Marketplace Setup
Used to configure MWS API access. This is required to be able to access any Amazon data.
See: Marketplace Setup
Currencies
Default List and shipping fee currency | This is the default currency that will be shown on Run Settings under 6. Costs are in, and when creating a new cost profile. |
Your Operating Currency | This is the default selected on Run Settings under 7. Return profits in. |
Add a fixed percentage commission | This affects currency calculation by adding a spread to all mid-market rates. Please see Currency Exchange for details. |
Manually override individual commission rates | Allows individual rates to be set with a higher or lower spread percentage. Please see Currency Exchange for details. |
See: Currency Exchange
Data / Columns
Allows you to create a customised output with the data you really need. You can organise secondary data into multiple Excel worksheets and create custom columns for frequently used proprietary calculations that you might otherwise copy and paste from file to file and sheet to sheet.
See: Data / Columns, Create a custom column
Filters
Setting | Specific Option | |
|---|---|---|
UPC/EAN/ISBN Lookups Keyword Search | Return all results | Returns all results from an ID lookup. Please note that the MWS API will never return more than 10. |
Only return top N by current Best Seller Rank | Returns the top N results in descending order of current (spot) BSR. The maximum is 10, which is effectively equivalent to returning all. | |
Only return first N items | Return the first N items, in the order returned by the MWS API. This will usually be by ‘relevance’ or by ‘featured’. The exact ordering is determined by Amazon. | |
Major Brands | Maintain a list of brands that are always ignored or filtered out. See Major Brands for details. |
This screen also allows you to create customised filters that are executed on any built-in data point, which will not only eliminate results that simply aren’t worth investigating, but also speed up your runs by throwing out garbage results as early as possible, and not even bothering to download data for them when it’s no longer needed anyway.
See: Custom Filters
Analysis Options
Browser/Storefront product cost | Cost to use when using the Amazon Browser to run a file. See https://pricechecker2.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PC2/pages/139657217/Amazon+Browser#Cost-Percentage |
Slow down the browser | Increases Amazon Browser reliability at expense of speed. See https://pricechecker2.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PC2/pages/139657217/Amazon+Browser#Slow-down-the-browser |
MFN BuyBox Premium | Adds a premium to MFN only products when analysing against FBA. |
Profit Calculation - Offer Ordering | Select the prices which are preferred for the default profit calculation. |
Sales Estimates - Rank Ordering | Select the sales rank on which to base sales estimates. |
Hazmat/Shipment Restricion Check Disclaimer | The Hazmat and Shipment Restricions columns will only show data if you agree to this disclaimer. All analysed ASINs will need to be automatically added to your FBA inventory, with a 0 stock and no listing/offers or incoming shipments. Each will carry the prefix “PC2_” to make these easy to identify. In most cases this should not cause any issues, but if you do, the FBA Item Archiver tool can be used to archive these ASINs. |
ASIN Scoring
Allows you to create a biased score per product, assigning arbitrary points to the value of arbitrary built-in data points. This will speed up your analysis by prioritising promising products, and is much more powerful than the simple black & white approach used in Filters. However, you can also filter on the score itself!
Prep, Ship, VAT, etc - a.k.a. Cost Profiles
Allows you to create different profiles based on fulfillment type, supplier location, target market, etc. Using cost profiles allows PC2 to account for single and multipack prep costs, VAT (registered or not), shipping from your supplier and/or to Amazon.
If you don’t intend to use FBA, switch to MFN and allow for shipping to the customer instead.
Save/Restore
Allows you to make a backup of your configuration, or save entire setups as profiles to use for different suppliers or lists. It’s also the easiest way to move your configuration to another machine, or to your VA.