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How the AI-Assisted Pricing-Change Defensibility Kit gate works
How the AI-Assisted Pricing-Change Defensibility Kit runs a price-change announcement through its claims, benchmark, and margin floor and rolls up to the worst: a fabricated-benchmark / margin-floor gate forces DO NOT PUBLISH when a comparison can't be backed up, whatever else checks out.
How the gate works
This tool grades an AI-suggested pricing change before you publish it. It reads 4 checks and rolls them into one verdict — the worst, never the average — and then a gate that can only make it worse.
The 4 checks
| Check | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Elasticity assumption sourced | SOURCEDdemand assumption is cited |
| Competitive claim substantiated | UNSUBSTANTIATEDcompetitive claim has no source |
| No fabricated benchmarkfix first | FABRICATEDthe benchmark behind the price is invented |
| Margin floor honored | HONOREDunit margin $58 ≥ $40 floor |
The verdict bands
A fabricated benchmark or a price that sits below your margin floor forces DO NOT PUBLISH no matter how clean the rest reads. A recommendation built on an invented number — or one that quietly breaks your floor — is not defensible, and the gate can only make the verdict worse, never better.
In the worked sample it reads DO NOT PUBLISH — The proposed price clears the margin floor — a $58 unit margin against a $40 floor — and the elasticity assumption is sourced. But two checks fail: the competitive claim is unsubstantiated, and the benchmark behind the recommendation is fabricated. Either one alone forces DO NOT PUBLISH; a clean margin can't rescue a price built on an invented number. The one thing to fix first: The benchmark is fabricated — replace the invented comparison with a real, cited source, or drop the claim. A clean margin never rescues a made-up number..
Common questions
Can every check look survivable on the How the Pricing-Change Defensibility gate works and the company still read DO NOT PUBLISH?
Yes. The roll-up takes the worst of 4 checks — never the average — then a worsen-only gate, the Fabricated-benchmark / margin-floor gate, escalates when trouble clusters. In the worked sample it reads DO NOT PUBLISH because the proposed price clears the margin floor — a $58 unit margin against a $40 floor — and the elasticity assumption is sourced. But two checks fail: the competitive claim is unsubstantiated, and the benchmark behind the recommendation is fabricated. Either one alone forces DO NOT PUBLISH; a clean margin can't rescue a price built on an invented number.
What is a worsen-only gate?
A dispositive rule that can only lower a verdict, never raise it. One fatal flaw overrides an otherwise-set of survivable lines, because a single disqualifying gap shouldn't hide behind an average of the healthy ones. The tool also names the one thing to fix first — here, "The benchmark is fabricated — replace the invented comparison with a real, cited source, or drop the claim. A clean margin never rescues a made-up number.".
A defensibility aid for your own pre-publish review — not financial or legal advice. It grades the pricing recommendation, not people, and sets no price for you. Competitive and savings claims you publish can carry FTC substantiation obligations; confirm anything material with the appropriate advisor.
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