Marketplace A marketplace is a location where goods and services are exchanged. Needs: States of felt deprivation. Can be physical (clothing, food, shelter), social (belonging, affection), individual (knowledge and self-expression) Wants: The form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality. Shaped by society and marketing programs An American needs food but wants a big mac, French fries and soft drink. A Chinese may need rice, fish,.......etc. Demands Wants when backed by buying power, wants become demands. Marketing myopia: when sellers make the mistake of paying too much attention to the specific product and not enough to the benefits and experiences produced by these products Perceived Value It is defined as the maximum a customer or prospective customer will pay for your product or service Market share refers to the percentage of sales of a product in units, dollars, or some other meaningful measure made by a business relative to all sales of that product GDP measures the monetary value of final goods and services—that is, those that are bought by the final user—produced in a country in a given period of time