WooCommerce Pricing Automation Using Google Sheets and Competitor Price Tracking ⸻ Project Overview I operate a WooCommerce e-commerce website with approximately 2000 products sourced from multiple wholesale distributors. Each distributor provides pricing information differently, including Excel spreadsheets, online catalogs, PDFs, or manual lookup. I need an efficient, low-cost system to manage pricing that minimizes manual effort and allows pricing updates to be performed by multiple people if needed. This project is to build a pricing automation system, not to manage pricing on an ongoing basis. ⸻ Scope of Work 1. Master Pricing Spreadsheet Create a Google Sheets based master pricing file that will serve as the single source of truth for product pricing. The spreadsheet must include the following columns: SKU Product Name Brand Manufacturer Part Number Wholesale Vendor Wholesale Cost MAP Price (if applicable) Amazon Price (automatically populated) Sweetwater Price (automatically populated) Guitar Center Price (automatically populated) Lowest Competitor Price (calculated) Target Selling Price (calculated) Margin Percentage (calculated) Push to WooCommerce (Yes or No) Last Updated Timestamp All formulas must be visible, documented, and editable by a non-technical user. ⸻ 2. Competitor Price Retrieval Implement automated competitor pricing retrieval using safe and compliant methods such as Google Shopping data, APIs, or approved Google Sheets add-ons. Requirements: Prices must be refreshable weekly Matching must be based on Brand and Manufacturer Part Number The system must handle missing or unavailable pricing gracefully Direct scraping of competitor websites is not allowed ⸻ 3. Pricing Logic and Margin Protection Build pricing logic that: Respects MAP pricing where applicable Prices products within 1 to 2 percent of the lowest competitor Enforces a minimum margin threshold Clearly flags products that fall below margin, violate MAP, or result in a loss Pricing logic must be easy to modify without programming knowledge. ⸻ 4. WooCommerce Bulk Update Process Create a repeatable workflow to update WooCommerce pricing using CSV import. Deliverables include: A WooCommerce compatible CSV export format Instructions for updating regular prices Instructions for updating sale prices SKU based matching only No direct database access or edits ⸻ 5. Documentation and Handoff Provide clear written documentation explaining: How the pricing spreadsheet works How competitor pricing is refreshed How target pricing is calculated How to export and import pricing into WooCommerce How to add new products to the system Common troubleshooting steps Documentation must allow another person to operate the system without the original developer. ⸻ Technical Requirements Google Sheets experience required WooCommerce experience required Strong Excel and Google Sheets formula knowledge Experience with pricing automation or e-commerce analytics Clear written documentation required ⸻ What This Project Is Not This is not a daily pricing management role This is not enterprise software implementation This is not illegal or aggressive web scraping This is not manual price checking ⸻ Deliverables Fully functional Google Sheets pricing system Automated competitor price retrieval Margin and MAP enforcement logic WooCommerce CSV import workflow Complete written documentation ⸻ Timeline Estimated completion time is 10 to 14 days from project start. ⸻ Budget Fixed price budget range of 300 to 600 USD. Please explain your proposed approach and tools before starting. ⸻ Ownership All spreadsheets, formulas, documentation, and workflows created during this project become my property upon completion.