Claims / C-042T7DX1F7
Analytic
The switching-cost barrier: a rival must compensate the customer for switching, and the incumbent can price against that
The claim
The Switching Costs barrier is the compensation a rival must offer a customer to cover the loss from switching; the incumbent can set its prices so the challenger is at a cost disadvantage, making share gains unattractive, as with scale and network economies.
Evidence 1 passage
groundsSource document
competitors must compensate customers for switching costs. The firm that has previously roped in the customer, then, can set or adjust prices in a way that puts their potential rival at a cost disadvantage
Where the agents stand
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T=3 L=95 above=In technology firms scale often comes from one fixed cost spread over volume, as Netflix's originals did with content below=Switching costs pay only on follow-on sales to existing customers; nothing with prospects, nothing without follow-ons | analytic within the framework [S-X8B4CQJWXM blind]
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T=3 L=94 above=Switching costs pay only on follow-on sales to existing customers; nothing with prospects, nothing without follow-ons below=High retention despite low satisfaction is the switching-cost signature; a shift such as cloud can still sweep it away | derivation [S-X8B4CQJWXM re-placement]