E-COMMERCE & RETAIL

Competitor Price Monitoring Made Simple

Track competitor prices in real-time and optimize your pricing strategy. Extract pricing data from any e-commerce website with our AI-powered scraping API.

The Challenge of Manual Price Tracking

Staying competitive in e-commerce requires constant vigilance of competitor pricing. Manual price checks are time-consuming, error-prone, and impossible to scale across hundreds or thousands of products.

Traditional approaches fail because competitor websites change frequently, block automated access, and use JavaScript rendering that standard tools can't handle.

WebScraping.AI Solution

  • AI-Powered Extraction: Automatically extract prices from any product page, even with complex layouts
  • JavaScript Rendering: Full Chrome browser rendering handles dynamic pricing widgets
  • Rotating Proxies: Built-in proxy rotation prevents blocks and ensures reliable data collection
  • Structured Data: Get clean, structured price data ready for analysis

Key Features for Price Monitoring

Everything you need to build a robust price monitoring system

AI Field Extraction

Use natural language to describe what price data you need - our AI handles the rest.

Real-Time Updates

Monitor prices as frequently as you need with our high-availability API.

Historical Tracking

Store and analyze price history to identify trends and patterns.

Price Alerts

Combine with webhooks to trigger alerts when prices change.

How It Works

Get started with price monitoring in three simple steps

1

Send Product URLs

Pass competitor product page URLs to our API with the price fields you want to extract.

2

AI Extracts Prices

Our AI renders the page, handles anti-bot measures, and extracts the exact price data you need.

3

Get Structured Data

Receive clean JSON with prices, currency, availability, and any other fields you specified.

Code Examples

Extract competitor prices with just a few lines of code

const axios = require('axios');

const API_KEY = 'your_api_key';
const productUrl = 'https://example-store.com/product/laptop-pro-15';

// Extract price data using AI
const response = await axios.get('https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/fields', {
  params: {
    api_key: API_KEY,
    url: productUrl,
    fields: JSON.stringify({
      product_name: 'The name of the product',
      current_price: 'The current selling price as a number',
      original_price: 'The original price before discount, if shown',
      currency: 'The currency symbol or code',
      in_stock: 'Whether the product is in stock (true/false)',
      seller: 'The seller or retailer name'
    })
  }
});

console.log(response.data);
// {
//   "product_name": "Laptop Pro 15",
//   "current_price": 1299.99,
//   "original_price": 1499.99,
//   "currency": "USD",
//   "in_stock": true,
//   "seller": "Example Store"
// }
curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/fields" \
  --data-urlencode "api_key=your_api_key" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://example-store.com/product/laptop-pro-15" \
  --data-urlencode 'fields={"product_name":"The name of the product","current_price":"The current selling price as a number","original_price":"The original price before discount","currency":"The currency symbol","in_stock":"Whether in stock (true/false)","seller":"The seller name"}'

# Response:
# {
#   "product_name": "Laptop Pro 15",
#   "current_price": 1299.99,
#   "original_price": 1499.99,
#   "currency": "USD",
#   "in_stock": true,
#   "seller": "Example Store"
# }

Why Use WebScraping.AI for Price Monitoring?

99.9% Success Rate: Our rotating proxies and browser rendering ensure reliable data extraction from any e-commerce site.
No Infrastructure Needed: Skip building and maintaining your own scraping infrastructure. We handle everything.
Scale Instantly: Monitor 10 products or 10,000 - our API scales with your needs without code changes.
AI-Powered Accuracy: Our AI understands page context, extracting the right price even from complex layouts.
Cost Effective: Pay only for successful requests. No upfront costs or long-term commitments.

Common Price Monitoring Scenarios

Dynamic Pricing

Adjust your prices automatically based on competitor movements

Price Benchmarking

Compare your prices against market leaders and identify opportunities

Promotional Tracking

Monitor competitor sales, discounts, and seasonal promotions

Multi-Market Analysis

Track prices across different regions and marketplaces

Related Use Cases

Explore other ways to leverage web scraping for e-commerce

Start Monitoring Competitor Prices Today

Get started with 1,000 free API credits. No credit card required.

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