There is a traditionally sexist observation which states that a man will pay $2.00 for a $1.00 item he needs while a woman will pay $1.00 for a $2.00 item she doesn't need.
While I have seen many examples that support this comment, I can say that I see quite a few that contradict it. Buying tendencies seem to be more a product of personality type than gender. That said, I suppose there are certain personality traits that are fairly consistent along gender lines.
So selling to anyone must be attuned to that individual's personal triggers rather than what's in their pants.
These threads are full of anecdotes about guys who can buy anything being dissed at a hi-fi store because of the way they dressed or looked at a particular time. And they usually accompany complaints about the assumptions that must have been made. None of us like being rejected on the basis of appearance. We can go home and change clothes however. Women are dead at the door when they show up. It's not going to be easy to conceal a lady's gender, and I'm pretty certain she isn't going to want to just so she can hand some misogynist twit a few thousand dollars.
While I have seen many examples that support this comment, I can say that I see quite a few that contradict it. Buying tendencies seem to be more a product of personality type than gender. That said, I suppose there are certain personality traits that are fairly consistent along gender lines.
So selling to anyone must be attuned to that individual's personal triggers rather than what's in their pants.
These threads are full of anecdotes about guys who can buy anything being dissed at a hi-fi store because of the way they dressed or looked at a particular time. And they usually accompany complaints about the assumptions that must have been made. None of us like being rejected on the basis of appearance. We can go home and change clothes however. Women are dead at the door when they show up. It's not going to be easy to conceal a lady's gender, and I'm pretty certain she isn't going to want to just so she can hand some misogynist twit a few thousand dollars.