--- title: "Competitor Prices | Marlin Pricing" slug: "competitor-prices" description: "Learn about Competitor Prices in Marlin Tyre and Mechanical Workshop Software by Megabus." updated: 2024-03-13T05:25:09Z published: 2024-03-13T05:25:09Z canonical: "help.megabus.com.au/competitor-prices" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.megabus.com.au/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Competitor Prices **Marlin Tyre and Mechanical Workshop Software** enables competitor tyre price lists, obtained from third party providers or otherwise, to be imported and displayed in the Item Explorer. To enable competitor prices, select **System > Company > Settings** from the menu bar. The **Enterprise Settings** tab will open, showing a list of configurable enterprise settings. Locate **CompetitorPrices.Enable** in the Enterprise Settings list and tick the checkbox to the right. Competitor prices can now be imported, either in bulk, or entered individually and then viewed in the **Competitor Prices** tab of the [Item Explorer](/v1/docs/item-explorer). Note Marlin may need to be closed and then re-opened for the changes to take effect. ## Importing Competitor Prices Once Competitor Prices has been enabled, competitor price lists can be imported by selecting **System > Items > Pricing > Competitor Prices** from the menu bar. The Competitor Prices module will open on the **Search** page, showing a list of active competitor prices. Competitor price lists can be imported as usual, by clicking on the **Import** button to the top-right of the Search list. Tip If opening a competitor price list in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, it is best to import the data as text and choose csv UFT-8 as the format when saving. Other formats may cause complications with the dates. Importing new competitor prices will delete ***all*** existing competitor prices for the competitors included in the import and they will be replaced with the newly imported prices. Once imported, the imported **Speed Load** field will be appended to the imported **Tyre Name** field to become the **Description** shown in Marlin. When importing competitor price lists, non-numeric characters will be removed from the **Tyre Size** column to improve search functionality (e.g. "185/55R18" will be imported as "1855518"). Alternatively, individual competitor prices can be added one at a time. ## Adding Individual Competitor Prices #### System > Items > Pricing > Competitor Prices Individual competitor prices can be added by clicking on the **Add** button to the top-right of the Competitor Prices Search list. The Competitor Prices Add window will open on the **Details** tab, containing a form for adding a new competitor price. In the **Competitor** textbox, enter the name of the competitor for whom the price is listed. In the **Size** textbox, enter the size of the tyre. In the **Description** textbox, enter the Name, Speed and Load of the tyre, if available. In the **Price** textbox, enter the competitor's price for the tyre. In the **Stock Availability** textbox, enter either the competitor's stock availability information as available and appropriate. In the **Specials** textbox, enter the name of any associated specials (e.g. "EOFY Sale"), if available. In the **URL** textbox, enter the URL from which the price was sourced, if available. Use the **Date** calendar picker to select the date on which the price was sourced, or for which the price is valid. Leave the **Active** checkbox ticked to enable the new competitor price within the Marlin system. To save the new competitor price and return to the Search list, click on the **Save** action button to the top-right of the module window. ## Viewing Competitor Prices Once competitor prices have been added to or imported into Marlin, they can be viewed in the [Item Explorer](/v1/docs/item-explorer). If Competitor Prices is enabled, an extra **Competitor Prices** tab will appear in the Details section at the bottom of the Item Explorer (revealed by selecting an item and clicking on the **Details** action button to the top-right of the search results list). The **Current Pricing** section on the left shows the recommended [sell price slot](/v1/docs/sell-price-slots) prices, as entered in Marlin. If available, competitor pricing information relevant to the current [search](https://help.megabus.com.au/docs/item-explorer#item-explorer-search) terms will be shown in the **Competitor Prices** section on the right. Double-clicking on a competitor price will open its associated URL (if available), showing the source of the pricing information. > Search terms entered into item explorer will also search on this bottom table on the Competitor, Size, Description and Stock Availability columns. cannot search for competitor or price / but maybe you don't want to - just leave this for now Note The selected Item Explorer search result does not affect the information shown in the Competitor Prices tab, which is only affected by the current search terms. Tip As with most lists in marlin, the **Competitor Prices** list can be searched through, by clicking on the column heading to sort the data and then clicking on one of the list items and typing the search terms.