Pricing
Trader → Pricing (/trader/pricing) is where you build reusable rules. Apply a rule when you list, or let the pricing bot reprice live CardTrader listings.
Collection Price Source in Settings only changes displayed prices around the app. A listing rule can use a different source (for example display Cardmarket, price CardTrader listings off the live book).
Price guide vs competition
| Type | Anchor | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Price guide | Low / Average / Trend (Cardmarket), Market / Mid / Low / High (TCGPlayer), Low / Average / High (CardTrader) | Fast, offline, good coverage |
| Competition | Nth cheapest matching offer on the live CardTrader book | Undercut or match sellers you care about |
CardTrader has no trend or rolling averages. Low is the cheapest live listing.
Rule options
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Name | Shown when you apply the rule |
| Price source | Cardmarket (EUR), TCGPlayer (USD), or Card Trader (EUR, live listings) |
| Base price | Which column of that source to start from |
| Direction | More than base or less than base |
| Modifier | Percent or cents |
| Minimum / maximum | Floor and cap after the modifier |
| Round to | e.g. 0.01 or 0.50 |
| Use foil prices | Foil copies read the foil columns of the guide |
Competition-only options
These apply when Strategy type is Competition:
| Option | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Nth cheapest offer | 1 = cheapest matching offer, 2 = second cheapest, … |
| Match NM with EX | Treat Near Mint and Excellent as the same condition bucket |
| Playset pricing | Price against playset-sized offers when you are listing four |
| Strict language | Only match offers in the copy’s language |
| Rarity floors | After the modifier, do not go below your rarity minimums |
A preview line shows what a sample card (low 1.00 / avg 2.00 / trend 2.50) would list at.
Applying a rule
On List cards, select copies and choose a rule in the autoprice dialog — or open a listing and apply a rule to the batch. Review suggested prices before you publish. You can override any row.
Need a one-off? Choose Price manually and type in the listing table.
Pricing bot
The bot is for live CardTrader listings, not Community Shop holds and not marketplace files.
- Name the program and pick a default rule.
- Save program.
- Run now to queue a reprice, or leave it for the nightly run.
The default row applies that rule to every live CardTrader listing. Later you can add first-match rows for subsets (set, language, condition, quantity, rarity). Only prices that actually change are sent.
The job table on the listing (and the last-run line on Pricing) shows when a reprice finished or failed.