Fallback Price Basis
Sometimes the price you want is missing.
Fallback Price Basis lets you choose what Rocket Source should do next, so more products can still get profit, margin, and ROI in your scan results.
Missing prices create blank financials
When you run a historical-data scan, you choose a Price Basis. That tells Rocket Source which price to use for profitability calculations.
For example, you might choose:
- Current Buybox Price
- 30D Average Price
- 60D Average Price
- 90D Average Price
- 180D Average Price
But not every product has every price available. When the selected price is missing, profit, margin, ROI, and related fields can be blank.
Choose your main price, then choose a backup
Fallback Price Basis gives Rocket Source a backup source to use when your first choice is missing.
Fewer blank profitability columns
If your selected Price Basis is missing and Fallback Price is set to None, Rocket Source leaves the price-derived financials blank for that product.
That can be the right choice when you only want to review products with that exact price basis.
But if you want more rows with usable financials, choose another fallback source. Rocket Source can then use that backup price to calculate profit, margin, ROI, and related metrics.
Pick the fallback that fits your review
Fallback options include:
- None
- Current Buybox Price
- Last Known Buybox Price
- Last Known Landed Price
- 30D Average Price
- 60D Average Price
- 90D Average Price
- 180D Average Price
The point is not to force one answer. The point is to make the assumption clear before the scan runs.
When to use it
- You want fewer blank profit, margin, and ROI fields.
- You are scanning products with uneven price history.
- You want historical averages as your main view, but still want a backup.
- You would rather review a backup calculation than skip the financials for that row.
- You want the scan setup to match your buying rules.
Availability
Fallback Price Basis appears when historical data is turned on during scan setup.
You can always choose None if you want Rocket Source to leave calculations blank when your selected Price Basis is missing.
Try it on your next historical scan
Turn on historical data, choose your Price Basis, then choose a Fallback Price. Rocket Source will use your first choice when it can. When that price is missing, it will use the backup source you selected.