WEBVTT 00:00:00.150 --> 00:00:02.670 Hi! I'm Ranie, finance strategist. 00:00:02.730 --> 00:00:04.480 In this lesson, we're going to cover 00:00:08.980 --> 00:00:11.310 understanding the B2B business model. 00:00:11.660 --> 00:00:14.470 A business-to-consumer, or B2C business model, 00:00:14.550 --> 00:00:18.173 is one in which a company sells a service or product directly to a consumer. 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:21.602 It is the alternative to the business-to-business model, or B2B, 00:00:21.822 --> 00:00:24.902 in which a company sells their products first to another business, 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:28.248 which will then often sell the product at a retail store at a marked up price. 00:00:29.100 --> 00:00:32.958 Companies can either be a B2B, a B2C or a hybrid of both. 00:00:33.450 --> 00:00:38.016 B2B, as a business model, is generally higher revenue per customer but lower volume; 00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:41.963 whereas B2C is generally a higher volume but lower revenue model. 00:00:43.050 --> 00:00:45.500 Examples of the hybrid model are SaaS companies, 00:00:45.690 --> 00:00:47.991 which often has several different tiers of service, 00:00:48.220 --> 00:00:51.105 tailored to companies or individuals depending on the service. 00:00:52.170 --> 00:00:55.909 In general, businesses are more price sensitive and care less about the presentation, 00:00:56.070 --> 00:00:59.834 whereas customers are less price sensitive and care more about the presentation. 00:01:00.430 --> 00:01:03.802 Selling chocolate to a business who's going to create something with the chocolate, 00:01:04.250 --> 00:01:06.906 they don't care as much about the packaging the chocolate arrives in, 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.090 whereas if you look at the presentation of chocolates in a grocery store, 00:01:10.150 --> 00:01:12.075 by companies like Godiva, 00:01:12.320 --> 00:01:14.695 there's a huge emphasis placed on presentation. 00:01:15.010 --> 00:01:17.086 Generally businesses are more elastic, 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:19.333 and generally customers are less elastic. 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:30.942 For more information, visit www.financestrategists.com. 00:01:34.060 --> 00:01:36.613 Finance strategists, strategies for you... 00:01:38.582 --> 00:01:39.173 Cut!