Until not so long ago, I only used wishlists to keep track of the items I wanted to buy and from time to time used even shopping list apps. But that meant I had to manually check the price of my items, which was a real burden. The smart way do it is to set up price drop alerts, so whenever your product hits the price you can afford, you can rush and order it. These are the price alert services we will be focusing on, but will also provide a list with basic price watch trackers, in case you need to quickly check the price of something you want to buy. Also, because they are really helpful and “silent”, we will feature a few browser extensions to help you make sure you don’t miss the right price for your next item you are going to buy.
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Chintzee
The price drop alert function on Chintzee doesn’t work like CCC, meaning that it doesn’t let you set your own price, but it will rather notify you when the price will drop, no matter by how much. There is also the email notification options, no tweets or RSS feeds being available.
ZingSale
You will have your own ZingSale Alert List where you will add all the products you are interested and when the prices will drop, you’ll be informed through an email about the price decrease. There is also a price chart history but it will date back only as far as the past two months.
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eBay Price Drop Alert Tools
But eBay’s own system comes with a few drawbacks. First of all, it’s not a price alert per se, but rather a set of tools to help you be in touch with the items you are following. The services outline below let you watch for Buy It Now items, ending soon auctions and also set your own price ranges and get email notifications, as well.
AuctionSensor
AuctionSensor might not have the best design you will see these days in the evolving online environment, but it makes up for that with functionality. This eBay price alert service comes with the following features:
Automated eBay search at every 5 minutes so you get new deals on the go Discover newly listed Buy It Now items Find ending soon auctions so you could get your chance to buy the item Price range includes the shipping cost Sound alert when the deal you are looking for is found Offline email notification Chrome app
The single drawback that I encountered while using AuctionSensor was the fact that the eBay deals were not that accurate sometimes. So, make sure to write a detailed product name when you search.
ItemAlarm
ItemAlarm is an eBay price drop alert service that is still in Beta but already looks promising. ItemALARM automates your eBay searches and find the items you want and the price you are looking for on eBay. A drawback of the service is that it might send you to many email alerts if you don’t set the frequency of the notifications you get. I have set up mine to 3 days and suggest you to do the same if you don’t want your email to be cluttered with price alert emails.
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Also, have a look at two other eBay price drop alert services from below, in case you were not satisfied with the service featured above.
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Shopping Price drop alert browser extensions
If you don’t want to use a dedicated website to follow product price alerts, then these browser extensions will be of great use, as you won’t even notice they are present, silently working in the background and bringing you the deals you want. Note: In India, Flipkart buyers can use this service from Alertpedia to track the price drops.
Price drop alert mobile apps
