The increase was 6%. Not one customer pushed back.

Silence after a price rise feels like vindication. More often it is the most expensive signal a business can misread.

By Steve 5 min read
Abstract bridge artwork for The increase was 6%. Not one customer pushed back.

A price increase goes out. The letters land, the invoices change, the renewal dates pass. Nothing happens. No calls, no escalations, no lost accounts. The finance team books the margin improvement and the matter is closed. It is worth sitting with that outcome a little longer, because it contains information that most businesses read backwards. A price rise that generates no friction at all has not proved the price was right. It has proved that nobody tested it: including you. Willingness to pay is a distribution, not a number Every…

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