Track competitor prices and get alerted when they change

The system scrapes competitor product pages, detects price or stock changes, and emails you an alert.

How the work actually flows

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

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
E-commerce & ProductEmail AutomationMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
FirecrawlOpenAIGoogle SheetsGmail

The problem it solves

Competitors change prices and stock levels constantly, and checking their sites by hand every day just isn't sustainable. By the time you notice a price drop, you may have already lost the sale.

Who it fits

Retailers, analysts, or pricing teams who need to react quickly to competitor price changes.

How it works

  1. The system scrapes your list of competitor product pages
  2. AI extracts the product name, price, and stock status from each page
  3. It compares the new data against what was recorded last time
  4. Any price or stock change updates the spreadsheet and triggers an email alert
What you get

Price moves you know about before customers do

You get an instant alert the moment a competitor changes price or stock, so you're never caught off guard.

What you get

An updated competitor pricing spreadsheet and an email alert whenever a price or stock change is detected.

What you need

A Firecrawl account, an OpenAI API key, and a Google account.

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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