Guides

How to keep track of what your competitors are doing, without checking their sites every day.

• Get alerted when a competitor runs a sale

  Watch the pages where competitors announce sales and get one short email when an offer starts, changes or ends, plus what manual checks miss.

• How to track competitor prices on Shopify

  Follow the exact product option, check it daily, and see the old and new price side by side. How to do it on Shopify stores and other online shops.

• How to monitor competitor promotions

  Keep up with competitors' sales, codes and launches in a minute a day: what's worth knowing, what to ignore, and a simple daily routine.

• Types of competitor monitoring tools

  Page-change monitors, price intelligence platforms and daily offer trackers do different jobs. How they differ and how to choose for a small store.

• Tracking coffee and kitchen competitors

  Bundles, subscriptions, gift sets and holiday offers: which competitor changes matter for coffee and kitchen brands, and which pages to watch.

• Tracking apparel and footwear competitors

  Seasonal sales, new collections, codes and returns policies: which competitor changes matter for clothing and shoe brands, and how to track them.

• Tracking beauty and skincare competitors

  Gifts with purchase, value sets, codes and launches: which competitor changes matter for beauty and skincare brands, and how to track them.

• What EcomWatchdog can and can't see

  What EcomWatchdog checks on a competitor's store, what it reports, and its limits: public pages only, US prices, once a day, and blocked stores.

• How to monitor competitor website changes

  Watching a competitor's website for any change gets noisy fast. Which pages and changes matter for an online store, and how to be told about just those.

• Ecommerce competitor analysis: what to track

  A practical ecommerce competitor analysis: the prices, promotions, shipping terms and launches worth tracking, and how to turn them into decisions.

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