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# Market for price changes

> Which marketplace drives a variant's pricing strategy — and how that market is determined from the shop default, the template, and the variant.

The **market for price changes** is the one marketplace whose offers a variant uses for its pricing strategy. It determines which connected [listing](/docs/en/guide/catalog/connect-listings) and which measurement PricePirate uses to calculate the price and generate price changes.

<Note>
  This setting is only relevant in shops with [multiple marketplaces](/docs/en/guide/catalog/marketplaces). If your shop has just one marketplace, there is exactly one market for price changes and nothing to choose.
</Note>

## Three levels

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

| Level            | Where it's set                                                                                                                               |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Shop default** | In [Settings](/docs/en/guide/account/settings) under **Markets** → **Market for price changes**. Applies to every variant without its own choice. |
| **Template**     | On a [pricing strategy template](/docs/en/guide/pricing/templates). Applies to every variant linked to that template.                             |
| **Variant**      | In the [Strategy settings](/docs/en/guide/pricing/settings) dialog on a single variant that is not linked to a template.                          |

## 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.

<Tip>
  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](/docs/en/guide/pricing/templates) itself.
</Tip>

## Requirement: a connected listing

The chosen market only drives a variant when it has a connected [listing](/docs/en/guide/catalog/connect-listings) 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](/docs/en/guide/price-changes/review).

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.

## Related

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Marketplaces" href="/docs/en/guide/catalog/marketplaces">
    Set up multiple marketplaces and evaluate them separately.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Templates" href="/docs/en/guide/pricing/templates">
    Set one market for all linked variants.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Strategy settings" href="/docs/en/guide/pricing/settings">
    Override the market for a single variant.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Settings" href="/docs/en/guide/account/settings">
    Choose the shop-wide market for price changes.
  </Card>
</Columns>