The Challenge
Business Problem
E-commerce businesses lose market share when competitors change prices and they don't react quickly. Manual price checking is tedious and misses rapid changes.
The Approach
Solution Overview
Connect web scraping tools with Shopify MCP Server and Slack to monitor competitor prices and trigger pricing adjustments or alerts.
Step-by-Step
Implementation Steps
1
Configure Price Sources
Set up crawlers for competitor product pages and pricing APIs.
2
Match Products
Map your products to competitor equivalents for accurate comparison.
3
Detect Price Changes
Alert when competitors change prices by more than a configured threshold.
async function checkPrices() {
const competitors = await crawlCompetitorPrices();
for (const product of myProducts) {
const compPrice = competitors.find(c => c.sku === product.competitorSku);
if (compPrice && compPrice.price < product.price * 0.9) {
await slack.sendMessage({ channel: '#pricing', text: `⚠️ ${product.name}: Competitor at $${compPrice.price} vs our $${product.price}` });
}
}
}4
Auto-Adjust Pricing
Optionally auto-adjust prices within predefined rules to stay competitive.
Code
Code Examples
typescript
Price Comparator
function analyzePriceGap(ourPrice, competitorPrice) {
const gap = ((ourPrice - competitorPrice) / ourPrice) * 100;
return { gap: gap.toFixed(1), action: gap > 10 ? 'review' : gap > 5 ? 'monitor' : 'ok' };
}Overview
ComplexityMedium
Estimated Time~10 hours
Tools Used
Shopify MCP ServerSlack MCP ServerCrawl4AI MCP Server
Industry
E-commerceRetail
ROI Metrics
Time Saved15 hours/week
Cost Reduction5% revenue increase from competitive pricing
Efficiency GainReal-time price intelligence