Prices that follow demand
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People who sell rooms, meals or tickets want the price to go up when it is busy and down when it is quiet, as San Francisco does for parking.
Today's price ฿20,000
What you get
- Prices that follow demand฿20,000Prices for your rooms, menu, tickets or stock that follow demand, the way San Francisco prices parking: when it is busy the price goes up one step, when it is quiet it goes down one step.
How it goes
- You send what you sell: rooms, menu, tickets or stock.You · At the start
- We set the prices the way San Francisco prices parking.Hongdam · After you send the list
- Busy goes up a step. Quiet goes down a step.Your prices · As demand changes
- You send what you sell: rooms, menu, tickets or stock.You · At the start
- We set the prices the way San Francisco prices parking.Hongdam · After you send the list
- Busy goes up a step. Quiet goes down a step.Your prices · As demand changes
Useful facts
- San Francisco's SFpark set a target of 60–80% occupancy for on-street meters. When average occupancy was 80–100%, the hourly rate rose US$0.25. At 60–80% it did not change. At 30–60% it fell US$0.25, and under 30% it fell US$0.50. sfmta.com
- Hourly meter rates in SFpark could not go above US$6.00 or below US$0.25. They changed about every eight weeks from August 2011, and the city made ten changes through June 2013. sfmta.com
- For city garages, San Francisco changed hourly rates every three months. At 80–100% occupancy the rate rose US$0.50. At 40–80% it did not change. Under 40% it fell US$0.50. sfmta.com
- Donald Shoup, the professor who wrote the book on parking prices, aims for one or two open spaces on a block. That is about 85% occupancy, or one empty space on a block of eight. If too many spaces are empty the price goes down, and if none are empty it goes up. cato-unbound.org
What others charge
| Beyond, dynamic pricing software for rentals: Growth plan | 1% of bookings; the first US$5,000 in bookings is free beyondpricing.com |
|---|---|
| Beyond, dynamic pricing software for rentals: Pro plan | 1.25% of bookings beyondpricing.com |
| Hongdam · Prices that follow demand | ฿20,000 |
What people ask
How often does a price that follows demand change?
In San Francisco, meter rates changed about every eight weeks and garage rates every three months. Each change was one fixed step: US$0.25 or US$0.50 an hour. sfmta.com
Did the prices in San Francisco go up?
In the pilot areas the average meter rate fell US$0.11 an hour (4%) and the average garage rate fell US$0.42 an hour (12%), compared with control areas where nothing changed. The 60–80% target was met 31% more often, and the average search for a space was 5 minutes shorter (43%). sfmta.com
What does Shoup propose for the extra money?
Shoup proposes that a city dedicate the revenue to added public services in the neighbourhood where it is collected. His example is Old Pasadena, where over US$1 million a year in meter money went to new public services. cato-unbound.org
Is there software that sets rental prices by demand?
Yes. Beyond sells dynamic pricing for rentals and charges a share of bookings: 1% on its Growth plan and 1.25% on Pro. Its Free plan has no booking fee, and dynamic pricing is not part of it. beyondpricing.com
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Small print
Prices here move with demand: when most of a month's places are taken, the price goes up a step; when few are, it comes down a step.
Sources read 2026-11-04.