E-COMMERCE & RETAIL

MAP Compliance Monitoring at Scale

Protect your brand value by automatically detecting MAP violations across your entire distribution network. Monitor thousands of retailers effortlessly.

MAP Violations Hurt Your Brand

When retailers advertise below your Minimum Advertised Price, it devalues your brand, creates channel conflict, and erodes margins for compliant partners.

With products sold across hundreds of retailers and marketplaces, manual monitoring is impossible. Violations slip through, damaging brand perception and partner relationships.

WebScraping.AI Solution

  • Comprehensive Coverage: Monitor prices across all retailers, marketplaces, and resellers
  • Automated Detection: Instantly identify prices below your MAP thresholds
  • Evidence Collection: Capture screenshots and data for enforcement actions
  • Real-Time Alerts: Get notified immediately when violations occur

MAP Monitoring Features

Everything you need for effective MAP enforcement

Violation Detection

Automatically flag prices below your MAP with severity levels.

Seller Identification

Track which retailers and marketplaces are violating your policies.

Evidence Capture

Collect timestamped proof of violations for enforcement.

Compliance Reports

Generate reports showing compliance rates by retailer and product.

How It Works

Automated MAP compliance monitoring in three steps

1

Set Your MAP Prices

Define your minimum advertised prices for each SKU you want to monitor.

2

Monitor Retailers

Our API tracks prices across all your authorized and unauthorized sellers.

3

Enforce Compliance

Receive alerts and evidence to take action against violators.

Code Examples

Extract pricing data for MAP compliance checking

const axios = require('axios');

const API_KEY = 'your_api_key';
const retailerUrl = 'https://retailer-site.com/product/your-product';
const MAP_PRICE = 99.99;

// Extract retailer pricing
const response = await axios.get('https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/fields', {
  params: {
    api_key: API_KEY,
    url: retailerUrl,
    fields: JSON.stringify({
      product_name: 'Product name',
      sku: 'Product SKU or model number',
      advertised_price: 'The displayed selling price as a number',
      seller_name: 'Name of the seller or retailer',
      is_promotion: 'Whether this is a promotional price (true/false)'
    })
  }
});

const data = response.data;
const isViolation = data.advertised_price < MAP_PRICE;

console.log({
  ...data,
  map_price: MAP_PRICE,
  is_violation: isViolation,
  violation_amount: isViolation ? MAP_PRICE - data.advertised_price : 0
});
// {
//   "product_name": "Your Product Name",
//   "sku": "SKU-12345",
//   "advertised_price": 89.99,
//   "seller_name": "Discount Retailer",
//   "is_promotion": false,
//   "map_price": 99.99,
//   "is_violation": true,
//   "violation_amount": 10
// }
curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/fields" \
  --data-urlencode "api_key=your_api_key" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://retailer-site.com/product/your-product" \
  --data-urlencode 'fields={"product_name":"Product name","sku":"SKU or model number","advertised_price":"Selling price as number","seller_name":"Seller name","is_promotion":"Is promotional (true/false)"}'

Benefits of MAP Monitoring

Protect Brand Value: Prevent price erosion that cheapens your brand perception.
Support Partners: Help compliant retailers compete fairly.
Preserve Margins: Stop the race to the bottom on pricing.
Identify Violators: Know exactly who is breaking your MAP policy.
Gather Evidence: Document violations for enforcement actions.

Industries Using MAP Monitoring

Consumer Electronics

Protect margins on TVs, audio equipment, and gadgets

Sporting Goods

Maintain brand value for premium athletic brands

Home Appliances

Monitor appliance retailers for pricing compliance

Luxury Goods

Protect premium positioning and authorized dealer networks

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