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Pricing Science

Price is the most powerful number in a business and the least examined. This desk treats it as a science: what a price signals, what a change actually does to profit, and why the spreadsheet is the wrong place to look.

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10% · the number

What a 10% price change actually does to your profit

The arithmetic most owners never run: a 10% raise breaks even at 10% churn — and measured churn after a raise tends to run 2–5%. 3 min read · August 14, 2026
⅓ · the number

The anatomy of a discount

At a 30% margin, 10% off doesn't cost 10% of anything you'd notice — it takes a third of the profit. Here's where the number comes from, and the sentence sellers use instead. 2 min read · August 14, 2026

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