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Can Friday Seller Tools' Promotion Profit Guard tell me if I'll still make money at the discounted price?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Amazon lightning deal margin check","prompt":"I want to run a lightning deal on my silicone baking mat — it costs me $8 to make, I normally sell it for $24.99, Amazon takes 15% referral fee plus $3.20 FBA fee, and I spend $1.80 per unit on sponsored ads. Run the Promotion Profit Guard to see if a 30% discount still leaves me with at least a 10% net margin."},{"title":"Black Friday Shopify sale profitability","prompt":"Before I launch my Black Friday sale on Shopify, check if a 40% discount on my $49 yoga mat is still profitable — my COGS is $14, Shopify payment fees are 2.9% plus $0.30, and I'm planning to spend $500 on Facebook ads expecting 200 units sold."},{"title":"Walmart promotional price floor calculation","prompt":"I'm about to submit a Walmart rollback promotion for my kitchen scale — it costs me $11.50, normally lists at $29.99, and Walmart charges a 10% referral fee. Use the Promotion Profit Guard to find the lowest promotional price I can set without dipping below a 12% profit margin."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a job_id and queued status immediately; the async result includes a profitability verdict (profitable/break-even/loss), calculated net margin at the promotional price, unit economics breakdown (revenue minus COGS, fees, and ad spend), and a recommended minimum price floor to hit the target margin.","failureModes":["Missing required cost or pricing inputs returns a validation error","Promotional price lower than COGS causes an immediate loss flag","Invalid marketplace fee structure triggers a schema error","Async job may queue with delayed result if service is under load","Negative margin targets or zero-price inputs may return a 400 bad request"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when a seller needs to quickly validate whether a planned promotion, coupon, or markdown on Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, or eBay will remain profitable after accounting for platform fees, cost of goods, and advertising spend. 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