Pricing Strategist
Pricing Strategist helps Commercial, Product Marketing, and CMO teams design or revisit product pricing. It recommends a pricing model (subscription, usage-based, value-based, freemium, hybrid) with trade-offs, analyzes Van Westendorp survey data to find a price range, and designs Good/Better/Best packaging tiers while flagging anti-patterns. The output is a model and a range, never a single number.
✨ What it does
- Ranks 5 pricing models by fit-score with trade-offs
- Runs Van Westendorp PSM analysis to output 4 intersection points and Range of Acceptable Prices
- Designs 3-tier Good/Better/Best packaging with anti-pattern detection
- Includes a forcing-question library to challenge pricing assumptions
- Provides references to pricing canon and methodology
🎯 When to use it
- Launching a new SaaS, API, or AI tool and choosing the first pricing model
- Revisiting pricing after 18+ months of GTM data to consider a model shift
- Designing or redesigning tier packaging (Good/Better/Best)
- Having Van Westendorp survey data and needing the optimal price range
- When an exec asks 'what should we charge?' and you need a structured answer
🚀 How to use
Trigger: /cs:grill-commercial
Trigger by asking for pricing model selection, WTP analysis, or tier design. Inputs: a filled pricing brief (industry, deal size, value drivers, etc.), survey data (≥4 questions per respondent), and feature lists. Run scripts in sequence: pricing_model_picker.py, wtp_analyzer.py, packaging_designer.py. Example prompts:
Help me choose a pricing model for our new SaaS product.
Analyze my Van Westendorp survey data to find the acceptable price range.
Design Good/Better/Best tiers for our features and flag any anti-patterns.
📄 Output: A markdown report with a recommended pricing model, price range, and tier design, plus trade-offs and anti-pattern flags.
📦 Add this skill to Claude Code
# 1. Get the skills repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills /tmp/claude-skills
# 2. Copy this skill into your project (or ~/.claude/skills for all projects)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/commercial/skills/pricing-strategist .claude/skills/pricing-strategistSkill source: commercial/skills/pricing-strategist/SKILL.md
⚠️ Good to know
Requires a filled pricing brief and survey data with N≥30 for PSM; it is decision-support only and never outputs a final price number.
❓ FAQ
Does this skill give me a specific price to charge?
No, it recommends a model and a price range. The final number is a human commercial decision.
What sample size is needed for Van Westendorp analysis?
Minimum N≥30, preferred N≥100. Below 30, the script emits a sample-size warning.
Can I use value-based pricing without a measurable value metric?
No, value-based pricing requires a measurable customer value driver; otherwise it collapses into bad usage-based pricing.
🤖 Overview, features, install steps and FAQ were generated from the project's SKILL.md on Sep 4, 2026. Always check the original source before running commands.