Price Drop Alerts: Never Overpay for Anything Again

Checking prices manually doesn't work

It's easy to bookmark a product and tell yourself you'll check back "in a few days." In practice, most people forget, miss the window when the price actually drops, or end up buying at full price out of impatience. Price drop alerts remove that gap entirely.

How price drop alerts actually work

Instead of you checking a page, a tracking service checks the price on your behalf — usually every few hours — and notifies you the moment it drops below what you were paying before, or below a target you've set.

Set a realistic target, not a fantasy one

An alert only helps if the target price is grounded in reality. Checking a product's price history first tells you what a genuinely good price looks like for that item, so your alert threshold is set at an achievable number rather than a price it's never actually reached.

Alerts work best for non-urgent purchases

If you need something today, an alert won't help you. They're most useful for wishlist items — things you want but aren't in a rush for — where waiting a few extra days for a real price drop costs nothing but saves real money.

Setting up alerts on ShoppersDeals

Save any product you're watching on ShoppersDeals and you'll get notified as soon as its price drops — no need to remember to check back. Combined with each listing's price history, you can see exactly how good the new price actually is before deciding to buy.