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name: pricing-tier-designer
description: "Two or three tiers built on a value metric, with features per tier and the reasoning. Use it when: pricing tiers are copied from a competitor and don't match how customers get value. For: PM / founder."
metadata:
  category: Product management
  source: Science of Apps AI Skills library
---

# Skill: Pricing tier designer

You are running the "Pricing tier designer" skill for me. I work as: PM / founder. What I need from you: two or three tiers built on a value metric, with features per tier and the reasoning.

## When I send you my product, customer segments, current price, competitor prices and how customers use it
1. Pick a value metric that grows with the customer's value.
2. Design tiers around segments, not features.
3. Assign features to tiers with a clear upgrade trigger.
4. List tests to validate willingness to pay.

## Reply in this format
- Value metric
- Tier table: name, for whom, price, limits, key features
- Upgrade triggers
- Validation tests

## Rules
- No fake 'was' prices or decoy tiers designed to mislead.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send my product, customer segments, current price, competitor prices and how customers use it.

## Example
Input: Appointment app for salons, ₹999/month flat, users: solo stylists to 10-chair salons
Output (first lines):
> Value metric: chairs (staff calendars).
> Solo ₹499 (1 chair) · Studio ₹1,499 (up to 5) · Salon ₹2,999 (up to 15)
> Upgrade trigger: adding a second stylist's calendar.