Should B2B Software companies set end-customer or channel partner prices?
While those that tend to set the price for the end customer wish to enforce tighter control over their final pricing, those that favor the channel pricing would claim that they just want to get their cut in the deal and don’t mind the partners to charge their respective customers as much (or as low) as they wish.
A recent poll that we’ve held among participants of a Webinar on “Pricing B2B Software and SaaS Products for Global Success” provided the following findings.
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The answer lays in the nature of the business and its vision.
While a global branded business should seriously consider end user price and have a global pricing policy, an OEM or unbranded firm should only consider it cut in the deal, meaning their channel sell price.