A bucket pricing plan charges a periodic (usually monthly) fixed price that allows consumers to use the service up to a set allowance. The determination of optimal plans requires knowledge about each consumer's simultaneous decision about service subscription, plan choice, and consumption, which...

Metered pricing plans for services enable companies to increase their profits. Yet measuring consumer preferences for different forms of metered pricing is difficult, because metered prices simultaneously influence three consumer decisions: to purchase the service, to choose a particular pricing...