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Track Amazon.com price drops with Firefox and Chrome addon

16 points by raphaelb 15y ago

Adds a button to Amazon.com that allows you to track items and receive an email when the price drops or when the item comes back in stock.

raphaelb 15y ago
I'm a huge fan of HN and with the constant reminders here of people successfully doing something, I've (re)launched an app that tracks amazon price drops. Thanks hackers! Also special thank you to Joshua McKenty of http://www.piston.cc http://www.piston.cc who built the first version of this.
brianbreslin 15y ago
do you run a cron job on your server scanning each price periodically for changes?
- raphaelb 15y ago
  Scanning frequently for changes. We are aiming for 5 minute updates, but it depends on how many items are being tracked and if we saturate our Amazon API access.
jlgosse 15y ago
Just an FYI: http://www.gazaro.com/ http://www.gazaro.com/ does something similar to this, and gives users scores on how good the deal is.
- raphaelb 15y ago
  Ah cool, I didn't know about gazaro before.
AndyNemmity 15y ago
How often do you track changes? What software are you using to get the changes? Custom built?
- raphaelb 15y ago
  We're aiming for 5 minute updates on items, and we are using the Amazon API.
  - AndyNemmity 15y ago
    I installed it, but it isn't coming up after the restart. I'm using Firefox 4.
    - raphaelb 15y ago
      Hmm... I just tried fresh FF4 and the settings window came up right away for me. Do you see "Buylater settings" in the Tools menu? If not can you email me your "Troubleshooting information" (under Help -> Troubleshooting information) to raph@buylatr.com? Sorry about that.
  - L1quid 15y ago
    That'll last as your product list grows...
eliyah 15y ago
sweeeet!
eekfuh 15y ago
Been using camelcamelcamel.com for this. They have great FF and Chrome plugins that can display graphs of the price over time of products on amazon pages. Also can email alert you when price drops.
- moonsu 15y ago
  Doesn't work for Chromium 10 on Linux unfortunately
  - L1quid 15y ago
    I'll look into this, maybe I can fix it.
rlorenzo 15y ago
How is this difference than http://www.pricepinx.com http://www.pricepinx.com? I currently use this site and it tracks more stores than just Amazon.
moonsu 15y ago
Does it apply to amazon.ca? edit: just read the FAQ. Hope to see support soon.

16 points by raphaelb 15y ago

Adds a button to Amazon.com that allows you to track items and receive an email when the price drops or when the item comes back in stock.

raphaelb 15y ago

I'm a huge fan of HN and with the constant reminders here of people successfully doing something, I've (re)launched an app that tracks amazon price drops. Thanks hackers! Also special thank you to Joshua McKenty of http://www.piston.cc http://www.piston.cc who built the first version of this.

brianbreslin 15y ago

do you run a cron job on your server scanning each price periodically for changes?

raphaelb 15y ago
Scanning frequently for changes. We are aiming for 5 minute updates, but it depends on how many items are being tracked and if we saturate our Amazon API access.

jlgosse 15y ago

Just an FYI: http://www.gazaro.com/ http://www.gazaro.com/ does something similar to this, and gives users scores on how good the deal is.

raphaelb 15y ago
Ah cool, I didn't know about gazaro before.

AndyNemmity 15y ago

How often do you track changes? What software are you using to get the changes? Custom built?

raphaelb 15y ago
We're aiming for 5 minute updates on items, and we are using the Amazon API.
- AndyNemmity 15y ago
  I installed it, but it isn't coming up after the restart. I'm using Firefox 4.
  - raphaelb 15y ago
    Hmm... I just tried fresh FF4 and the settings window came up right away for me. Do you see "Buylater settings" in the Tools menu? If not can you email me your "Troubleshooting information" (under Help -> Troubleshooting information) to raph@buylatr.com? Sorry about that.
- L1quid 15y ago
  That'll last as your product list grows...

eliyah 15y ago

sweeeet!

eekfuh 15y ago

Been using camelcamelcamel.com for this. They have great FF and Chrome plugins that can display graphs of the price over time of products on amazon pages. Also can email alert you when price drops.

moonsu 15y ago
Doesn't work for Chromium 10 on Linux unfortunately
- L1quid 15y ago
  I'll look into this, maybe I can fix it.

rlorenzo 15y ago

How is this difference than http://www.pricepinx.com http://www.pricepinx.com? I currently use this site and it tracks more stores than just Amazon.

moonsu 15y ago

Does it apply to amazon.ca? edit: just read the FAQ. Hope to see support soon.