smart pricing not working

[Andrea4299]

Hi i'm a relatively new host and have noticed that smart pricing is not working for my one listing. No matter if smart pricing is on / off or what my minimum price is, it just seems to pick a number at random. I recently felt obliged to accept a booking at a much lower rate than my minimum. Having viewed the threads this is a common issue going back years?! I cant reach Airbnb on the phone and have had one user try and assist to no avail. I have now turned off instant booking. Any suggestions please. ?

[Luana130]

Turn it off. That is the advice most experienced hosts would give you. Smart pricing doesn't work. 

Make your research and decide your own prices. I tend to look at my prices and make changes 2 or 3 times a week. It is the best option.

Smart pricing will not get you more bookings.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Andrea4299 

I would recommend turning smart pricing off and then looking at  your local market and/or the recommended prices that Airbnb generate. That said the recommended prices often get stupidly low but you can accept or ignore them easily.

[Andrea4299]

thanks for the replies. Its not just that smart pricing is reducing the price to random amounts, it is ignoring my minimum price?  The only way I have found to adjust the price to a known value which actually stays at that price is to manually edit each day in the calendar one by one. Tech support reckon I must have set the really low price as there is no error with the system which is just not correct. ?I have assured tech support that under no circumstances would I set such a low price and am awaiting their reply. The community threads have mentioned this problem going back years so this definitely needs addressing. 

[Susan1690]

I had the same issue and turned off instant booking