Pricing & commercial packaging · Core
Cost-plus pricing
Also called: markup pricing
ELI5
Setting price by adding a margin or markup to estimated cost.
Used in conversation
“The pricing slide needs to separate cost-plus pricing from the commercial assumptions around it.”
Pitch context
You will see “Cost-plus pricing” in go-to-market plans, sales forecasts, account reviews and commercial proposals when the discussion reaches pricing & commercial packaging.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret pricing & commercial packaging without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 2
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- U.S. Small Business Administration — Write your business planSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- IFRS Foundation — IFRS GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16