Track Competitor Pricing in Real Time as a Solo E-Commerce Seller

Keeping tabs on competitor pricing is exhausting when you do it manually. As an independent seller, you don't have a research team — but you can hire a ClearEdge agent that works 24/7.

The Problem

You sell on Amazon and Shopify. You have 3-5 direct competitors whose prices fluctuate weekly. You're either checking manually every morning or missing price drops that cost you sales.

The Setup

Step 1: Hire Nina (Competitive Intelligence)

Go to My Team → Hire an Agent and select Nina — our Competitive Intelligence specialist.

Step 2: Configure the Focus Area

Set the focus area to something specific:

"Monitor pricing for [Product Category] on Amazon and Shopify. Track competitors: [Competitor 1], [Competitor 2], [Competitor 3]. Focus on price changes, promotions, bundle offers, and shipping cost changes. Compare against my price point of $X."

Step 3: Set Data Sources

Enable: Web Search, Product Pages, News Articles

Step 4: Schedule Daily Runs

Go to Schedules → New Schedule. Set Nina to run daily at 7:00 AM UTC with email delivery on.

What You Get

Every morning, Nina delivers:

• Current competitor prices with changes from yesterday
• Promotion alerts (flash sales, coupons, bundles)
• A competitive positioning recommendation
• Source links to every product page checked

Pro Tips

• Set the output format to Bullet Points for a quick morning scan
• Add custom instructions: "Flag any price drop of more than 10% as urgent"
• Connect a Discord webhook to get instant alerts in your phone

Cost

~10 credits per run × 30 days = 300 credits/month. The Starter plan (500 credits) covers this with room to spare.