Optimal Profit PRO

What it does

Instead of reacting to a single signal (lowest price, Buy Box, or FOEP), Optimal Profit picks the price that maximizes your expected profit per day across your allowed price band:

price* = argmax P(win Buy Box | price) × margin(price) × demand(price)

  • P(win Buy Box): your learned win-probability curve (how often you hold the Buy Box at each price). Falls back to an estimate around Amazon's Featured Offer price / Buy Box when there isn't enough history yet.
  • margin(price): the price minus your total cost and the referral fee, recomputed for every candidate price.
  • demand(price): how unit sales respond to price (price elasticity), once enough sales data exists.

When to use it

  • You have a few weeks of repricing history, so the learned curves are reliable
  • You want the engine to balance win rate, margin, and volume automatically
  • You'd rather optimize total profit than chase any single metric

When NOT to use it

  • The product is brand new with little sales/Buy-Box history (start with Buy Box Targeting until data accumulates)
  • You want simple, predictable rule-based behavior (use a Basic strategy)

How it works

  1. Clamps the search to your band: never below your floor (cost + minimum profit) and never above your ceiling or Amazon's competitive price threshold.
  2. Scans prices across that band and scores each one by expected profit per day (win probability × margin × demand).
  3. Picks the highest-scoring price, and holds when the best price is essentially where you already are (anti-oscillation).

The floor and ceiling are always re-enforced before any price is sent to Amazon, so Optimal Profit can never price below your minimum margin.

Settings

No strategy-specific knobs — Optimal Profit uses your Min/Max margin (floor & ceiling) plus the learned win-probability and demand signals. Set a sensible minimum profit and let it optimize within the band.

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