Amazon price history: how to see how a product's price has changed

To see an Amazon product's price history, you need a third-party tool: Amazon doesn't show a price-over-time chart on its product pages. The easiest options are a browser extension such as Keepa or The Camelizer (CamelCamelCamel), which add a chart to the page, or a price tracker that records the price for you and sends alerts. After that, it's all about reading the chart: a price only means something compared with what it used to be.

How can I see the price history of an Amazon product?

There are four methods, from fully manual to fully automatic. They don't serve the same need: glancing at a chart once, or following a product until the right moment to buy.

Method	What you get	Limits
Keepa extension	Chart on the Amazon page, Amazon and third-party prices, alerts	Busy interface, Amazon only
CamelCamelCamel / The Camelizer	Chart and email alerts for several Amazon stores	Amazon only, no "good time to buy" reading
Manual logging	Your own dated prices in a spreadsheet	Time-consuming, gaps in the data
Automatic tracker (e.g. UniverTrack)	Dated history, good-time indicator, email alerts	Paid after the free trial

For a head-to-head comparison of the two extensions, see Keepa vs CamelCamelCamel.

What Amazon shows (and doesn't) about price changes

Amazon gives a few reference points, but never the full history. According to Amazon.fr's help page on reference prices, when a discount is advertised (lightning deal, limited-time offer), the French store shows the lowest price charged on Amazon.fr in the 30 days before the reduction. That's a legal requirement in France, under article L112-1-1 of the Consumer Code, in force since 28 May 2022 and derived from the EU Omnibus directive. Our guide to the 30-day rule explains how it works.

The same help page mentions other comparison prices, such as a "previous price" based on sales over the last 90 days excluding promotions, or the manufacturer's recommended price. Helpful, but these are snapshots: they won't tell you whether the product was cheaper three months ago, or whether it drops at predictable times of year.

In 2026, Amazon also announced price history and price alerts inside its AI shopping assistant for some countries (the US, the UK, Canada and India). France was not part of those announcements. If the feature shows up in your app, it can complement the methods below, though not necessarily replace them.

Keepa and CamelCamelCamel: the chart right on the product page

Keepa

Keepa is a free extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera and Safari. It works on Amazon.fr and most other Amazon stores (.com, .co.uk, .de, .it, .es and more). Once installed, a chart appears under the price on the product page. It usually separates several lines: the price when Amazon sells it, new third-party offers, and used. You can also set a target-price alert and compare the same product across Amazon stores. Some advanced data, aimed mostly at sellers, sits behind a paid plan.

CamelCamelCamel and The Camelizer

CamelCamelCamel covers several Amazon stores, France included. Paste the product link on the website, or use The Camelizer extension, to see the history and schedule an email alert. The extension doesn't work in mobile browsers. For a French-language option, see our guide on CamelCamelCamel in French.

Both tools are great starting points. What they share: they give you a raw chart to interpret yourself, and they stay inside Amazon.

Logging prices by hand: doable, but fragile

With no extension, you can build your own history: a spreadsheet with the date, the price, the seller (Amazon or third party) and delivery costs. It's free and you own the data. In practice, it runs into three problems:

• gaps: a price can drop on Tuesday and bounce back on Thursday without you ever seeing it;
• time: checking five products every day for a month means a lot of page visits;
• no past data: your log starts the day you think of it, with no view of the months before.

Manual logging still works for a single short-term purchase. For several products, or a wait of several weeks, automation quickly becomes more reliable.

How do I read an Amazon price chart?

A chart comes down to a few simple questions:

1. What's the usual price? Find the level where the line spends most of its time. That's your real benchmark, not the crossed-out price.
2. What's the lowest price in recent months? If today's price is close, that's a good sign. If it's far off, the "deal" may just be a return to normal.
3. Did the price go up right before the drop? A rise a few weeks before an event, followed by a "discount", is a classic fake-deal pattern. See how to spot a fake discount.
4. Do drops come back at set times? Many products fall during big events: Prime Day, Prime Big Deal Days, Black Friday. If so, waiting may pay off.

Amazon or third-party seller: don't mix up the lines

Several sellers can offer the same product on one listing. The lowest price may come from a third-party seller with delivery charges, a longer lead time or a different warranty. Always compare the line that matches the offer you actually plan to buy.

The limits of price history

• No forecasts: history shows the past. It reveals patterns, not a guaranteed price tomorrow.
• Variants: colours, storage sizes or bundles can share one listing at different prices. Make sure the chart covers your variant.
• Coupons and checkout discounts: a clip-on coupon or a discount applied at checkout doesn't always show in the chart.
• Check frequency: a very short drop, like a lightning deal lasting a few hours, can slip past a tool that doesn't check often enough.
• New products: without several months of data, it's hard to know what a "good" price is.

When does price history say it's time to buy?

A purely hypothetical example: a vacuum cleaner listed at €249, "was €299". The history shows it sat around €259 all summer, moved to €299 in early November, and dropped to €219 during last year's big sales event. Conclusion: €249 is barely below its usual price. Better to set a target around €220–230 and wait than to buy because of the crossed-out price.

The same approach works for any product: compare with the usual price and the recent low, then set a target price. The hard part isn't the decision, it's watching the price until it hits your target. Our guide to tracking an Amazon price covers the alert options.

Put it into practice: follow an Amazon price without thinking about it

With UniverTrack, there's no chart to open every day and no spreadsheet to maintain. For an Amazon product, past price history can be shown as soon as you add it; the price is then checked automatically and the dated history keeps growing. An indicator tells you when it's a good time to buy.

1. Paste the link to the Amazon product: a free preview shows the product and its current price.
2. Set a target price based on the history (usual price, recent low).
3. Get an email alert when your target is reached, then buy.

For one big purchase, the Découverte plan (up to 10 products) is enough. If you follow lots of products and want fake discounts flagged automatically, the Malin plan is the better fit. Compare plans on the pricing page: every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, with no commitment.