Monitor Competitor Pricing

Stay ahead of your competition by automatically tracking their pricing changes. This guide shows you how to monitor competitor websites for price updates, product launches, and promotional changes.

Prerequisites

Supacrawler API key
Competitor website URLs to monitor
Email or webhook endpoint for price alerts

Quick example

Monitor a competitor's pricing page for changes:

curl -X POST https://api.supacrawler.com/api/v1/watch \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://competitor.com/pricing",
    "frequency": "daily",
    "selector": ".price, .pricing-plan, .cost",
    "notify_email": "[email protected]",
    "notification_preference": "changes_only"
  }'

Multi-competitor monitoring

Track pricing across multiple competitors:

import requests
import os

competitors = [
    {
        "name": "Competitor A",
        "pricing_url": "https://competitor-a.com/pricing",
        "selector": ".price-amount, .plan-price"
    },
    {
        "name": "Competitor B", 
        "pricing_url": "https://competitor-b.com/plans",
        "selector": ".pricing-card .price, .monthly-price"
    },
    {
        "name": "Competitor C",
        "pricing_url": "https://competitor-c.com/subscribe",
        "selector": ".subscription-price, .plan-cost"
    }
]

api_key = os.environ['SUPACRAWLER_API_KEY']

for competitor in competitors:
    response = requests.post("https://api.supacrawler.com/api/v1/watch",
        headers={
            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
            "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        json={
            "url": competitor["pricing_url"],
            "frequency": "daily",
            "selector": competitor["selector"],
            "notify_email": f"pricing-{competitor['name'].lower().replace(' ', '-')}@company.com",
            "notification_preference": "changes_only",
            
            # Webhook for analysis
            "webhook_url": "https://company.com/api/competitor-pricing",
            "webhook_headers": {
                "X-Competitor": competitor["name"],
                "X-Alert-Type": "pricing-change"
            },
            
            # Full context capture
            "include_image": True,
            "include_html": True
        }
    )
    
    result = response.json()
    if result.get('success'):
        print(f"✅ {competitor['name']}: {result['watch_id']}")
    else:
        print(f"❌ {competitor['name']}: {result.get('error')}")

CSS selectors for pricing pages

Name
Price amounts
Type
.price, .price-amount, .cost
Description
Common price display elements
Name
Pricing plans
Type
.pricing-plan, .plan-card, .subscription
Description
Plan containers with pricing information
Name
Monthly/yearly
Type
.monthly-price, .annual-price, .billing
Description
Billing period specific prices
Name
Features
Type
.feature-list, .plan-features, .included
Description
Feature lists that might change with pricing

Best practices

Daily monitoring: Most suitable for B2B SaaS pricing
Screenshot evidence: Always capture visual proof of changes
Feature tracking: Monitor features alongside pricing changes
Historical analysis: Store data for trend analysis
Competitive response: Set up alerts for immediate pricing adjustments

Watch API Reference - Complete API documentation
Business Intelligence Examples - More monitoring examples