# asb-raise-prices

Walks a founder through the case for raising prices and the moves that justify it. The skill pushes toward a higher price instead of debating whether to raise.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 460 installs · ★ 48
- Author: asmartbear
- License: CC-BY-4.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/asmartbear/asb-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/asb-raise-prices/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/asb-raise-prices

## What it does

Three phases, strictly in order. First comes diagnosis: what you charge, what you promise, who buys. From those answers you read which market rung the current price has already selected — the $1/$10/$100/$1,000-per-month ladder — how much profit is at stake, and whether the low price is strategy or a flinch. The phase lands on a rough higher target.

Then brainstorming with judgment switched off: move up a rung, price on value created rather than cost saved, build Love and Utility drivers, differentiate, repackage. Phase three turns adversarial, and each candidate gets grilled until a few survive — good, strategy-consistent, buildable, and wanted by customers. The skill announces the mode shift before it happens, so the hard turn does not come as a surprise.

The boundaries are stated plainly. It does not set the exact number or tiers, does not write the increase letter to customers, does not define the ideal customer, and does not choose among the three pricing strategies. If you have no clear picture of who buys, any conclusion resting on it gets marked lower-confidence. The final call stays with you, and one valid outcome is leaving the headline price alone while doing a move or two to get stronger.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add asmartbear/asb-skills --skill asb-raise-prices -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/asb-raise-prices/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/asb-raise-prices/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add asmartbear/asb-skills --skill asb-raise-prices -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/asb-raise-prices/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add asmartbear/asb-skills --skill asb-raise-prices -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/asb-raise-prices/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install asmartbear/asb-skills asb-raise-prices
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/asb-raise-prices/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add asmartbear/asb-skills --skill asb-raise-prices -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/asmartbear/asb-skills --path .claude/skills/asb-raise-prices
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/asb-raise-prices/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add asmartbear/asb-skills --skill asb-raise-prices -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/asmartbear/asb-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/asb-raise-prices/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- see which market rung your current price has selected
- work out how much profit a small increase adds
- tell a pricing strategy apart from fear of charging more
- build a menu of moves that justify a higher price
- cut the moves that customers would not actually want

## Example prompts
- Help me figure out why my price feels too low and where it should go
- What would it take to charge more than I do now?
- How far should I raise prices, and what justifies it?

## Source text · SKILL.md · CC-BY-4.0

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name: asb-raise-prices
description: "Helps a founder build the case for raising prices and the moves that justify it; it drives toward a higher price and does not debate whether to raise. Three gated phases: (1) collect the reality (what you charge, what you promise, who buys) and diagnose which market the price has selected (the $1/$10/$100/$1,000-per-month ladder), the profit stakes (a 10% rise can be ~100% more profit), and whether the low price is strategy or fear, landing on a rough higher target; (2) brainstorm, judgment off, moves that justify a higher price — move up a market rung, price on value created not cost saved, build Love and Utility drivers, differentiate, repackage; (3) select, grilling each move down to a few that are good, strategy-consistent, buildable, and wanted. Load when the user asks how much to raise prices, what it would take to charge more, or why their price feels too low. Do NOT load to set the exact price, write the increase letter, define the ideal customer, or choose among the three pricing strategies."
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# Raise Prices — decide whether to, and what it would take

Most founders price too low, and they price too low out of fear rather than
strategy. A low price is usually a low-confidence signal, not a considered move.
Meanwhile the leverage is enormous: because a price increase carries no extra
cost, the extra dollars fall straight to the bottom line, so a small percentage
on price can be a large percentage on profit.

This skill helps a founder **build the case for raising prices** and work out
what it would take — before they touch a single number. **It drives toward a
higher price. It does not debate whether to raise; it assumes the direction is
up and asks how far and what would justify it.** It does three jobs, in strict
order:

1. **Understand and diagnose.** Get the current reality on the table, then read
   it as the case for charging more: which market the current price has already
   selected (and the healthier one above it), how much profit is at stake, and
   whether the low price is a real strategy or just a flinch. Land on a rough
   higher target.
2. **Brainstorm.** In deliberate ideation mode — *no judging yet* — build a big
   menu of moves that could justify a higher price, then refine it together into
   a shorter candidate list.
3. **Select.** Now turn hard and adversarial. Grill each candidate until only a
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