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Competitive price Bug when shipping is not free

The Competitive price is showing incorrectly when the SKU has non-free shipping.

For example if our price is $150+$20 shipping, and the competitive price is $160 (shipping included). it shows the competitive price as $160+$20, which seems to indicate $150+$20 is "competitive", but in fact it is not as it is not showing in the buy box.

Please fix that!

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Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ

Competitive price Bug when shipping is not free

The Competitive price is showing incorrectly when the SKU has non-free shipping.

For example if our price is $150+$20 shipping, and the competitive price is $160 (shipping included). it shows the competitive price as $160+$20, which seems to indicate $150+$20 is "competitive", but in fact it is not as it is not showing in the buy box.

Please fix that!

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Tags:Add a product, Buy Box, Feature Offer, Listings, Pricing
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Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWX
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

You are right. It doesn't work right, and that is because it is run by a bot. As you can see, the bots are programmed to only look at one price, not the total picture and make an educated decision.

As far as pricing is concerned, they cannot see your dilemma, they cannot tell the difference between new and used pricing, and they have no idea what the actual retail price of an item is.

Sellers just have to make things work for them.

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Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xm
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

There is no bug, it is functioning as designed.

Amazon's goal is to squeeze sellers margins to un-profitable territory to "delight" customers.

You can always have a different UPC code for Amazon products and only use it on this site, that way the bots have nothing to compare it to.

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Manny_Amazon
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Hello @Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ,

Thanks for posting to the Forums. It looks like one our seasoned sellers, @Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWXand @Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xmwere helping you with some thoughts about the competitive pricing.

If their response helped you, feel free to mark it as “Most Helpful reply” using the 3 dots in the corner of their post. Just in case others have the same issue, the Most Helpful Reply feature brings the selected response right to the top of your thread. Sellers will be able to see the answer right away as your discussion will have a green check-mark when searched within the forums.

Regards,

- Manny

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Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ

Competitive price Bug when shipping is not free

The Competitive price is showing incorrectly when the SKU has non-free shipping.

For example if our price is $150+$20 shipping, and the competitive price is $160 (shipping included). it shows the competitive price as $160+$20, which seems to indicate $150+$20 is "competitive", but in fact it is not as it is not showing in the buy box.

Please fix that!

401 views
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Tags:Add a product, Buy Box, Feature Offer, Listings, Pricing
70
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Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ

Competitive price Bug when shipping is not free

The Competitive price is showing incorrectly when the SKU has non-free shipping.

For example if our price is $150+$20 shipping, and the competitive price is $160 (shipping included). it shows the competitive price as $160+$20, which seems to indicate $150+$20 is "competitive", but in fact it is not as it is not showing in the buy box.

Please fix that!

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Tags:Add a product, Buy Box, Feature Offer, Listings, Pricing
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Competitive price Bug when shipping is not free

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The Competitive price is showing incorrectly when the SKU has non-free shipping.

For example if our price is $150+$20 shipping, and the competitive price is $160 (shipping included). it shows the competitive price as $160+$20, which seems to indicate $150+$20 is "competitive", but in fact it is not as it is not showing in the buy box.

Please fix that!

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Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWX
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

You are right. It doesn't work right, and that is because it is run by a bot. As you can see, the bots are programmed to only look at one price, not the total picture and make an educated decision.

As far as pricing is concerned, they cannot see your dilemma, they cannot tell the difference between new and used pricing, and they have no idea what the actual retail price of an item is.

Sellers just have to make things work for them.

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Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xm
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

There is no bug, it is functioning as designed.

Amazon's goal is to squeeze sellers margins to un-profitable territory to "delight" customers.

You can always have a different UPC code for Amazon products and only use it on this site, that way the bots have nothing to compare it to.

90
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Manny_Amazon
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

Hello @Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ,

Thanks for posting to the Forums. It looks like one our seasoned sellers, @Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWXand @Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xmwere helping you with some thoughts about the competitive pricing.

If their response helped you, feel free to mark it as “Most Helpful reply” using the 3 dots in the corner of their post. Just in case others have the same issue, the Most Helpful Reply feature brings the selected response right to the top of your thread. Sellers will be able to see the answer right away as your discussion will have a green check-mark when searched within the forums.

Regards,

- Manny

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Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWX
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

You are right. It doesn't work right, and that is because it is run by a bot. As you can see, the bots are programmed to only look at one price, not the total picture and make an educated decision.

As far as pricing is concerned, they cannot see your dilemma, they cannot tell the difference between new and used pricing, and they have no idea what the actual retail price of an item is.

Sellers just have to make things work for them.

90
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Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWX
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

You are right. It doesn't work right, and that is because it is run by a bot. As you can see, the bots are programmed to only look at one price, not the total picture and make an educated decision.

As far as pricing is concerned, they cannot see your dilemma, they cannot tell the difference between new and used pricing, and they have no idea what the actual retail price of an item is.

Sellers just have to make things work for them.

90
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Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xm
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

There is no bug, it is functioning as designed.

Amazon's goal is to squeeze sellers margins to un-profitable territory to "delight" customers.

You can always have a different UPC code for Amazon products and only use it on this site, that way the bots have nothing to compare it to.

90
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Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xm
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

There is no bug, it is functioning as designed.

Amazon's goal is to squeeze sellers margins to un-profitable territory to "delight" customers.

You can always have a different UPC code for Amazon products and only use it on this site, that way the bots have nothing to compare it to.

90
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Manny_Amazon
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

Hello @Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ,

Thanks for posting to the Forums. It looks like one our seasoned sellers, @Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWXand @Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xmwere helping you with some thoughts about the competitive pricing.

If their response helped you, feel free to mark it as “Most Helpful reply” using the 3 dots in the corner of their post. Just in case others have the same issue, the Most Helpful Reply feature brings the selected response right to the top of your thread. Sellers will be able to see the answer right away as your discussion will have a green check-mark when searched within the forums.

Regards,

- Manny

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Manny_Amazon
In reply to: Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ’s post

Hello @Seller_PDgPqby9g0aaQ,

Thanks for posting to the Forums. It looks like one our seasoned sellers, @Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWXand @Seller_lCX40xAkSs1xmwere helping you with some thoughts about the competitive pricing.

If their response helped you, feel free to mark it as “Most Helpful reply” using the 3 dots in the corner of their post. Just in case others have the same issue, the Most Helpful Reply feature brings the selected response right to the top of your thread. Sellers will be able to see the answer right away as your discussion will have a green check-mark when searched within the forums.

Regards,

- Manny

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