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What is potential product and augmented product ?

How do they affect the marketing strategy when the market is saturated ?

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Question added by Subhranshu Ganguly , Quality Analyst. , WIPRO
Date Posted: 2014/06/02
Faryal Ahmed
by Faryal Ahmed , Marketing Manager , Asil and Company Chartered Accountants

 the CORE product, the ACTUAL product, and finally the AUGMENTED product. This concept is known as the Three Levels of a Product.The CORE product is NOT the tangible physical product. You can’t touch it. That’s because the core product is the BENEFIT of the product that makes itvaluable to you. So with the car example, the benefit is convenience i.e. the ease at which you can go where you like, when you want to. Another core benefit is speed since you can travel around relatively quickly.

The ACTUAL product is the tangible, physical product. You can get some use out of it. Again with the car, it is the vehicle that you test drive, buy and then collect. You can touch it. The actual product is what the average person would think of under the generic banner of product.

The AUGMENTED product is the non-physical part of the product. It usually consists of lots of added value, for which you may or may not pay a premium. So when you buy a car, part of the augmented product would be the warranty, the customer service support offered by the car’s manufacturer and any after-sales service. The augmented product is an important way to tailor the core or actual product to the needs of an individual customer. The features of augmented products can be converted in to benefits for individuals.

 

ALI ABDULLAH HASAN AL-KHAFAJI
by ALI ABDULLAH HASAN AL-KHAFAJI , Warehouse & Logistics Manager , Earth link Telecom

 The augment product is A commodity that has both the primary physical attributes and the non-physical attributes that are added to increase the product's value. while the potential product is the compelet package that the customer receives by purchasing the item/service.

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