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Rule simulation

How to test a Market Rule before running it live and how to interpret the simulation results.

Why Simulate

Simulation shows the likely impact before anything changes on your store

Simulation is the safest way to check whether a rule is behaving as you expect. Instead of sending price changes to your site immediately, Pricemaster calculates the proposed outcomes first and gives you a review screen.

How To Run A Simulation
1

Open the rules list

Find the rule you want to test.

2

Click Simulate

Pricemaster runs the simulation in the background and shows a progress view while it works through the selected products.

3

Open the results page

Once complete, the simulation results page shows which products would change and what those changes would look like.

Reading Results

What to look for before going live

  • Check how many products would actually change.
  • Look for unusually large upward or downward moves.
  • Review products where your current understanding of the market says the result looks wrong.
  • If needed, refine tags, supplier filters, timing, or the strategy itself before simulating again.
Good workflow: simulate, review the exception cases, refine the rule, simulate again, then run live once the result set looks commercially sensible.