Pricing rules

A pricing rule suggests a price for one GPU model on one marketplace. You choose a market reference and a maximum price.

Create a rule

In a GPU model block, select Add rule in the row of the marketplace. The window title shows that marketplace; a rule stays on the marketplace it was created for. Card class lists only classes that have servers on that marketplace and no rule there yet.
Select the Aim: lower quartile, median, or upper quartile of market prices.
Set the Offset from that reference as a percentage.
Set the Ceiling, the highest price you are willing to offer.
Check the Reliability floor, if enabled.

The preview shows a price for your chosen settings. Each rule uses fresh offers from its own marketplace. Check the sample size: a small number of machines gives a less reliable picture of the market.

The minimum price is based on measured electricity use and your electricity rate. Check the rate in Profile. You do not need to enter a separate minimum.

After saving, review the suggestions. Adjust the rule if the suggested prices do not suit your goals.

When there is no suggestion

Read the reason next to the rule. Common causes include:

not enough recent market or server data;
no published listing on the selected marketplace;
the marketplace account is not connected because its key was rejected;
reliability below the threshold you chose;
the current price already matches the rule;
electricity cost above the ceiling;
electricity cost data is unavailable;
a recent suggestion was dismissed or a price change is still pending.

A price increase may wait for evidence of demand from your rentals. Servers under maintenance are excluded. Fixed prices in Clore currencies remain unchanged when the dollar price changes.

If Flotera has not evaluated the rule yet, wait for its status to update. A GPU model mismatch between the server and marketplace is shown next to the rule.

Automatic price updates

Automatic price updates cover Vast.ai, Clore.ai and QuickPod. You can also apply a suggestion manually with Set price.

Enable updates for all servers in Marketplaces → Your listings, or for one server on its Marketplace tab. Individual On and Off settings take priority; Use general setting restores the shared setting. Review the affected servers before confirming.

Flotera applies new suggestions to published listings while the server is free. Each listing uses its own rule. Only the price changes; on Clore, the spot floor changes with it. Publication, currencies and other terms stay unchanged.

Only suggestions made after automatic updates are turned on for the server are applied. Earlier ones stay in Strategy for you to apply or dismiss.
A rented server is skipped. While a rental runs on any linked marketplace, including a rental of some of its GPUs, automatic updates neither raise nor lower the price. The next new suggestion after the rental ends is applied.
Hidden, withdrawn, and paused listings, servers under maintenance, and listings without fresh marketplace data are skipped.
Editing a price by hand does not turn automatic updates off. A suggestion computed before your edit is not applied, but the next new suggestion may change the price again. Turn Auto off if you want to keep your manual price.

The spot floor on Clore

Applying a suggestion changes the spot floor in proportion to the main price. For example, a 10% price reduction also lowers the spot floor by 10%. Check both values in the suggestion before applying it.

At least one accepted currency must follow the dollar for pricing suggestions to work. If every price is fixed in coin, no suggestion is produced. The rule uses the dollar price you set; an exchange-rate change alone does not change it.

Status of a listing

The Auto price column in Your listings shows the state of each listing in one line, with the full reason in the tooltip:

On — the next new suggestion for the listing will be applied. The time of the last change follows, for example On · applied 13:33.
Applying… — a price is being written to the listing, by automatic updates or by Set price.
Waiting — adjust the settings or wait for market data; the reason appears alongside, such as costs above the ceiling or low reliability.
Skipped — the listing is left alone for now, with the reason: for example it is rented on another marketplace, or there is no fresh price.
— — the listing is skipped for a reason the State column already shows: hidden, no data, or rented.
Refused — a write failed or stayed unconfirmed. Check the reason and next attempt time.
No rule — no pricing rule covers the listing.
Stands still — automatic updates are unavailable for this account.

Individual marks a server whose individual setting differs from the switch for all servers: on while everything else is off, or the other way round. The server’s Marketplace tab shows the same status for each of its listings in the Auto price column. Automatic price update history lists each automatic change with the old and new price, the result, and the reason, and the marketplace journal shows these changes as Price updated automatically, with the spot floor when it moved. While automatic updates are on, the statuses and the history refresh by themselves every few seconds. The result also arrives as a notification.

Result being checked means the marketplace has not confirmed the change. Wait for Applied, Not applied or an unconfirmed result. If the change cannot be confirmed, check the actual listing price before editing again.

Turning Auto off stops changes that have not been sent yet. A change already sent may still complete; check its result. Turning Auto off does not restore a previous price. A frozen account can turn Auto off but cannot turn it on.

Edit or delete a rule

Use Edit to change the settings. Delete stops new suggestions and removes the current suggestion for that rule. The price already set on the marketplace stays unchanged.

If another window changed the rule, compare the saved settings with your draft. Choose Use the saved settings or Keep mine and save. Reload before deleting a rule that changed elsewhere.

If the rule’s aim is unavailable, select another aim in its settings.

SuggestionsReview prices and apply or dismiss a suggestion.

QuickPod

A rule covers linked QuickPod machines of the selected GPU class. The price is per GPU-hour in $0.001 steps and applies to every GPU of the machine. During a rental, you can apply a reduction manually; Auto waits for the rental to end. See QuickPod setup.