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Glossary term

Peak pricing

Charging more for court time at the hours most players want, typically weekday evenings and weekend mornings, and less when demand is low.

The longer version

Peak pricing splits the week into bands. Weekday evenings from about 17:00 to 22:00 and weekend mornings are peak. Weekday mornings and early afternoons are off-peak. The price of the same court differs by band, sometimes by a third or more.

The goal is not only more revenue at 19:00. It is moving flexible players, retirees, shift workers, and students, to 11:00 on a Wednesday where the court would otherwise sit empty. Done well, the quiet hours fill and the evening waitlist shrinks.

Mistakes: too many bands, so players cannot remember the price, and an off-peak discount so small nobody changes their habits. Start with two bands, look at occupancy by hour after a month, and adjust the boundary rather than the price.

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