Glossary
Price change noise
Price change noise is small, sub-1% price fluctuation caused by automated repricing tools, currency rounding, or bulk pricing rules, rather than a deliberate pricing decision. Most raw price-change data is dominated by this kind of noise, not meaningful moves. Filtering it out is what separates a real signal, like an actual price cut, from routine background activity that does not need a response.
Learn more: How much of competitor price data is noise
Related terms
Compare-at priceCompare-at price is the "was" price a Shopify store enters alongside the current selling price to display a product as discounted, for example a crossed-out $80 next to a $60 sale price.Catalog-wide price changeA catalog-wide price change is when many SKUs from the same store change price at the same time, typically 50 or more.Significance scoringSignificance scoring is an AI classification, low, medium, or high, applied to each detected competitor event to separate background activity from events worth a person's attention.
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