Amazon’s Prime Day is just around the corner. After being delayed in Canada in 2020 and completely canceled in 2021, Canadians can now buy their favorite electronics at very low prices.
From smart home appliances, headphones and peripherals to clothing, vacuum cleaners and laptops, Prime Day presents a bombardment of deals and promotions, so much so that selecting items becomes a bit overwhelming. Added to this is the uncertainty of the stock of highly sought-after products, including state-of-the-art consoles.
Fortunately, some tools on the Internet can help us keep track of stocks and prices, making sure you always get the best deal possible.
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One of the most reliable tools that can alert you to Amazon stock, product price, and price history is CamelCamelCamel. A website and an extension that lives in your browser, Camel allows you to select the products you are interested in buying and sends you an email notification when it detects a price / discount decrease. For sought-after products, such as the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, Camel will send you an email notification about the product in stock.
The service is not limited to electronics and can be used to track any product in Amazon’s very extensive catalog. Plus, Camel is a free tool and can even be used with fewer features without registering. CamelCamelCamel is compatible with Amazon United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.
To simply check the historical prices of a product on Amazon, go to Amazon, browse the product list, copy its URL, and paste it into the top “Find Amazon Products” bar on Camel.
Here you can also add your email and set a price drop percentage. Whenever the price of the product drops to the set percentage, you will receive an email notification. I like to set it to “Any price drop,” so I get a notification whenever the price is heading south.
In the following example (second screenshot), we can see that the Samsung Odyssey monitor was available for $ 2,062 in early June. Given the abundance of incoming offers on Prime Day, the price of the monitor is likely to drop back to that level. So instead of getting it now for $ 2,594, I can set a price drop alert and buy it at a better price.
Price drop
Unlike Camel, which only tracks products listed on Amazon, pricedropper.ca can track more than 100 Canadian retail websites, including Best Buy, Apple, Canada Computers, Canadian Tire, Costco, EB Games GameStop , Microsoft, Newegg, Razer and many more. However, we will use Price Dropper only to track Amazon.
The home page of the website shows different sections, such as “Featured Price Drops”, “Always Low Prices” and “Latest Price Drops”, which allow you to stay up to date with trends.
You don’t need to create a Price Dropper account to track historical prices; however, you will need to register if you wish to receive notification of a discount.
The procedure works similarly to Camel. Locate the product you want to track and copy its URL. Go to the “+ New Product” tab at the top right and paste and paste the URL. To check only the price, click “Search”, also located at the top right, and enter the product name.
In the example below, I can clearly see that the Acer monitor is currently about $ 2 above its historic low list, which gives me confidence that the offer I’m getting is probably the best.
Following the correct Twitter accounts
Twitter is more than just a microblogging platform. If you follow the right accounts, it can be a place to learn and grow your circle. Some Twitter handles that focus primarily on Canadian retailers ’stock and product prices are a must if you’re trying to find the best Prime Day deals.
These are the top Twitter accounts that I and others at MobileSyrup follow, and you should too if you want to keep up to date with bidding trends:
@Lbabinz – “Video Game Deals in Canada 🇨🇦, Pre-Orders, News. Nintendo, PS5, Xbox, PC.”
@GameDealsCanada: “Why pay the full price for games, Canada?”
@CDNnotify: “Information to help the Canadian sneaker community and # PS5”
Bonus
RedFlagDeals is like Reddit, but for Canadian deals. Post various new deals, promotions and brochures on your forum style website in over 70 categories, including Fashion & Beauty, Health & Wellness, Sports & Recreation, however, we use the platform primarily for your computer and electronics threads. , television threads. and Video Game Threads.
RFD has full-time employees looking for deals, coupons and gifts, in addition to thousands of users, who can also add threads on notable promotions they have discovered.
Right now, RFD has a special “Early Deals” section on the home page. Check it out here.
Image Credit: Amazon