Preu AI

How Preu AI increased proceeds per user by 80% with strategic annual plan anchoring

Overview

Intro

Preu AI is a specialized educational technology application that assists students preparing for the PAES university entrance exam in Chile. Operating in a market where educational success is critical, the app's monetization strategy needed to effectively convert users by showing the value of long-term commitment. Using Superwall’s experimentation platform, Preu AI tested a pricing psychology hypothesis: Would anchoring a monthly plan against a heavily discounted annual plan drive higher overall revenue?
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The challenge

Preu AI's main challenge was determining how to maximize high-value users:

Long-term commitment

The team needed a way to encourage users toward the high-value annual plan without eliminating the lower-commitment monthly option.

Pricing psychology

The hypothesis was that showing the annual plan's price would make the monthly plan seem too expensive by comparison.

Measuring net revenue

They needed analytics to track conversion volume and proceeds per user (PPU) to confirm that the strategy led to financial gain.

The solution

Preu AI utilized Superwall to execute an A/B test:

Monthly trial only

Featured a single monthly subscription option with a "Try Free" button.

Monthly plus annual anchor

Featured a monthly subscription plus an annual plan at 60% of the monthly price.

The paywalls highlighted the urgency of success by contrasting the risks of failing the exam with the benefits of immediate access.

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The results

The experiment showed that price anchoring was the most profitable strategy:

PPU soard

The variant featuring the discounted annual plan resulted in a massive 80% increase in proceeds per user (PPU).

Conversion improved

The strategy significantly improved trial quality, leading to a 22% increase in the trial conversion rate.

Anchoring validated

The results confirmed the hypothesis that by providing a strong annual anchor, the team maximized revenue.

About

About Superwall

Superwall is the centralized monetization suite that converts data into revenue. It provides product, growth, and engineering teams with a unified platform to deploy paywalls, manage subscriptions, and ensure every experiment is a profitable, data-backed decision.

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Now it’s your turn

Are you selling your annual plan short? Stop displaying a single price point and start using anchoring psychology to test your way to a major increase in proceeds per user.