What is a max buy price?
Max buy price
Max buy price is the sourcing ceiling you take to the rail: pay at or under it, walk away above it. On Resale IQ it is the same arithmetic as buy-below — typical asking price × 0.70 — applied to the named model, then adjusted for condition and size.
Set the ceiling before you leave the house and do not renegotiate it in the shop. The pull to stretch is strongest on attractive items — which other resellers also find attractive, which means they are priced accordingly.
Walking away from a marginal buy costs you an item you would have made very little on. Buying it costs you the cash, the shelf space and the attention, all of which had a better use.
Adidas Samba, New Balance 530 and Patagonia Synchilla return a live BUY / WATCH / SKIP plus this ceiling on /tools with no account. Other named models use your 10 free checks a day, then Starter at €9 a month for 100 checks. Brand averages on /data are not a max buy price.
For 50 specific models, the Buy-Below Sheet lists the buy-below price next to the median asking price and observed departures (€29 once).
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What is a max buy price?
Max buy price is the sourcing ceiling you take to the rail: pay at or under it, walk away above it. On Resale IQ it is the same arithmetic as buy-below — typical asking price × 0.70 — applied to the named model, then adjusted for condition and size.
Is max buy price different from buy-below?
Same arithmetic. Buy-below names the market statistic; max buy price names the rule you follow at the source. Adjust the statistic down for condition and edge sizes before it becomes a ceiling. Method: https://resaleiq.dev/glossary/buy-below-market
Where do I get a live max buy price?
Adidas Samba, New Balance 530 and Patagonia Synchilla on https://resaleiq.dev/tools. Other models use your 10 free checks a day, then Starter is €9 a month: https://resaleiq.dev/pricing.