Amazon Product Price Tracker
The main function of this workflow is to automatically monitor Amazon product prices. It regularly reads the product list from Google Sheets and uses the ScrapeOps API to fetch real-time prices and detailed information. It can calculate both the absolute value and percentage of price changes, intelligently assessing the trend of price increases and decreases. When the price exceeds the threshold set by the user, it sends an email notification to the user, helping them to promptly grasp price fluctuations, avoid missing out on discounts, or respond to the risk of price increases. Overall, it enhances the efficiency and accuracy of price monitoring.
Workflow Name
Amazon Product Price Tracker
Key Features and Highlights
- Automatically and periodically reads the list of Amazon products to monitor from Google Sheets
- Retrieves real-time prices and detailed product information via the ScrapeOps API
- Calculates absolute and percentage price changes, intelligently determining price increase or decrease trends
- Triggers alert statuses (high price alert or low price alert) based on user-defined price thresholds
- Automatically updates the product monitoring sheet and saves historical price records for convenient trend analysis
- Sends detailed price change reports and product links via email when price alerts are triggered, facilitating quick review and decision-making
Core Problems Addressed
This workflow solves the tedious and inefficient problem of manually monitoring Amazon product prices. It automates price scraping and change analysis, and instantly notifies users via email, helping them promptly grasp price fluctuations to avoid missing discounts or being caught off guard by price increases.
Use Cases
- E-commerce sellers monitoring competitors’ product prices to adjust their own pricing strategies
- Procurement personnel tracking price fluctuations of target products to formulate purchasing plans
- Price-sensitive consumers keeping an eye on promotions and discounts for desired products
- Data analysts or market researchers collecting and analyzing Amazon price trends
Main Process Steps
- Schedule Trigger: Periodically initiates the workflow
- Read Products to Monitor: Retrieves ASINs and price threshold information from Google Sheets
- Loop Over Items: Iterates through each product
- Scrape Product Data (ScrapeOps - Amazon Product): Calls ScrapeOps API to obtain product details and latest prices
- Extract and Calculate Price Information (Fields, Last Price, Price Change): Parses prices and computes price changes and percentages
- Determine Alert Status: Assesses whether price changes exceed preset increase or decrease thresholds
- Update Monitoring Data and History (Update - Products to Monitor, Insert - Price History): Writes the latest data back to Google Sheets
- Send Price Change Email Notification: Automatically sends detailed email alerts if price changes exceed thresholds
Systems or Services Involved
- Google Sheets: Stores the product monitoring list and historical price data
- ScrapeOps API: Provides structured Amazon product information and price data
- SMTP Email Service: Sends price change notification emails
Target Users and Value
- E-commerce operators: Gain real-time insights into competitor pricing to optimize marketing strategies
- Procurement and supply chain managers: Enable intelligent price monitoring to reduce purchasing risks
- Consumers and deal hunters: Automatically receive notifications on discounts for desired products, saving shopping costs
- Data analysts: Accumulate historical price data for market trend analysis
By automating monitoring and intelligent alerting, this workflow significantly enhances the efficiency and accuracy of Amazon product price tracking, helping users respond promptly and achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement.