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Value-Based Pricing And Charging As Much As The Market Will Bear - Kitces & Carl Ep 202

Pricing and capacity are day-to-day decisions for independent firm owners, and this episode addresses the specific situation of a client volunteering to pay more than the stated fee. It offers a framing for thinking through fee setting and growth ambitions rather than a prescribed pricing model.

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Summary

By the running an ria desk

Episode 202 of the Kitces & Carl podcast has Michael Kitces and client communication specialist Carl Richards discussing value-based pricing, framed around clients who are willing to pay more than an advisor's standard fee. The conversation covers the ethical questions that arise when a client offers to pay above the going rate, the goodwill and profit considerations for a firm owner, and how fee decisions affect an advisor's capacity. It closes on the difference between defining enough and continuing to chase growth.

  1. The hosts examine the ethical dilemma of a client who is willing to pay more than an advisor's standard fees.
  2. They discuss the price, or profit, of goodwill from the perspective of a business owner.
  3. Fee decisions are framed as something that can shift an advisor's business capacity.
  4. The episode contrasts defining enough with chasing business growth.

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