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Temporary Sales

Run a sale on your inventory without worrying about reverting it manually. Set a duration, and Hoard handles the rest. When the sale ends, your normal pricing rules kick back in automatically.

How it works

A sale is a discount that applies on top of your normal pricing. Your rules compute the price as usual (markup, never-go-down, floors, everything), and then the sale takes a percentage off that result. When the timer runs out:
  1. The sale auto-deactivates
  2. Hoard runs a full reprice using your permanent rules
  3. Your prices return to whatever your rules say they should be
The sale discount is always relative to your computed price, not to market price. Your pricing strategy stays intact; the sale just takes a cut off the top.

Example

Say you have a card with a $10 market price and your rule is 1.2x markup:
Without saleWith 20% off sale
Market price: $10Market price: $10
Your rule (1.2x): $12Your rule (1.2x): $12
Sale discount (20% off): $9.60
If never-go-down is holding that card at $15 (because the market dropped but your price didn’t):
Without saleWith 20% off sale
Rule computes: $12Rule computes: $12
Never-go-down: stays at $15Never-go-down: stays at $15
Sale discount (20% off 15):15): **12**
The sale always discounts the final computed price. Your rules and protections run first, the sale applies last. No manual “undo” needed. No remembering to turn it off. No stale sale prices sitting on TCGplayer for weeks because you forgot.

Duration options

DurationGood for
24 hoursFlash sales, testing the waters
48 hoursWeekend promotions
3 daysMid-week volume push
1 weekClearing stale stock
CustomAnything else (1-720 hours)

Sale presets

Four pre-built templates get you started without thinking about parameters:
PresetWhat it does
Weekend Blitz10% off everything for 48 hours
Stale Stock Clearance20% off cards with 3+ copies for 3 days
Flash Sale15% off cards over $5 for 24 hours
Volume Push5% off cards under $10 for 1 week
Click any preset to pre-fill the wizard. Adjust as needed before saving.

What you see

  • Active sales show an amber SALE badge with a countdown timer in the rules list
  • Expired sales show a grey EXPIRED badge with the order count during the sale window
  • Past sales are visible at the bottom of the rules list with basic performance stats

Important details

  • The discount applies to your computed price, not to market price. If your rules say 12andyourun2012 and you run 20% off, you get 9.60.
  • Never-go-down still works. If it’s holding a card at 15,thesalediscounts15, the sale discounts 15, not the lower rule-computed value.
  • Sale prices still respect your $1 floor. No card will ever go below the floor, even during a sale.
  • If two sales match the same card, only one applies (the highest-priority sale wins). They don’t compound.
  • Sales appear in a separate section on the Rules page. They don’t participate in rule priority ordering.
  • The expiry check runs every 5 minutes. Your sale may run up to 5 minutes past the stated duration before prices revert.
  • The same discount applies every reprice cycle. A 20% off sale gives you exactly 20% off every time, with no price drift or spiral.
Temporary sales only adjust card prices, not shipping. If you want to run a “free shipping” promotion, adjust your shipping threshold in Settings > Pricing separately.