Repricer safety limits and how often it runs

This article explains the safety caps that sit above every repricer rule you create, and how often DashVue actually runs the repricer, so you know exactly how far and how fast your prices can ever move automatically.

The caps that sit on top of every rule

Whatever a rule tells the repricer to do, DashVue enforces a set of global limits on top of it. These apply to every rule on every listing automatically. A rule can never breach them, even if the rule itself is set aggressively.

1. Minimum margin. A floor below which the repricer will not drop a price, whatever a rule requests. This protects you from a rule accidentally chasing a competitor down to an unprofitable price.
2. Max single drop per cycle. A cap on how much a price can fall in one repricing cycle, so a listing cannot jump from a high price to a very low one in a single move.
3. Max changes per listing per day. A cap on how many times any one listing’s price can be changed in a day, to stop a listing being repriced back and forth repeatedly.
4. Max items per cycle. A cap on how many listings can be repriced in a single cycle, so a large catalogue is not changed all at once.

How often the repricer runs

The repricer runs automatically on a schedule, roughly every 4 hours. You do not need to trigger it yourself. Each run is one “cycle”, and the max items per cycle and max single drop per cycle limits above apply to every cycle in turn.

Why these limits exist

The caps exist so you can use repricer rules with confidence, without needing to watch them constantly. A rule tells the repricer what you would like it to do. The limits above decide what it is actually allowed to do. That separation means an overly aggressive rule, or an unusual competitor price, cannot push a listing below a safe margin, cannot crash a price in one move, and cannot change the same listing over and over in a single day.

These caps are configured in your repricer settings. Once set, they apply silently in the background to every rule you run, so there is nothing further you need to do to keep them in effect.

See the related articles below for more on setting up repricer rules.