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Business & revenue models · Working

Razor-and-blades model

Also called: razor blade model

ELI5

Sell the main device cheaply and earn from repeat supplies.

Used in conversation

“The razor-and-blades model fails if customers can avoid the consumables.”

Definition

A model selling a durable base product cheaply while earning recurring margin from complementary consumables.

Here “Razor-and-blades model” means: A model selling a durable base product cheaply while earning recurring margin from complementary consumables.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.