a promotion goes live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will build three essential price boundaries:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea break-even floor;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea target price that funds required contribution;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea customer-facing list price supported by buyer value and market context.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen you will test discounts, free-shipping offers, gifts, bundles, platform programs, affiliate commissions, creator commissions, and advertising costs against those boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this system helps you do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalculate loaded variable cost per order—not just product cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeparate markup, gross margin, contribution, cash, and net profit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet channel-specific floors for Shopify, TikTok Shop, wholesale, and other paths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalculate floor, target, and customer-facing list-price bands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModel discount, shipping, gift, program, commission, and return costs together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind a contribution-safe discount boundary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalculate a maximum creator or affiliate commission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet allowable CAC and simplified break-even ROAS guardrails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompare single products, bundles, shipping thresholds, and offer roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRun a clean price test using contribution per qualified session\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReconcile customer quality, refunds, support, and operations before scaling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake a documented Go, Change, or Stop decision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInside the 105-page ebook\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I — Pin Down the Economic Truth\u003c\/strong\u003e Separate commonly confused metrics, build the loaded variable cost stack, and calculate floor, target, and channel-specific price bands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II — Read Buyer Value and Reference Points\u003c\/strong\u003e Define the buyer job, map alternatives without copying competitors, and build entry, core, premium, and bundle architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III — Install Prices and Clean Tests\u003c\/strong\u003e Set an ethical list price, design a controlled price test, and interpret elasticity, revenue, contribution, and customer quality together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV — Control Promotions and Acquisition\u003c\/strong\u003e Model the complete promotion stack, set creator commissions from contribution, calculate CAC and ROAS boundaries, and reconcile Shopify with TikTok Shop economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart V — Evaluate, Decide, and Operate\u003c\/strong\u003e Run a 21-day pricing sprint, study the complete CedarLane Goods case, and issue a bounded decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe P.R.I.C.E. operating loop\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP — Pin down the economic truth\u003c\/strong\u003e Build the complete cost stack and separate order economics from fixed business overhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR — Read buyer value and references\u003c\/strong\u003e Define the job, alternatives, risk, proof, and market-facing context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI — Install price architecture and a clean test\u003c\/strong\u003e Choose meaningful price cells and freeze the variables that could contaminate the result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC — Control promotion and acquisition exposure\u003c\/strong\u003e Approve the full discount, commission, shipping, program, and CAC stack—not the parts in isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE — Evaluate and decide\u003c\/strong\u003e Reconcile contribution, customer quality, refunds, operations, and evidence before the next investment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYour four-file digital toolkit\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Full-color ebook PDF\u003c\/strong\u003e A 105-page, 6 × 9-inch reader edition with formulas, worked examples, decision gates, a 21-day sprint, and the original CedarLane Goods case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Printable implementation toolkit PDF\u003c\/strong\u003e Twenty-five US Letter pages for price inputs, cost classification, floor and target calculations, promotion approval, test planning, decision records, and source checks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Editable Excel calculator\u003c\/strong\u003e Seventeen connected worksheets with 452 formula cells and editable example inputs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. 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