Track competitor prices automatically and get notified of changes

Scrapes your competitors' websites for pricing and alerts you the moment something changes.

How the work actually flows

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

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

flowchart TD trig(["scheduled competitor price check"]):::trigtime s0[["visit competitor product pages"]]:::mi s1["compare to recorded prices"]:::task s2[("log prices to spreadsheet")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s1 --> s2 gx{"× was the price change significant"}:::gate s2 --> gx p00["email alert sent"]:::task gx -->|"meaningful change found"| p00 p10["no alert sent"]:::task gx -->|"no significant change"| p10 p00 --> out p10 --> out out[/"pricing spreadsheet updated with alert"/]:::out pay{{"never miss a competitor price move"}}:::pay out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
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
Email AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsReporting & AnalyticsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Bright DataGoogle SheetsGmail

The problem it solves

Keeping tabs on competitor pricing means visiting their websites over and over, hoping you catch a change before it affects your sales. It's tedious and easy to miss, especially across multiple competitors and products. By the time you notice a price drop, you may have already lost a sale.

Who it fits

E-commerce and retail businesses that need to stay competitive on pricing.

How it works

  1. On a schedule, the system visits your competitors' product pages
  2. It scrapes the current prices without getting blocked
  3. It compares the new prices against what was recorded before
  4. It logs the data to a spreadsheet
  5. It emails you when a meaningful price change is detected
What you get

Competitor price moves you see right away

You get an alert the moment a competitor changes their pricing, with every price logged for you to review.

What you get

An up-to-date pricing spreadsheet and an email alert whenever a competitor's price moves.

What you need

A Bright Data account, a Google Sheets account, and Gmail.

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.

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