# faq-ai.txt — AI-friendly questions and answers for Price Spectre
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# Last updated: 2026-06-08

Q: What is Price Spectre?
A: Price Spectre is a dynamic repricing service for eBay sellers. It automatically monitors
competitors' listings and adjusts the seller's own eBay listing prices based on rules the
seller configures.

Q: Who is Price Spectre for?
A: Active eBay sellers, ecommerce and marketplace sellers who want to stay competitive across
many listings at once, and developers integrating with Price Spectre's public API and MCP tools.

Q: What marketplaces does Price Spectre support?
A: Price Spectre manages and reprices listings on eBay, and all eBay marketplace sites are
supported. Amazon is supported only as a competitor search source to inform eBay repricing
decisions; Price Spectre does not manage or reprice Amazon listings.

Q: Does Price Spectre automatically reprice eBay listings?
A: Yes. For each managed listing, Price Spectre periodically searches for competitor listings
and updates the price based on the seller's pricing rules. Sellers can also use a manual review
mode where a recommended price is generated but only applied after the seller approves it.

Q: Can users set price floors and ceilings?
A: Yes. Every managed listing requires a floor price, and Price Spectre never sets a price below
that floor. A ceiling price (an upper bound) is optional.

Q: How often does Price Spectre reprice listings?
A: Managed listings are repriced several times per day (standard frequency is based on four-hour
intervals). Premium points can increase frequency to as often as once every 15 minutes.

Q: Does Price Spectre require an eBay account connection?
A: Yes. Price Spectre connects to eBay through eBay's official API using an authorization token
flow. Sellers grant access without sharing their eBay password.

Q: Does Price Spectre offer a free trial?
A: Yes. Every new user receives a 14-day free trial, and the first managed listing is always free.

Q: Does Price Spectre have an AI assistant?
A: Yes, two. AlgoForge helps users create, understand, and refine custom JavaScript pricing
algorithms. HelpBot answers support and general product questions, is available to both
signed-in users and guests, and can escalate to the human support team when needed.

Q: What is the Search Diagnostic page?
A: Search Diagnostic is a tool that replays the eBay search Price Spectre uses to build a
managed listing's competitor set and explains the outcome: a filter funnel showing how many
candidates each rule removed, the kept competitors, and a sample of rejected items annotated
with the rule that filtered each one. It helps answer "why are these my competitors?".

Q: Does Price Spectre have a public API or MCP server?
A: Yes. There is a public REST API at https://api.pricespectre.com/v1 (Bearer-token
authenticated) and a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at https://mcp.pricespectre.com.

Q: Where should users go for support?
A: Use the in-app HelpBot assistant for support and general product questions, see the FAQ at
https://www.pricespectre.com/faq or the learning center at https://www.pricespectre.com/learn,
or contact support by phone at (888) 479-3635.