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Provider Cost Comparison is not a quote

Provider Cost Comparison is representative and can be incomplete. The current table does not establish account-specific current pricing, source, currency, destination, shipping, tax, fees, plan discounts, or fetch time. Confirm every amount directly with the provider before pricing or choosing a route.

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What this does

Provider Cost Comparison is representative and can be incomplete. The current table does not establish account-specific current pricing, source, currency, destination, shipping, tax, fees, plan discounts, or fetch time. Confirm every amount directly with the provider before pricing or choosing a route.

Before you begin

  • Use the table only to identify values that need direct verification. It is not a provider quote or a route test.
  • Know the exact product, variant, currency, destination, and provider account you intend to use.

What changes outside ArtDrop

A normal load can reuse the previous process-wide result for 30 minutes, including a sweep made with another account's configuration. Refresh bypasses and replaces that cache. Neither action creates a product or listing.

Provider cost comparison. A normal load can reuse a process-global result from another account configuration for 30 minutes. Refresh replaces that cache, but every amount still needs direct provider verification.
ArtDrop Provider Cost Comparison table with mixed-source product-family rows and a difference column; the table does not identify each source, currency, destination, or fetch time.

Steps

  1. Review the displayed product-family rows

    Gelato and Printful rows can come from provider requests. Printify can come from costs on existing shop products or saved templates. Missing provider-category results remain absent because the old static-estimate fallback is still quarantined.

  2. Use Refresh for a new sweep

    Refresh passes the force-refresh flag, bypasses the current process cache, and replaces it. It still does not label row sources or prove account isolation to the viewer.

  3. Verify the amount at the provider

    Confirm product specifications, currency, destination, shipping, tax, fees, discounts, availability, and account context directly with the provider.

Expected result

You use the table as a mixed-source lead and make pricing or routing decisions only from the exact provider account and product.

// Mixed sources
The table is not a quote.
Refresh replaces the shared cache, but every amount still needs direct provider verification.

Good to know

  • The cache lifetime is 30 minutes and the cache key contains no user, account, configuration, or route identity.
  • The rendered table does not distinguish live Gelato or Printful rows from saved or existing Printify costs.
  • Displayed base cost does not include a proven currency, destination, shipping, tax, fees, discount, or storefront compatibility.
  • A displayed snapshot can remain cached for about 30 minutes.
  • Each displayed base-cost row excludes shipping, taxes, and fees.
  • Account and route isolation is not proven. Displayed rows can come from a process-cached snapshot, so the table is not a quote.
  • The comparison does not prove account-specific current pricing, source, currency, destination, shipping, tax, fees, discounts, or fetch time.

Troubleshooting

  • Unexpected account data? Use Refresh to replace the shared cache, then verify every value directly with the intended provider account.
  • Provider or category missing? The sweep can omit failed calls, and missing results stay absent because static estimates are not restored. Do not infer availability from the table.

How to undo or clean up

Reading or refreshing creates no product or listing. Close the table. There is no external write to undo.