Business Operations · By Dean Peters (PM)

Finance-Based Pricing Advisor

Evaluate whether a pricing change will improve revenue or hurt churn and conversion.

What it is

This skill helps you decide if a proposed pricing change—like raising prices, adding a premium tier, or offering discounts—will actually improve your business. It walks you through estimating revenue impact, churn risk, conversion changes, and payback implications so you can make a data-driven go/no-go call on your pricing move.

What it does

  • Estimates revenue impact from price increases, new tiers, add-ons, or discounts using your current ARPU and customer data
  • Assesses churn risk by segment and helps you decide whether to grandfather existing customers
  • Calculates conversion impact and shows how pricing changes affect trial-to-paid rates or sales close rates
  • Evaluates CAC payback and LTV:CAC ratio changes to ensure pricing improves unit economics
  • Provides a go/no-go recommendation with supporting math and risk assessment

Use it when

  • You're considering raising prices and need to know if the revenue lift outweighs potential churn
  • You're launching a new premium tier or paid add-on and want to estimate adoption and cannibalization risk
  • You need to present a pricing change proposal to leadership or your board with financial projections
  • You're deciding between pricing options (annual discount vs. monthly, new tier vs. price increase) and need to compare trade-offs

Add this skill to your AI

Copy the source URL and ask your AI to add it. Most coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf — will fetch and install it for you.

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Made byDean Peters (PM)
CategoryBusiness Operations