What is Target Price?
Target Price is the price selected by your Smart Triggers (or the ScoutIQ Default Triggers) to evaluate whether a book is worth buying.
This same value is also:
Called List Price inside the Profit Calculator
Used as the List Price in the Add to Buy List workflow (ScoutIQ 2)
The recommended price to list your item at
How Target Price Works
ScoutIQ and ScoutIQ 2 analyze multiple market factors to determine a realistic selling price, including:
Prime prices
All used prices
The Used Buy Box
Amazon’s price
The book’s eScore
Based on these inputs, the app selects a Target Price that balances profitability and likelihood of sale.
This is the price the app uses to calculate profit and make sourcing decisions.
Where to Find Target Price
ScoutIQ 2:
Located in the upper-left corner, highlighted in black on the Scout Screen
Original ScoutIQ App:
Highlighted in orange on the Standard Scout Screen
Appears in the upper-left corner on Scout Lite
Target Price vs. List Price
These are not different prices—just different labels depending on where you are in the app:
Profit Calculator: List Price
Buy List (ScoutIQ 2): List Price
It’s always the same number, carried through your workflow.
Why the Highlighted Price Doesn’t Always Match
Most of the time:
👉 The highlighted offer on the scout screen will match the Target Price (List Price)
But there’s one important exception:
When Amazon’s Price is selected
If Smart Triggers choose Amazon’s price as the reference point:
The app will automatically subtract a percentage (10% or 20% in the ScoutIQ Default Triggers)
This adjusted value becomes your Target Price / List Price
Why?
To prevent you from pricing a used item directly against Amazon’s new price.
So in this case:
The highlighted offer = Amazon’s price
The Target Price / List Price = a reduced price (after the % is applied)
This is expected behavior—not a mismatch or error.
Interacting with Target Price
Target Price is tappable.
Tap the Target Price or any offer to see how different prices affect your estimated profit
This allows you to explore alternate pricing scenarios
That said:
👉 The preselected Target Price is usually your best guide.
It’s designed to reflect a price that is both profitable and realistically sellable, not just the highest possible price.
How Target Price Drives Accept / Reject
Target Price is used to determine whether a book meets your Target Profit.
Target Profit = your desired profit after fees
The app calculates this using the Target Price (List Price)
What you’ll see:
✅ Accept → Meets your Target Profit
❌ Reject → Does not meet your Target Profit
You can tap the Profit number to open the Profit Calculator and view the full fee breakdown.
Want to Understand How the Price Is Chosen?
This article and the video included in it dive deep on how Smart Triggers select this price.