Increase value

Anchor Effect

The first information is remembered.

Hand-drawn pair of purple mugs, one with a yellow 20 euro price tag and one with a crossed-out 50 euro and a red 20 euro tag.

How it works

People are influenced by their environment when making decisions and tend to rely on initial information as an anchor point.

When to use it

Use the effect if you want users to consider your product as especially valuable and be willing to pay more for it.

Online examples from practice

Sale prices

Use anchor prices to make products look cheaper or more exclusive.

  • Pay attention to what your users perceive first, because that will become anchored
  • Present a high-priced product first
  • With a sale price, make sure that the original price can still be realized
  • Specify discount in percent instead of monetary amounts
Product grid of four Apple Watch Series 7 models with color swatches, 'Sofort lieferbar' labels, struck-through list prices and orange discounted prices.

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