Retail Price Monitoring
Catch unexpected price drops on your products.
Price Oversight checks your products against the alert prices you set, helping your team catch unexpected drops and investigate what happened.
Retail price monitoring
Catch a change on the product page
Everyday paper towels
6 double rolls · Example UPC
$8.47
Your alert: $9.92
Monitor against the price you expect.
Yesterday’s price may already have been too low. Set an alert price based on your expected everyday retail price so your team knows when a product falls below that threshold.
You can set different alert prices for the same UPC at different retailers.
Retailer-specific thresholds
Different alert prices for the same UPC
Everyday paper towels
6 double rolls · Same UPC
Retailer A
✓ At threshold- Alert price
- $9.92
- Observed price
- $9.92
Observed price matches this retailer’s alert price
Retailer B
↓ Below threshold- Alert price
- $10.49
- Observed price
- $8.47
$2.02 below this retailer’s alert price
Check daily. Add hourly checks when timing matters.
Daily checks flag price drops that could otherwise go unnoticed for weeks. Use Surge Days to add hourly checks during major sales events and holidays.
Monitoring cadence
Daily checks. More detail on Surge Days.
Daily monitoring
One check each day- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
Surge Day · Friday
Follow changes through the day
- 9am
- 10am
- 11am
- 12pm
- 1pm
- 2pm
A daily trend puts the price change in context.
Find listings that may explain the drop.
A lower price might reflect a planned promotion, another retailer’s offer, or a comparison involving a different pack size. Price Oversight searches for likely source listings and gathers evidence your team can review.
Explore price-match investigation →Possible price-match source
Review the competing offer
Everyday paper towels, 6 double rolls
Sold by Example Seller
$8.47
Pack size: 6 double rolls
- Watched product
- 6 double rolls
- Seller to review
- Example Seller
Start with your product list.
Upload the UPCs you want to track and the alert prices you want to use. No catalog integration is required. Once your setup is confirmed, monitoring begins the same day.
Not sure where to set the threshold? Read What should my alert price be?
Evaluating providers? Read how to choose retail price monitoring software for CPG brands.
Stop finding out about price drops weeks later.
Start monitoring your products against the prices you expect.
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