Pick a repricing strategy from the gallery

DashVue’s repricer includes a gallery of 8 ready-made strategies for stock that has stopped moving. This article walks through what each one does and when to reach for it, so you can start from a sensible template instead of building a rule from a blank page.

Where to find the gallery

The strategy gallery appears when you create a new repricing rule.

1. Go to Repricer → Rules.
2. Select Create a rule.
3. Pick a strategy card from the gallery, or choose Custom rule to start blank.
4. Review and adjust the pre-filled conditions and actions in the rule editor.
5. Save the rule to switch it on.

The 8 ready-made strategies

All 8 strategies work only from your own listing data, things like how long an item has been listed, how long since it last sold, current stock and price. None of them look at competitor prices. Pick the one that matches how urgently you want ageing stock to move.

• Smart Markdown. After 21 days unsold, holds the listing at 90% of its original price, down to your price floor. It marks down once and settles rather than cutting a little more every cycle. A sensible default for most stock that has stopped selling.
• Deep clearance markdown. After 45 days unsold, holds the listing at 75% of its original price, down to your price floor. Also settles rather than sliding further each cycle. Use it as a deeper second step after Smart Markdown for stock that still has not moved.
• Clear stale stock. When a listing has been live for 30 or more days without selling, drops the price 5% each cycle, down to your price floor. A steady, moderate way to keep older listings moving.
• Quick clearance. Listings older than 14 days drop a sharper 10% per cycle. Use it for seasonal stock or anything you need gone fast.
• Nudge slow movers. If an item has not sold in 30 or more days, eases the price down 8%. This reacts to time since the last sale rather than listing age, so it targets weak demand directly.
• Overstock markdown. When you are holding 25 or more of an item, takes 5% off to speed up sell-through and free up the cash tied up in that stock.
• Gentle drip. A cautious 3% trim on listings past 45 days. Barely noticeable per cycle, for when you want a low-risk nudge rather than a visible discount.
• High-value patience. For items priced over £100, waits a full 60 days before nudging the price down a modest 4%. Protects margin on big-ticket stock instead of discounting it early.

Anchored markdowns vs rolling percentage cuts

Smart Markdown and Deep clearance markdown work differently from the other six. They hold the price at a set percentage of the listing’s original price, so once the rule has applied, the price settles there and does not keep dropping on later cycles. Clear stale stock, Quick clearance, Nudge slow movers, Overstock markdown, Gentle drip and High-value patience each cut a percentage off the current price every cycle, so they will keep sliding for as long as the condition stays true, always bounded by your price floor.

Templates are a starting point, not a finished rule

Choosing a strategy card fills in the rule editor with sensible defaults for that strategy’s condition and action. It does not create a finished, tuned rule on its own. Check the days, percentages and price floor against your own margins and stock before you turn the rule on.

See the related articles below for more on building and managing repricing rules.