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Marketplaces help demand and supply connect and transact, and in return, they extract some value from the transaction. One of the biggest levers that marketplaces have to acquire and retain demand is pricing. When the supply is still scaling and the <em>low price — high demand</em> flywheel hasn’t yet kicked in, pricing is typically hacked and has no correlation with reality. However, to build a sustainable business, marketplaces need to invest in understanding the pricing dynamics of their marketplace sooner rather than later and they need to be methodical about it. “Pricing products” can help them build this understanding and in the process, they can make pricing a differentiator.