Get an email the moment a competitor's price drops

Checks product prices on a schedule and emails you the instant one hits your target price.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each tracked product.

Pattern: Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13) · Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemA record or sheetOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsE-commerce & ProductEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google SheetsGoogle GeminiGmailDecodo

The problem it solves

Manually checking competitor or supplier prices every day is tedious, and a good deal can come and go before you notice. Missing that window means paying more than you needed to, or losing a pricing edge.

Who it fits

E-commerce sellers, procurement teams, or anyone tracking prices on products they buy or resell.

How it works

  1. On a schedule, the system pulls your list of product links and target prices from Google Sheets
  2. It retrieves the current page content for each product
  3. AI reads the page to identify the product name and current price
  4. It compares the live price to your target price
  5. If the price meets or beats your target, an alert email goes out through Gmail
What you get

Price drops you hear about before they're gone

You get an email the instant a product you're tracking hits the price you set.

What you get

A logged price history in Google Sheets and an email alert whenever a tracked price hits your target.

What you need

A Google Sheets account, a Google Gemini API key, a Gmail account, and a web scraping service such as Decodo.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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