# Source subscription decision

Generated: 2026-05-20T02:31:33.669Z

## Current decision: Do not subscribe or spend provider credits yet; DataForSEO is the first paid lane once ASINs and gates are ready, Apify stays held.

- Missing ASINs: 4
- Ready DataForSEO payload rows: 6
- Spend gate: 4/14 checks passing
- DataForSEO standard pilot official-reference estimate: $0.0075

## Decision rows
### Subscribe/run DataForSEO now: NO - not yet
- Provider: DataForSEO
- Reason: 4 ASINs missing and 6 paid payload rows ready
- Spend risk: Would create an account/funding path before there is a callable payload.
- Required before yes: Confirm 9 Amazon UK ASINs; regenerate payload; fill cost plan/max spend; valid approval; task preflight all green.
- Cap if later: Use standard queue; official-reference API estimate $0.0075 for 9 ASINs at depth 10; suggested local cap reference $1 after account minimums are checked.

### Subscribe/run Apify now: NO - hold
- Provider: Apify
- Reason: DataForSEO pilot has not run, no named gap exists, and Apify spend gate is blocked.
- Spend risk: Browser scraping can burn variable CU/proxy/storage credits without proving the structured cheaper path first.
- Required before yes: DataForSEO pilot review must select run_apify_gapfill and name a gap; cost plan and approval must be valid; Apify preflight all green.
- Cap if later: One actor, first 3 targets only, 3 requests/brand, inspect actual usage; suggested local cap reference $5.

### Next action: DO THIS FIRST
- Provider: No paid provider
- Reason: Do not broaden spend. 6 DataForSEO payload rows are ready from live-confirmed ASINs; 4 ASINs remain unresolved and must stay out of the payload unless exact evidence is found.
- Spend risk: None; this is no-spend prep.
- Required before yes: Use dataforseo_asin_lookup_queue and asin-confirmations worksheet; do not promote third-party hints without Amazon-page exact match.
- Cap if later: No cap needed for no-spend ASIN verification.

### Budget/cost setup: PREP ONLY
- Provider: DataForSEO
- Reason: 6/9 budget checks, 7/12 cost checks, 1/23 approval checks
- Spend risk: Entering caps is safe; enabling paid runs is still blocked by preflight/spend gates.
- Required before yes: Copy pricing scenario into cost plan and set max-spend only after ASIN payload exists.
- Cap if later: Keep Stage 1 cap tiny and hardStopAfterFirstRun=true.

## Guardrail
This packet is advisory and does not unlock spend. The spend gate and provider preflights remain authoritative.
