# Price Skimming Strategy: When and How to Use It (with SaaS Examples)

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/price-skimming-strategy/>)

Author: Ayush Agarwal

Published: 2026-04-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Frontier AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontier-ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [examples](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/examples.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [pricing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pricing.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains price skimming: launching a product at a premium price, maintaining that price for high-value customers, and lowering it over time to reach more price-sensitive segments. It discusses when the strategy may work for SaaS and AI products and contrasts it with penetration pricing.

## Source excerpt

Learn what price skimming is, when it works for SaaS and AI products, and how to execute step-down pricing without alienating early adopters.