Ooh, we just missed a sale! Looks like it was a pretty big one, too.
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Now, we get a chart that looks like this one. Amazon is the only primary seller for this item, so we can turn off the 3rd party trackers (unless you want to buy one used). Under Chart Options, you can disable “Close-up View” to start the axis on the price side of the chart at zero (if you’re a stickler for that sort of thing), and “Remove Extreme Values” to filter out any price hikes or drops that are so extreme that they’re probably errors.ĬamelCamelCamel can also set up price alerts if you want to find out the next time a product goes on sale. For this example, we’ll look at the Amazon Echo. The Date Range option will narrow price history down to one month, three months, six months, a year, or all time. There are a few extra options on the side of the charts (or at the bottom of the Camelizer window) that you can tweak to help you browse price history. Always be sure to double-check the products you’re comparing when deal hunting. That being said, CamelCamelCamel can only track prices, so you may find some instances where this information is misleading. In the case of this camera, the reason the price is so low for a used version is because that seller doesn’t include a lens. Some buyers may be okay buying a camera without the lens (if they already have a set of lenses, for example), but it’s a nuance that CamelCamelCamel’s data can’t show. In fact, I could save about $120 right now if I bought used, which is the lowest a used unit has been in a long time. Usually, third party sellers are no cheaper than Amazon for this camera when sold new, but used cameras are often cheaper. In the example below, I’m tracking the price of a Panasonic camera. You can also see if third parties are offering any better deals. If you can get a better deal by buying used, you’ll see it at a glance from the chart. Naturally, each of these lines has some variation.
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It works for others (specifically ones that have a Offer Listing) but I have not had a need yet so I have not seen how robust the scrape is. I wrote this for one very specific product.
#Pricewatcher amazon code
Running the code formatter source venv/bin/activate Running the tests source venv/bin/activate
#Pricewatcher amazon install
Simply setup a virtualenv and install the requirements and install the source formatting githook virtualenv -p python3 venv The intended use of this script is as something you would throw into a cron task (or an aws lambda function like I did)Īnd let it watch a page for you Developing The following will check the page and text the number 2025550112 if it finds a price < $1000 price_watcher B01FV4TAKK 1000 2025550112 Basically waiting to see if the product drops below a certain price. This repo is a script I wrote to help watch a product page