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The market for price changes is the one marketplace whose offers a variant uses for its pricing strategy. It determines which connected listing and which measurement PricePirate uses to calculate the price and generate price changes.
This setting is only relevant in shops with multiple marketplaces. If your shop has just one marketplace, there is exactly one market for price changes and nothing to choose.

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Three levels

The market for price changes can be set on three levels:

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How the market is determined

For each variant, PricePirate picks the market by a simple rule:
  • If the variant is linked to a template, the template’s market applies. The variant’s own choice is not used — it is cleared when the variant is linked to the template.
  • If the variant is not linked to a template, its own market applies.
In both cases: if no own market is set (the Shop default option), the shop-wide market for price changes from Settings applies.
A variant linked to a template therefore always follows the template. To use a different market, detach the variant from the template or change the market on the template itself.

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Requirement: a connected listing

The chosen market only drives a variant when it has a connected listing on exactly that marketplace. If it’s missing, the next price change is recorded as Invalid; the row’s tooltip names the reason under Review price changes. A variant can therefore have a listing on a different marketplace and still be “not connected” for price changes — only the listing on the market for price changes counts.

Marketplaces

Set up multiple marketplaces and evaluate them separately.

Templates

Set one market for all linked variants.

Strategy settings

Override the market for a single variant.

Settings

Choose the shop-wide market for price changes.