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AB Group
Field used for testing optimization impact
Active Since
Time at which the values in this row changed as an ISO 8601 UTC timestamp (e.g. 2022-04-24T22:54:51Z)
Active Till
Timestamp until which a KPI had a certain value (ISO 8601 UTC 2022-04-24T22:54:51Z)
Aggregated Sales Difference
Predicted Sales Before Returns over Actual Sales Before Returns
Stock
Stock of the product distributed to one specific market and channel.
Availability
Number between 0% - product not available to purchase and 100% - fully available for purchase
Avg Commission Cost
Cost paid to a third party platform for selling the item on the platform per sold item after returns
AVG Comp Gross Red Price
AVG of all available competitor prices for the product
Conv Fkt To Main Currency
Average factor the foreign currency has to be multiplied with to get to values in the main currency (e.g. 1.2 to get from GBP to EUR). This average is derived from the lastest transactions.
Cost Per Click
Average cost of getting one paid click. 11 EUR marketing cost / 11 paid clicks = 1 EUR avg_cost_per_click
Avg Gross Red Price
The daily average gross red price for which a product was sold (effective price). This value is including tax and is in the original currency
Avg Inbound Cost
Return cost in main currency per returned item
Avg Marketing Cost
Marketing cost in main currency per sold item before returns
Avg Other Cost
All other costs per sold item before returns. This cost has similar behavior as avg_outbound_cost and avg_marketing_cost
Avg Outbound Cost
Cost of sending the product from the warehouse to the customer minus any shipping revenue paid by the customer in main currency. Outbound cost can include logistic cost, shipment cost, call center cost and payment cost
Avg Purchase Price
Historical net cost of 1 good sold (without tax) including shipping cost to the warehouse (e.g. landed cost) in main currency
Avg Raw Margin 365 Days
Average raw margin over 365 days
Raw Profit Margin
Profit Margin after Purchase Cost and before all other costs including vouchers for the products in the optimization
Avg Red Price Discount Spending
The EUR value you spend per (sales_before_returns - returns) for volume discount for example, 10% less if you buy 20 items or more, 3% sconto for paying cash, aftersale discount on red price to avoid a return, customer specific discount for a large customer (e.g. Siemens).
Avg Voucher Spending
The EUR value you spend per (sales_before_returns - returns) for vouchers like newsletter vouchers.
Basket Position
Rank that SKU has in the basket
Benchmark Group
Group of products used to estimate the seasonality of the product and its long-term sales potential. This group is also used to calculate the Benchmark Sell Through Rate.
Benchmark Sell Through Rate
Share of product's Sales Before Returns expected to be sold within the short-term forecast period (default 14 days) divided by Sales Before Returns until the Liquidation End Date
Brand
Name of the brand of the product
Bundle ID
Unique identifier of a bundle of products. Is mapped as product_id in all other tables (i.e. transactions, prices).
Channel
Sales domain where the product was sold (e.g. amazon.de for Amazon sales channel)
Channel Currency
Three letter code for local channel specific currency according to ISO 4217 (e.g. EUR for Euro currency)
Color
Main color of the product
Commission Cost
Net commission costs in main currency paid for selling these products on a third party platform (e.g. Zalando, or Amazon)
Commission Rate
Share of the gross red price spend on commission cost for selling these products on a third party platform (e.g. Zalando, or Amazon)
Commission Rate Start Gross Red Price
Gross Red Price in local currency from which the corresponding commission rate should be applied. The corresponding commission rate will be applied up to the next highest Start Gross Red Price. If no higher Start Gross Red Price is specified, the corresponding commission rate will be applied to all prices higher than that price.
Comp Delivery Time
Number of days the competitor needs for shipping the product to the end customer
Comp Red Price
Gross Red Price after discount including taxes in local currency excluding Shipping Price
Comp Is Active
True if the product is online in the webshop and could be bought by the end customer in that period
Comp Name
Name of the company selling the crawled product
Comp Shipping Price
Price for shipping the product from the competitor warehouse to the end customer in local currency
Competitor URL
Link where the Competitor Price was crawled from
Conv Fkt To Main Currency
Factor the foreign currency has to be multiplied with to get to values in the main currency (e.g. 1.2 to get from GBP to EUR)
Competitor Count
Count how many competitors are in the competitor statistics like the Min Comp Price
Cross Sell Category
Split of products by the amount of avg. cross sell in 5 equally large buckets. Cross sell is calculated as the total revenue from other products bought in the same basket over the last 90 days, after the return period, but only when the product was the basket opener, defined as being in the first basket position in at least three orders.
Cur Bundle Discount
Discount the bundle Gross Red Price has vs. the sum of the Gross Red Prices of the contained products in the bundle
Current Black Price
Current Gross Black Price before discounts including taxes in local currency
RRP
Current Recommended Retail Price (RRP) provided by the supplier of the product in local currency including sales taxes
Current Price
The current gross red price for which a product is sold. This value is including tax and is in the original currency
Current Price Active Since
Date that the Current Price became active
Current Price Online Days
Days that Current Price was online
Current Marketing Option
The latest marketing steering provided
Cur. Marketing Intensity
Current intensity of the marketing steering. The higher the number, the more aggressive the steering and the higher the marketing spend.
Cur Purchase Price
Current net cost of 1 good sold (without tax) including shipping cost to the warehouse (e.g. landed cost) in main currency
Customer Lifetime Value
Incremental future profit increase driven by the transaction in main currency. Is typically higher for new customers and customers with higher repurchase rates.
Date
Calendar day in format "YYYY-MM-DD"
Days since 1st active price
Counts the days since getting the first active price for the product in the market/channel. We use the earliest active price period for the product or the first sale of the product if that happened earlier.
Days since 1st Sale
Counts the days since getting the first sale for the product across all markets & channels.
Days since 1st Sale Category
Categorizes products in age buckets based on the days since getting the first sale for the products.
Discount
(Gross Black Price - Optimal Price) / Gross Black Price
EAN
13 digit International Article Number (also known as European Article Number)
Liquidation End Date
Date by which the product should reach the Target Sell-Through Rate (e.g. season end date) in ISO 8601 format (i.e. YYYY-MM-DD; e.g. 2025-06-30)
Liquidation End Value
Product's net value in main currency at liquidation end date to calculate the write-off for the seasonal profit calculation. The purchase price is the default value if not specified.
Forecast Date
The forecast's creation date, which is usually also the first forecasted day
Gross Black Price
Gross price before vouchers in local currency including sales taxes
Gross Omnibus Price
This is the lowest price within the last 30 days or NULL if such a price doesn't need to be displayed according to the "Omnibus Directive" (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/2161).
RRP
Recommended Retail Price (RRP) provided by the supplier of the product in local currency including sales taxes
Gross Red Price
Gross price after discounts and before vouchers in local currency including sales taxes
Price raw margin 365 days
Gross red price raw margin in the past 365 days
Inbound Cost
Logistic and discard costs in main currency linked to handling these returns.
Is Active
Indicator that determines if the product is available for purchase in the specified period, regardless of stock levels or other factors you are already sending.
Is Own Brand
True if retailer owns the brand
Stock-capped
Boolean flagging indicating if the product sales are limited by the Stock + Stock From Expected Returns. Using stock capping can lead to automated price increases as the optimizer will avoid to run out of stock. e.g. If there is 10 items on stock, we can't predict to sell more than 10 items over the prediction period.
KVI Rank
Ranking of how important a product is for the end customer. Rank 1 identifying the most important product. By default, the ranking is based on historical revenue, the number of competitor prices and the historic margin as KVIs are highly price-sensitive.
Conv Fkt To Main Currency
Latest factor the foreign currency has to be multiplied with to get to values in the main currency (e.g. 1.2 to get from GBP to EUR), on a channel basis.
Live Share
The percentage of products in the optimization for which the optimal price is online.
Main Currency
Three letter code for main currency according to ISO 4217 that we use for revenue summation across channels with different currencies (e.g. EUR for Euro currency)
Market
Country where the product was sold using ISO 3166 format (e.g. DE for Germany)
Marketing Cost
Net marketing costs (SEA, price comparison commission, other advertising) linked to these sales after returns
Marketing Option
Marketing steering that led to the clicks/traffic during a period of time
Campaign Type
Description of the campaign type used to steer the marketing intensity. We support "CpC" in which case marketing_option_float is the Cost per Click steering, "tROAS" in which case marketing_option_float = 100 / tROAS (e.g. 0.25 for a 400% tROAS), "ACoS" in which case marketing_option_float is Advertising Cost of Sale = Marketing Cost / Revenue (e.g. 0.25 for a 25% ACoS)
Marketing Intensity
The intensity of the marketing steering (e.g. 0.7 for 70 cent max cost per click campaigns OR 0.25 for 25% ACoS OR 0.25 for 400% tROAS)
Max Comp Gross Red Price
The maximum competitor price crawled for this product
Max Comp Names
Name of companies offering the most expensive price for the product
Med Comp Gross Red Price
Median of all available competitor prices for the product
Min Comp Gross Red Price
Minimum competitor price for the given market and product during that period
Min Comp Names
Name of companies offering the cheapest price for the product
Min Competitor Price
Smallest Gross Competitor Price in local currency
Name
Name of the product
N-th Most Recent Price Change
The n-th most recent competitor price period for the given market and product (newest period is 1st)
Optimal Price
Optimal Gross Price in local currency for the given rules and targets
Competitive Positioning
Optimal Price / Min Competitor Price -1
Optimization ID
Unique identifier of the optimization
Optimal Marketing Option
The recommended marketing steering
Opt. Marketing Intensity
Optimal intensity of the marketing steering. The higher the number, the more aggressive the steering and the higher the marketing spend.
Opt Name
Name of the optimization given by the user
Optimization Group
Combination of Product ID, Market and Channel which should receive the same optimization result.
Optimization Value
Description of the option that was available for the optimizer to chose from. e.g. price 29.99 EUR
Order ID
Unique identifier for the order to which the product belongs
Order Quantity
The amount of products we recommend to order over the selected period of time
Order Value
The value of the order quantity in terms of purchase_price.
Other Cost
Other costs in main currency you consider in your profit calculation for these sales
Outbound Cost
Costs in main currency of sending these products from the warehouse to the customer. You can add logistic cost, shipment cost, call center cost, and payment cost. And you can subtract shipping revenue paid by the customer.
Paid Clicks
Number of visits from paid sources
Picture
URL to a Thumbnail of a product picture. Common thumbnail sizes include 75x75, 100x100, 150x150, and up to 300x300 pixels. Typical sizes ranging from 10 KB to 50 KB.
ACoS
Advertising Cost of Sales, (ACoS), is a marketing metric that measures the efficacy of a digital advertising campaign. It's calculated as Marketing Cost / Revenue Before Returns
Commission Cost / Sale
Predicted cost paid to a third party platform for selling the item on the platform per sold item after returns
Conversion Rate
Predicted Sales Before Returns / Predicted Clicks
Cost per Click
Predicted Marketing Cost/ Predicted Paid Clicks in main currency
Customer Lifetime Value
Incremental future profit increase by sales before returns in main currency. Is typically higher for new customers and customers with higher repurchase rates.
Elasticity
Predicted change of demand over change of price from current to optimal using the midpoint formula ((q2-q1)/((q2+q1)/2))/((p2-p1)/((p2+p1)/2))
Gross Red Price Prior Season
Average gross red price in the preceding period.
Inbound Cost / Return
Predicted cost if customer returns one product in main currency
Liquidation End Profit
Sum of profit from sales until Liquidation End and write-offs from stock left-over at the Liquidation End date
Liquidation End Profit Impact
Difference between the predicted Liquidation End Profit after optimization vs. the predicted Liquidation End Profit before optimization.
Liquidation End Profit Optimization Group
Sum of net profit from sales until Liquidation End and write-offs from stock left-over at the Liquidation End date for all products in the Optimization Group
Liquidation End Stock
Predicted amount of left-over stock at the Liquidation End Date in the specific market-channel
Marketing Cost / Sale
Predicted Marketing Cost / Predicted Sales Before Returns in main currency
Net ACoS
Net Advertising Cost of Sales, (Net ACoS), is a marketing metric that measures the efficacy of a digital advertising campaign. It's calculated as Marketing Cost / Revenue After Returns
OOS Factor
Sales Weighted OOS Factor. It is used to correct the sales from last season in the order optimization.
Other Cost / Sale
Predicted other costs per sold item before returns in main currency. This cost has similar behavior as avg_outbound_cost and avg_marketing_cost
Outbound Cost / Sale
Cost of sending the product from the warehouse to the customer minus any shipping revenue paid by the customer by product in main currency. Outbound cost can include logistic cost, shipment cost, call center cost and payment cost
Price Change Impact Factor
Price Change Impact Factor is the predicted sales impact by optimizing prices. It is used to correct the sales from last season in the order optimization.
Profit Margin
Predicted Profit Margin after all predicted costs and vouchers for the products in the optimization
Promotion Rank
Ranking of Products/Optimization Groups by suitability for a promotion campaign. By default, it is based on Stock Reach and historic Profit/Sale. However, the exact calculation method can be adjusted. As an example, "Promotion Rank <= 100" will select the 100 Products/Optimization Groups most recommended for a promotion in a given sales channel.
Red Price Discount Rate
Predicted share of revenue after returns spend on red price discounts in percent (e.g. 3% for paying the order in advance)
Red Price Discount Spending / Sale
Predicted amount of revenue after returns spend on red price discounts
Return Rate
Predicted Returns / Predicted Sales Before Returns in %
Revenue per Click
Predicted Revenue per Click in main currency
ROAS
Return On Advertising Spend, (ROAS), is a marketing metric that measures the efficacy of a digital advertising campaign. It's calculated as Revenue before Returns / Marketing Cost
Sales until Liquidation End
Predicted amount of Sales after Returns to be sold until the liquidation end date from the start of the forecast period
Salvage Value Percent
Percentage of Purchase Price that is left of the net product price after subtracting all inbound and outbound related costs. (Net Price - (Inbound Cost + Outbound Cost)) / Purchase price
Stock From Expected Returns
Stock expected to be available from returns of sales in the last 60 days
STR Liquidation End
Predicted Sell Through Rate (STR) the product will reach at the Liquidation End.
Voucher Rate
Predicted share of net revenue after returns spend on vouchers/coupons in percent
Voucher Spending / Sale
Predicted amount of revenue after returns spend on vouchers/coupons
Clicks
Predicted Clicks on the product
Commission Cost
Predicted sum of net commission cost paid for selling these articles on a third party platform (e.g. Zalando, or Amazon) in main currency
Customer Lifetime Value
Predicted incremental future profit increase driven by the transaction in main currency. Is typically higher for new customers and customers with higher repurchase rates.
Inbound Cost
Predicted cost for returns in main currency
Marketing Cost
Predicted Marketing Cost in main currency
Stock At Optimization Start
Remaining Stock at the beginning of the optimization period selected in the Steering.
Sales until Opt Start
The amount of Sales After Returns we predict from the first day of the forecast until the start of the selected optimization period
Stock Reach Weeks Ordering
Prediction after how many weeks the product is running out of stock based on the optimal gross_red_price.
Organic Clicks
Predicted number of visits from sources without direct marketing cost (e.g. direct mail, traffic without marketing cost)
Other Cost
Predicted Other Cost in main currency
Outbound Cost
Cost of sending the product to the customer minus any shipping revenue paid by the customer in main currency. Outbound cost can include logistic cost, shipment cost, call center cost and payment cost
Paid Clicks
Predicted number of visits from paid sources
Profit
Predicted Net Profit in main currency
Profit Margin
Predicted profit margin.
Profit Optimization Group
Sum of net profit after all predicted cost in main currency for all products in the optimization group over the optimized date period
Profit
Predicted Net Profit in main currency
Purchase Cost
Predicted Sales Before Returns * Purchase Price provided for prediction in main currency
Red Price Discount Cost
Predicted Sum of additional discount spending in main currency on top of vouchers and discounts (e.g. 4 EUR customer specific rebate)
Returns
Predicted Items to be returned by the customer
Revenue
Predicted Net Revenue in main currency
Revenue
Predicted Net Revenue in main currency
Sales After Returns Prior Season
Sales after returns in the preceding period.
Sales Before Returns
Predicted Sales Before Returns for the products in the optimization during the optimization period
Sales Before Returns
Predicted Sales Before Returns for the products in the optimization during the optimization period
Voucher Cost
Predicted Cost for vouchers/coupons in main currency
Prev Gross Red Price Ordering
Weighted 365 day average of the product's gross red price used as baseline for the predictions.
Price Change
Difference between the optimal and current prices in %.
Price Change Direction
Direction of price change for optimal price compared to current price. Price Increase if optimal price is higher than current price, Price Reduction if optimal price is lower than current price. No Change if optimal price is equal current price.
Price Change Ordering
Difference between the optimal price and the Prev Gross Red Price Ordering in %. This gives an indication how the long-term historic price should change for the next ordering period.
Producer
Manufacturer of the product
Product Category 1
Top-level category the product belongs to (ideally less than 20 distinct category values)
Product Category 2
Product sub-category the products belongs to
Product Category 3
Product sub-sub-category the products belongs to
Product Group ID
Marks products belonging together (e.g. across sizes) - can be used for prices to move in the same direction
Product ID
Unique identifier of the product or SKU
Product URL
URL where the product can be found
Profit
Net profit in main currency after all delivered costs
Profit Accuracy
Sum of predicted profit in the optimization divided by the sum of the actual profit over the same period of time. Values close to 100% indicate good predictability.
Profit
Sum of net profit after all predicted cost in main currency for all products in the optimization over the optimized period
Profit Impact
Difference between the actual (realized) profit and what the profit would have been without the optimization.
Profit Margin
Predicted Profit Margin after all predicted cost in % for the products in the optimization over the optimization period
Promotion Name
Name of the promotional activity
Promotion Names
Array of names of the promotional campaigns, as there could be multiple campaigns running at the same time.
Purchase Cost
The sum of net landed cost of all products sold in the transaction, including freight cost from the production facility to the warehouse, customs duties, tariffs, insurance, handling fees, and any other import-related expenses in main currency (i.e., COGS or cost of goods sold).
Purchase Price
Net landed cost of a single unit sold, including freight cost from the production facility to the warehouse, customs duties, tariffs, insurance, handling fees, and any other import-related expenses in main currency (i.e., COGS or cost of goods sold).
Purchase Price Category
Split of products by purchase price in 5 equally large buckets
Red Price Discount Spending
The total net value of extra discounts (e.g., customer-specific rebates) in the main currency, other than voucher spending.
Returns
Number of items returned
Revenue
Net revenue in main currency after returns, vouchers, and discounts
Revenue 12 Month
Sum of net product revenue of market & channels in the forecast in main currency after returns from 2-14 month ago (to wait for returns)
Revenue
Sum of net product revenue in main currency after returns (if available) without customer payments for the delivery/return of the product
Revenue Before Returns
Net revenue before returns in main currency after vouchers, and discounts
Revenue Impact
Difference between the actual (realized) revenue and what the revenue would have been without the optimization.
Sales Before Returns
Predicted Sales Before Returns for the products in the optimization during the optimization period
Sales Before Returns
Number of non-cancelled items ordered (e.g. 2 if two items were ordered)
Sales Accuracy
Sum of predicted sales before returns in the optimization divided by the sum of the actual sales before returns over the same period of time. Values close to 100% indicate good predictability.
Sales Before Returns Change
Change of sold items predicted for marketing/price change in % (Capped between -500% and 500%)
Scope
Scope(s) which the product is part of
Season
Main sales period of the product (e.g. summer, winter, ...)
Sell Through Rate
(Sales after Returns since Liquidation Start Date - Stock From Expected Returns)/ (Sales after Returns since Liquidation Start Date + Stock) - for the Optimization Group of the product.
Sell Through Rate Target
Share of Stock that should be sold out at Liquidation End Date
Shelf Location
Row in an offline shelf where product is usually placed
Size
Size of the product
Liquidation Start Date
Date from which the Sell Through Rate of the product is calculated (e.g. season start date) in ISO 8601 format (i.e YYYY-MM-DD; e.g. 2025-03-01)
Stock Change
Changes to your inventory in the future (e.g. restocking, write-offs, and other inventory adjustments)
Stock Reach Weeks
Prediction after how many weeks the product is running out of stock
Stock Start Of Day
Number of items available for sale in the beginning of the day
Tax Rate
Rate of sales tax used to calculate net revenue from gross price. This value must be provided as a decimal (e.g. 0.19 for 19% for most products in Germany)
Time
Date and time when the items were ordered as an ISO 8601 UTC timestamp (e.g. 2024-02-06 22:54:51+00:00)
Total Clicks
Total number of visitors to the product's dedicated detail page from paid and unpaid sources (decimal in case several products share traffic)
tROAS
tROAS (Target Return on Ad Spend) is a bid strategy used in digital advertising where you can set a desired return on ad spend as a percentage. tROAS = Revenue Before Returns/Marketing Cost
Upload Channel
The sales domain where prices will be uploaded (e.g., amazon.de for Amazon sales channel). This is used to distinguish the primary channel in the optimization process from any additional sub-channel where prices are uploaded (e.g., zafr for Zalando France if optimized prices should be sent via an API call to tradebyte).
Upload Conv Fkt To Main Currency
The factor by which the foreign currency has to be multiplied to convert to values in the main currency (e.g., 1.2 to convert from GBP to EUR). This is used to differentiate conversion factors from any additional sub-channel definitions.
Upload Currency
The currency code according to ISO 4217 format (e.g., EUR for Euro). This is used to differentiate the channel currency from any additional sub-channel definitions.
Upload End Date
The day on which the optimization effectively ended, either because the optimization end date was reached, or because subsequent optimizations took over.
Upload Market
The country code according to ISO 3166 format (e.g., DE for Germany). This is used to differentiate the market ISO code from any additional sub-channel definitions.
Upload Start Date
The day on which the optimization was uploaded.
Voucher Rate
Share of net revenue after returns spend on vouchers/coupons in percent
Voucher Spending
Sum of net voucher spending after returns in main currency (e.g. 5/(1+0.19)=4.2 EUR voucher for newsletter).