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Can you check if this pricing claim passes muster in both the US and EU?"},{"title":"EU Omnibus Directive reference price audit","prompt":"Before I launch my sale in Europe on December 1, check whether my reference price of €149 is compliant — the product was priced at €99 for most of the last 60 days, then bumped to €149 on November 20. The sale price is €119 and I'm showing '20% off'."},{"title":"Ongoing subscription discount ad validation","prompt":"I'm advertising a SaaS plan as 'was $129/mo, now $99/mo' for a limited time starting today. The product launched 6 months ago at $99, then went to $129 three weeks ago. Can you verify this discount claim is legally safe to show in the US market?"}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object with a 'ready' boolean indicating overall compliance, a 'checks' array with per-market pass/fail details and explanations, 'fails' and 'warns' arrays summarizing issues, and a 'prices' object showing computed values including the EU prior price, stated vs. computed discount percentages, and sale start date.","failureModes":["Insufficient price history data leads to inconclusive checks","Invalid date formats in history entries cause parsing errors","Missing required fields (now_price) return validation errors","Ambiguous or contradictory history entries may produce unexpected EU prior price calculations","Markets outside 'us', 'eu', or 'both' are not supported"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need to verify that a promotional discount claim (was/now pricing, percentage-off banners) is legally compliant before launch in US and/or EU markets. It is purpose-built for consumer protection law checks — specifically FTC guidelines (US) and the EU Omnibus Directive — and is the right choice over generic legal or text analysis tools when you have concrete price history and a specific sale claim to validate.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-21T07:19:08.145Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"manylives-discount-claim-checker-e1afded3"}