Looking for price drop alerts.

October 28, 2008 8:07 AM

Is there a website that will track a particular item and alert you when it's offered at discount?

With all the Black Friday deals soon to come up, there's a particular item I want to purchase at a deep discount. I have no idea if this will be offered anywhere at a reduced rate, but what with the competition between stores and various online retailers offering sometimes rediculous rates for certain items, I'd like to be made aware of any drop in price across a wide spectrum of outlets.

Is there a particular website, or perhaps a group of websites, I can use to track the price of a particular item, and be notified when it drops?

Something along the lines of Kayak, but for products instead of airline tickets.

posted by c:\awesome to shopping (9 comments total)

I believe pricescan does this. On the right side there's a "name your target price" where you can get emailed when it reaches a certain price.
posted by sharkfu at 8:21 AM on October 28, 2008

(note: the target price icon doesn't appear until you're on a specific item)
posted by sharkfu at 8:35 AM on October 28, 2008

Pricescan looks okay, but when I search for the product I had in mind (something very popular) it only lists a single vendor, so any change in price will be limited to this one, random online shop.
posted by c:\awesome at 8:37 AM on October 28, 2008

You could put in a deal alert on deal sites like FatWallet and SlickDeals (link only works if you're logged on). Just put in keywords describing the item and they'll email you them if someone on the site posts a deal. Black Friday deals are these sites' bread and butter.
posted by zsazsa at 8:56 AM on October 28, 2008

Savvy Circle does this, but only for clothes. It's quite reliable and useful.
posted by peacheater at 10:48 AM on October 28, 2008

Dealnews also sends alerts.
posted by lukemeister at 6:32 PM on October 28, 2008

Buxr has price and keyword based alerts
posted by bargainhunter at 11:46 AM on October 29, 2008

You can request a deal at Navy DEAL.
posted by tommytl at 12:08 AM on November 17, 2008

Someone wrote in to say that priceprotectr does the same thing.
posted by mathowie at 8:25 PM on December 22, 2008