Marketing & Business Development AutomationsPurpose
1.2. Extract pricing data from competitor websites, online catalogs, and e-commerce marketplaces.
1.3. Aggregate, compare, and alert on price fluctuations daily or in real-time for actionable market insights.
1.4. Feed structured price updates into CRM and business intelligence dashboards for sales or purchasing teams.
1.5. Enable repricing strategy adjustments based on competitor movements to maximize competitiveness.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated price feed/API changes from third-party data sources.
2.3. Calendar-based triggers (e.g., daily at 6am).
2.4. Manual request from authorized user via dashboard or chat interface.
2.5. Exception/threshold triggers when competitor price changes exceed X%.
Platform variants
• API: actor runs for web scraping competitor URLs for alternator pricing
• Configure schedule for actor execution and extraction schema for prices
3.2. SerpAPI
• API: E-commerce search API for real-time competitor pricing in Google Shopping
• Set target keywords/products for alternators and poll at defined intervals
3.3. Bright Data
• Web Unlocker/Proxy+: Scrape protected retailer data bypassing blocks, extract HTML elements for price
3.4. Octoparse
• Task: Schedule scraping tasks for specific competitor web pages targeting price CSS selectors
3.5. Diffbot
• API: Product API for structured extraction from competitor product pages
• Set up recurring crawlers on alternator part listings
3.6. DataMiner
• Cloud Scraper: Configure scraping recipes for price fields on supplier portals
3.7. Import.io
• API: Custom extractor for e-commerce pricing, scheduled fetch jobs
3.8. ScraperAPI
• Endpoint: Proxy-enabled GET requests for unblocking and retrieving price data
3.9. ZenRows
• API: Adaptive parsing of e-commerce layouts, auto-extract price field
3.10. ParseHub
• Project: Visual point-and-click workflow to extract alternator prices on competitor sites
3.11. RapidAPI Marketplace
• API: Connect to pricing data APIs, e.g. Walmart, eBay, Amazon, PriceRunner
3.12. Price2Spy
• Monitoring API: Schedule product watch and receive price change notifications for alternators
3.13. CamelCamelCamel
• API: Amazon price tracking interface for alternator-related SKUs
3.14. Keepa
• API: Amazon product price history alert for specific alternator models
3.15. Skuuudle
• Integration: Automated price comparison platform for competitors' SKUs; pull via CSV, API
3.16. Shopkeeper
• Notification API: Automated Amazon competitor price alerts via webhook
3.17. Microsoft Power Automate
• HTTP + Parse JSON: Pull REST data from competitor APIs and trigger flows on price changes
3.18. Zapier
• Webhooks/Parser: Connect scraper outputs to spreadsheet/slack/CRM on event
3.19. Google Cloud Functions
• Trigger: Scheduled function to fetch/process price data, log diffs to BigQuery
3.20. AWS Lambda
• Trigger: Event-driven price scraper, alert on deviations, store results in S3 or DynamoDB
3.21. Make (Integromat)
• Scenario: Watch competitor price feed, filter on change, update business intelligence tools
3.22. Notion API
• Endpoint: Append competitor pricing updates as Notion database items
3.23. Slack API
• Incoming Webhook: Push price change notifications to sales/marketing team channels
3.24. Trello API
• Add Card: Generate Trello tasks for review when major price update detected
3.25. Google Sheets API
• Update Cell: Input extracted competitor prices for daily/weekly logs
3.26. Salesforce API
• Upsert: Sync updated competitor prices to lead/account objects
3.27. HubSpot API
• Patch: Push insights or triggers to CRM deals/tickets for sales action
Benefits
4.2. Hands-off, error-free data gathering for hundreds of SKUs or market segments.
4.3. Data-driven repricing strategies to maximize profitability and sales volume.
4.4. Enhanced visibility for management and targeted business development actions.
4.5. Rapid response to competitor moves, minimizing revenue loss.