FTB-C000716 / Financial concept

Marginal tiered pricing

Marginal tiered pricing applies each band's rate only to the quantity within that band.

Also known asgraduated pricing

Intermediate 1 linked topicEvidence-reviewed

Definitions

In plain terms

Crossing a threshold changes the price of the additional portion, rather than repricing every earlier unit.

Technical

D30 slices the declared charge base across ordered bands, computes exact band charges and rounds at the specified final boundary.

Scope

Volume pricing applies a selected rate to the whole quantity and is a different policy.

Examples

  • A synthetic amount spanning two bands produces two separately visible fee contributions.

Common misconceptions

  • Selecting the last crossed band's rate for the entire base is not marginal pricing.

Concept relationships

Prerequisites

Where this concept is used

Evidence and governance

  1. Set up tiered pricing: graduated versus volume Stripe · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, variant distinction

    Limits: Not banking tariff authority; D30 rates, usage units, minimum/cap/zero policy and rounding are authored inputs. The profile excludes Stripe flat-charge examples.

  2. D30 glossary teaching-profile scope, Batch 013 The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract

    Supports: technical definition

    Limits: No independent regulatory mandate, real-bank dataset, service execution, external witness or production assurance is claimed.

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Last reviewed
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