How to track a price on Amazon and get a price drop alert

The easiest way to track an Amazon product's price is to set a price alert in a third-party tool: you pick the product and a target price, and you get an email or notification when the price gets there. Keepa and CamelCamelCamel do this for free on Amazon; a price tracker like UniverTrack adds a dated history, a good-time-to-buy indicator and tracking at other retailers. The key is choosing a realistic target price based on the product's history.

How do I track the price of an Amazon product?

There are three main approaches. They all start the same way: copy the product page link.

Approach	Alert type	Best for
Keepa extension	Target price, by offer type (Amazon, new third-party, used)	People comfortable with detailed charts
CamelCamelCamel / The Camelizer	Target price by email	A simple alert on a few Amazon products
Automatic price tracker	Target price or genuine drop, good-time indicator	Several products, several retailers, spotting fake deals

You can always check the page yourself, but that's the method most likely to miss a drop: Amazon prices change often, and a good offer may only last a few hours.

Does Amazon have its own price alert?

On Amazon.fr product pages, there's no button to get notified when the price falls below an amount you choose. What Amazon does show during a discount is the lowest price of the last 30 days, as required by the EU 30-day rule.

In 2026, Amazon announced price alerts and price history in its AI shopping assistant for some countries (the US, the UK, Canada and India). France was not part of those announcements. Even if these features spread, an alert run by the seller itself is best paired with an independent price history.

Setting up an alert with Keepa or CamelCamelCamel

With Keepa

1. Install the Keepa extension (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera or Safari).
2. Open the product page on Amazon: the chart appears below the price.
3. Open the tracking tab, choose which offer type to watch (sold by Amazon, new from a third-party seller, used) and enter your target price.
4. Choose how you want to be notified (email or notification, depending on your settings).

With CamelCamelCamel

1. Go to the site for your Amazon store, or install The Camelizer extension (desktop only).
2. Paste the Amazon product link, or click the extension icon from the product page.
3. Enter your desired price for the Amazon offer or for third-party sellers, then confirm your email address.

More on these tools: CamelCamelCamel for French shoppers.

What target price should I set?

An alert is only as good as its target. Too high, and you buy a deal that isn't one. Too low, and the alert never fires.

1. Check the history over several months: our guide to Amazon price history shows how to read it.
2. Find the usual price (where the price sits most of the time) and the recent low.
3. Put your target between the two: closer to the low if you can wait, closer to the usual price if you need it soon.

A purely hypothetical example: headphones usually selling around €180, which dropped to €139 during the last big sales event. A target of €145–150 has a good chance of firing on a genuine drop, without letting you buy at €169 "instead of €199".

Plan ahead for big events

If you're aiming for an event such as Prime Big Deal Days or Black Friday, set the alert several weeks early. You'll see whether the price climbs before the event, and you'll know straight away whether the "deal" on the day really beats your target.

Target-price alert or alert on every drop?

Alert type	Upside	Downside
Target price	You only hear about prices that suit you	A badly chosen target fires too early, or never
Every drop	No change slips past you	Lots of emails for a few euros' difference
Genuine drop (compared with history)	Filters out drops that just return to the normal price	Needs enough history

For one specific product, a target price usually works best. For a longer wish list, an alert that compares each drop with the history keeps notifications under control. Our guide to setting up a price drop alert covers the settings.

Tracking a product's price outside Amazon

Amazon isn't the only place your product is sold. Keepa and CamelCamelCamel only cover Amazon stores; to track a product at Cdiscount or other online retailers, you need a tool that reads the retailer's product page. See our guide to tracking Cdiscount prices.

If you add the same product from several retailers, some tools group the offers and show the best one. Note that this comparison relies on the links you add, not on an automatic search of every shop.

What about other European Amazon stores?

The same product doesn't always cost the same on Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Amazon.it or Amazon.es. Keepa lets you compare those stores, and UniverTrack's Pro plan shows the Amazon price by country. Before ordering from another store, check delivery costs to your country, lead time, compatibility (plug type, keyboard layout, language) and the returns policy. A lower sticker price can disappear once shipping is added, so compare the total you would actually pay rather than the headline figure.

Mistakes that make you miss a price drop

• Watching the wrong variant: colour, storage size or bundle can share one listing at different prices.
• Mixing up Amazon and third-party sellers: the alert may fire on an offer with delivery fees, a long lead time or an unreliable seller.
• Forgetting coupons: a clip-on coupon can lower what you pay while the displayed price stays the same.
• Reacting too late: a lightning deal or limited stock can vanish within hours, so read your alerts promptly.
• Trusting the percentage: "-35%" calculated from a high reference price says nothing about the usual price. See how to spot a fake discount.

Put it into practice: track your Amazon prices with UniverTrack

Tracking by hand means repeated visits, drops missed between checks, and the risk of falling for a fake deal. UniverTrack automates it: the price is checked regularly, a dated history builds up (for Amazon, past history can be shown as soon as you add the product) and you get email alerts.

1. Paste the link to the Amazon product: a free preview shows the product and its current price.
2. Set a target price, or let the tool flag a genuine drop.
3. Get the alert and buy when the indicator confirms it's a good time.

Waiting for one big purchase? The Découverte plan (up to 10 products) is enough. Watching a long wish list and want fake deals filtered out? Go for Malin. Comparing the same product across several retailers? The Pro plan groups the offers on one page. Details on the pricing page; every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no commitment.