With the increasing consumer influence and the shortening of product iteration cycles, how digital product developers can effectively connect consumers with products and create product value through the value co-creation model has become a critical issue. This study constructs a two-stage digital product pricing model incorporating heterogeneous consumer behaviors, analyzing pricing strategies, sales mechanisms, and temporal impacts on profitability. The key findings are as follows: (1) The participation benefits and co-creation contributions of active consumers enhance developers’ profitability, and the adoption of a two-stage co-creation strategy depends on critical variables. (2) A higher proportion of active consumers leads to greater profits, and offering discounts in the two-stage sales process can promote co-creation. (3) Increasing integration costs suppress developers’ efforts, particularly when the co-creation coefficient is low; under high co-creation coefficients, moderate cost increases have minimal impact. (4) Differences in consumer entry rates affect Beta product pricing; when entry rates are consistent, optimal pricing remains unchanged. (5) A reduced entry rate of active consumers undermines profitability, and developers should enhance awareness through marketing strategies. Beta product pricing should specifically target this consumer group.

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Research on Pricing Strategies for Digital Products in Value Co-creation Models Considering Temporal Factors

  • Kunping Shen,
  • Chunxiang Guo,
  • Junwu Deng,
  • Zheyu Chen

摘要

With the increasing consumer influence and the shortening of product iteration cycles, how digital product developers can effectively connect consumers with products and create product value through the value co-creation model has become a critical issue. This study constructs a two-stage digital product pricing model incorporating heterogeneous consumer behaviors, analyzing pricing strategies, sales mechanisms, and temporal impacts on profitability. The key findings are as follows: (1) The participation benefits and co-creation contributions of active consumers enhance developers’ profitability, and the adoption of a two-stage co-creation strategy depends on critical variables. (2) A higher proportion of active consumers leads to greater profits, and offering discounts in the two-stage sales process can promote co-creation. (3) Increasing integration costs suppress developers’ efforts, particularly when the co-creation coefficient is low; under high co-creation coefficients, moderate cost increases have minimal impact. (4) Differences in consumer entry rates affect Beta product pricing; when entry rates are consistent, optimal pricing remains unchanged. (5) A reduced entry rate of active consumers undermines profitability, and developers should enhance awareness through marketing strategies. Beta product pricing should specifically target this consumer group.