Guide prices & fair price

When a shop links guide pricing in SpotPro, CDX can show those saved dollars on lots — as a reference only, not an appraisal. Opening a page does not look up guide prices live.

Seller console · Lots Seller guide Buyer guide

Status: Live — fair-price labels, guide-price chips, lot snapshots, free sync from inventory, optional live refresh when a snapshot is stale, and a nightly free re-copy.

Why this matters

For buyers

See whether a bid or Buy Now looks near / fair / premium / steep versus guide price or metal value. Cards and lots can show dealer guide $… · Guide $… when those numbers are saved.

For shops

Keep guide pricing current in SpotPro. CDX reuses those saved numbers for marketplace context without burning a live lookup on every visitor page view.

When guide prices update

Browse and list are free of live lookups

Action	Live guide lookup?
Buyer browses or opens a lot	Never — saved / snapshot only
List or relist from inventory	Never — free snapshot of SpotPro prices
Seller console → Sync guide prices (free)	Never — re-copy from inventory
Seller console → Refresh guide (live if stale)	Only if snapshot older than ~24h and your keys work
Nightly job	Always free SpotPro re-copy; live only for stale lots with the shop’s own keys
SpotPro inventory guide update	Yes — your normal SpotPro run (source of truth)

What buyers see

Fair-price label

great / fair / premium / steep — e.g. “Near guide price · $121 · MS70” when guide data is present.

Chips & metal value

Guide chips — saved dealer/guide dollars
Metal value and % vs metal on bullion (independent of guide books)
Recent-sales language only when there are enough similar sold lots

Auction prices vs guide prices

What we never overwrite

Your listing prices stay yours. Guide sync / nightly job / live refresh update only reference fields (for labels and chips). They do not change starting bid, reserve, fixed Buy Now, or Buy Now that follows metal.

You set on the lot	What guide update does
Buy Now $100 when guide is $75	Buy Now stays $100. Fair price may say Premium / Steep vs guide · $75 — context, not a price change.
Starting bid / reserve	Unchanged by guide snapshot or nightly job
Buy Now that follows metal	Still tracks metal + your markup/floor — not the guide book
Inventory sell price in SpotPro	CDX guide sync does not rewrite that sell price

Fair price uses the higher of current bid or Buy Now (when set) as the ask compared to guide or metal value.

What sellers should do

Workflow

Link inventory items to guide pricing in SpotPro (same as your normal SpotPro guide workflow).
Run guide price updates in SpotPro when you want fresh dealer numbers.
List to CDX Auction — a snapshot is taken automatically (free).
Optional during a long auction: Seller console → Lots → Sync guide prices (free) after a SpotPro update, or Refresh guide (live if stale).

Nightly free re-copy

What runs overnight

Every live SpotPro-linked lot: re-copy saved inventory guide values (free)
Stale or missing snapshot: optionally look up once with that shop’s own keys
Trial / shared keys are not used
Live lookup volume is capped per run and per shop

What buyers need to know

Guide chips are reference only — not an official appraisal
The shop sets the asking price
Metal value is raw metal only (no rarity or grade)