Amazon's auto pricing system is both confusing and option-less. Every option, including so-called custom rules, bases it's calculations on a comparison with something else, which is usually the featured offer price. No flexibility, and that is why I don't and I can't use it.
Recently, eBay has added to their listing tools a very simple re-pricing option. "Auto Price Reduction" toggles on and off by the seller. The seller sets the dollar amount of the reduction (could be expanded to reduce by % as well) and the time period between each reduction. The seller can also set a minimum price which when reached would basically shut down any more auto reductions.
For example, I have an item on sale for $49. I set the auto price reduction at $2 reduction every 4 days with a minimum price of $25. After 48 days, the price would reach $25 and the auto price reducer would shut down, assuming the item had not sold.
I am a very small business and don't keep enough inventory to justify paying for an outside repricer, so i do my own repricing which can be extremely time consuming. While this tool would be used mainly by people like me who sell one-offs (used books), it would help me reduce my long term inventory usage and cut down on hours of work every week.
From experience, I know that pigs will grow wings before my request will even be considered, but i figured that I should at least try.
Thanks
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