How to Read a Keepa Chart Before Buying Inventory
Keepa is the price-and-sales-history tool wholesale sellers live by. Reading it correctly tells you whether a product actually sells and what it sells for. Here is the quick version.
What Keepa shows
Keepa charts a product's price and sales-rank history over time. The patterns reveal demand and pricing stability long before you commit cash.
The lines that matter
- Price history: how stable the selling price has been. Wild swings mean risk.
- Sales rank (BSR): lower number = sells more. This is the most important line.
- Buy Box price: what most customers actually pay.
- Offer count: how many sellers compete — more sellers can push price down.
Reading sales velocity
Each time the sales-rank line drops sharply, a unit (or units) sold. Frequent drops mean steady sales; a flat line means it rarely sells. Counting those drops over a month gives you a rough sales estimate.
What to avoid
- Products where the price is trending steadily down.
- Listings with a rising number of sellers crowding in.
- Flat sales-rank lines — slow movers tie up your cash.
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