To calculate what it charges a client, a detective agency charges $200 a day direct costs plus an additional $50 per day to pay for office expenses, licenses and other fixed costs and fifteen percent of full costs for the profit margin. What type of pricing strategy is being used by the detective agency?

To calculate what it charges a client, a detective agency charges $200 a day direct costs plus an additional $50 per day to pay for office expenses, licenses and other fixed costs and fifteen percent of full costs for the profit margin. What type of pricing strategy is being used by the detective agency?



A. Contingency

B. Cost-based

C. Perceived value

D. Fee for service

E. Going-rate


Answer: B. Cost-based


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