You are starting your own Internet business. You
decide to form a company that will sell cookbooks online.
Justcookbooks.com is scheduled to launch 6 months from today. You
estimate that the annual cost of this business will be as follows:
Technology (Web design and maintenance)
$5,000
Postage and handling
$1,000
Miscellaneous
$3,000
Inventory of cookbooks
$2,000
Equipment
$4,000
Overhead
$1,000
Part I
Deliverable Length: 1 graph plus calculations
You must give up your full-time job, which paid $50,000 per year, and you worked part-time for half of the year.
The average retail price of the cookbooks will be $30, and their average cost will be $20.
Assume that the equation for demand is Q = 40,000 – 500P, where
Q = the number of cookbooks sold per month
P = the retail price of books.
Show what the demand curve would look like for price between $25 and $35.Part II
Address the following questions in 600-800 words:
Technology (Web design and maintenance)
$5,000
Postage and handling
$1,000
Miscellaneous
$3,000
Inventory of cookbooks
$2,000
Equipment
$4,000
Overhead
$1,000
Part I
Deliverable Length: 1 graph plus calculations
You must give up your full-time job, which paid $50,000 per year, and you worked part-time for half of the year.
The average retail price of the cookbooks will be $30, and their average cost will be $20.
Assume that the equation for demand is Q = 40,000 – 500P, where
Q = the number of cookbooks sold per month
P = the retail price of books.
Show what the demand curve would look like for price between $25 and $35.Part II
Address the following questions in 600-800 words:
- Suppose that you expect to sell about 22,000 cookbooks per month online, and assume your overhead, technology, and equipment costs are fixed. What are your total costs?
- Is the business worth pursuing so far?
- What market structure have you entered, and why?
- What can you do to guarantee success in this market?
- What pricing strategy might you use?
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