Glossary
What is an autopricer?
An autopricer is software that reprices a card shop's singles automatically against live marketplace data — typically TCGplayer market price, Cardmarket trend price, or eBay sold listings — applying margin rules per channel and per condition.
How rules typically work
A typical autopricing rule reads: 'Match TCGplayer market price plus 5% margin, with a £0.25 floor and rounded to the nearest £0.25.' Rules are stacked by channel (TCGplayer, Cardmarket, eBay, your own storefront), by condition, and often by stock depth (more aggressive when overstocked, less aggressive on the last copy).
Repricing runs on a schedule — daily for most shops, hourly for high-velocity SKUs, real-time for marketplace listings.
What to watch for
Autopricers can race to the bottom if multiple shops on the same marketplace are repricing against each other. A floor price (and a sanity-check 'never reprice below cost') is essential. Most shops also exclude reserved-list cards and graded slabs from autopricing entirely.
Related terms
- Market price vs low — TCGplayer market price is an algorithmic average of recent sold prices across conditions. TCGplayer low is the lowest currently-listed price. Market is more stable and reflects actual transactions; low is a snapshot of the cheapest seller right now and can be skewed by a single outlier.
- Buylist — A buylist is the set of prices a card shop offers customers for cards they want to sell or trade in. Most shops publish two prices per card: a lower cash rate and a higher store-credit rate.
- Condition-based pricing — Condition-based pricing is the practice of listing the same trading-card SKU at separate price points for each condition grade — typically Near Mint, Lightly Played, Moderately Played, and Heavily Played. It's standard in TCG retail because card value drops measurably with each grade step.
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