Sometimes discounts and balances advertised on the site aren’t as affordable as they seem. This is why there are services that show the trend of product prices over the months to avoid impulse purchases.
Also this year on Amazon Black Friday – the US anniversary dedicated to Christmas shopping – marked a new record for the number of items sold and total volume of transactions, not only at home but also in Italy. The prerogative of this special day and the reason for its resounding success are the crazy discounts practiced on numerous products, which push potential buyers to postpone or anticipate their expenses (or even to take into account unplanned expenses) in function of a deal perceived as unique.
Sometimes, however, the advertised discounts are not truly unrepeatable, but simply represent the continuation of offers already active for weeks or months old discounts that will certainly not see trend reversals in the future. To protect yourself from impulse buying, there are several online services, the most famous of which is probably Camel Camel Camel .
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By entering the keywords or the complete address of the product we want to know the history of in the search bar of the site, Camel Camel Camel retrieves the price history. The interface shows the trend of its final cost over the months by displaying it on a practical graph and can search for the same product within other pages to compare the prices charged by the purchasing platform with those offered by third-party retailers. In this way it is possible to know not only if an offer sold as unrepeatable should really be accepted as such, but also if the value of the product in question tends to last over time or if – perhaps in the presence of numerous previous downward fluctuations – it is destined to decrease further with a little patience.
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The site has several collateral services. Among those accessible without registration are Camel Concierge , a profile to follow via Twitter that sends a direct message when the price of the desired product falls below a threshold set at will, and Camelizer , an extension for Chrome, Firefox and Safari dedicated to compulsive shoppers , which, when activated, displays the price chart for the item you are viewing as an overlay, all without having to leave the advertiser’s page. Free registration allows you to import the entire Amazon wish list to monitor it and see how a particular product is performing in the platform’s sales rankings.
The tool alone already allows you to have a more complete overview of potential purchases, but for more precise searches you can switch to Keepa , another platform also localized in Italian which, however, boasts a more refined interface from a graphical point of view and has more criteria for product search; Those who have no problem looking around abroad can turn to Watch4price , which compares the prices of items on sale in the Italian showcase with Amazon versions across the border, highlighting the differences.
