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We do one thing:
we fix how companies price.

Saltmarsh Strategy is a pricing-strategy boutique. We don't do brand, don't do ops, don't do transformation. We solve the pricing problem—deeply, precisely, and repeatedly.

The Problem
2–4%

Most firms leave two to four points of margin on the table because pricing is treated as an afterthought, not a discipline.

Our Method

Three steps, no fluff. We map value, measure willingness-to-pay, and redesign the pricing structure to capture what customers will actually pay.

01
Value Mapping
Identify what customers value most
02
Willingness-to-Pay
Quantify price elasticity by segment
03
Structure Redesign
Build the new pricing model and rollout plan

Proof of Depth

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 3.6% SaaS Co. 2.7% Mfg. B2B 3.4% CPG Brand 2.4% Distrib. 3.1% Fintech 2.8% Services 3.3% Health Tech

Margin improvement (percentage points) across seven recent engagements, 2022–2024

The Specialist Advantage

What We Offer
  • Focused mastery: we've solved the pricing problem 47 times
  • Senior-only teams: founding partners do the work, not MBAs
  • Proprietary method: value-mapping framework built over 12 years
  • Speed: 8-week sprints, not 6-month studies
The Big Firm Alternative
  • Broad coverage, shallow expertise in any one domain
  • Junior leverage model: you pay for partners, you get analysts
  • One-size-fits-all frameworks, not bespoke to pricing
  • Longer timelines, higher overhead, more process

How We Work

Engagement Phases
Week 1–2: Discovery
Interviews, data pull, value hypotheses
Week 3–5: Analysis
Segmentation, WTP modeling, scenarios
Week 6–7: Design
New pricing structure, rollout plan
Week 8: Handoff
Implementation playbook, training
What You Get
Clarity on value drivers
What customers actually care about
Quantified price elasticity
How far you can push without churn
New pricing architecture
Tiers, bundles, or usage-based model
Launch plan & talking points
Ready to roll out to sales & customers

Who Does the Work

No juniors. No account managers. Just the partners who built the method.

Tomas Saltmarsh
Founding Partner
Ex-BCG, pricing lead for 12 years. Built the value-mapping method. Stanford MBA, Economics PhD.
Mira Chen
Partner
SaaS pricing specialist, former VP Revenue Ops at two unicorns. Behavioral economics focus.
Rahul Desai
Partner
CPG & manufacturing expert. 20 years optimizing B2B channel pricing. MIT Sloan background.
Case Study

B2B SaaS Platform
Adds 3.6 Points to Margin

Industry
Enterprise Software
Revenue
$240M ARR
Timeline
8 weeks
The Problem

Flat per-seat pricing wasn't capturing value from large enterprise customers who extracted 10x the value of SMB accounts but paid only 3x more.

What We Did

Built a usage-based tier on top of seats for API calls and data volume. Enterprises now pay for consumption; SMBs keep simple seat pricing.

The Outcome

3.6 percentage point margin improvement in 90 days. Net revenue retention jumped from 108% to 118% as expansion revenue grew 40%.

Investment

Component Details Value
Duration Fixed 8-week sprint 8 weeks
Team Two founding partners, full-time 2 FTE
Deliverables Pricing model, rollout plan, training materials 3 core
Post-sprint 90-day implementation support included Included
Professional Fee Fixed price, no hourly billing $185,000

Typical ROI: 6–12 months based on 2–4 point margin improvement on existing revenue base. No success fee, no retainer, no extensions—one focused engagement.

Next Step

Approve a pricing-strategy sprint with the partners

Eight weeks. Two founding partners. One pricing model that captures what you're leaving on the table.

Contact
Tomas Saltmarsh
Founding Partner
tomas@saltmarshstrategy.com