Christian

Christian

Creator of FetchTheChange.
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How to Monitor Competitor Prices Without Getting Blocked (2026 Guide)

Monitoring competitor prices is a common practice in ecommerce, SaaS, and retail. Whether you're tracking a rival's product page or watching for price drops on a supplier's site, having accurate and timely data can directly impact your pricing decisions. But most price monitoring setups fail — and not in the way you'd expect. The real problem isn't usually getting blocked outright. It's that...

FetchTheChange monitors any value on a page (not just prices) and—when a selector stops matching—helps you recover instead of failing silently. Key features: - Works on modern, JavaScript-heavy sites - Monitors any value (prices, availability, metrics, text, status messages) - Shows clear failure states (e.g. “selector missing” vs “blocked”) Includes a built-in “Fix Selector” helper that suggests working selectors
FetchTheChange
FetchTheChangeA reliable website change-monitoring tool.
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I built a website change monitor that still works when CSS selectors break

Hey Product Hunters! Problem: Many website change monitors break silently when pages are JavaScript-heavy or when the DOM structure changes. FetchTheChange is my attempt to fix that. It monitors any value on a page (not just prices) and—when a selector stops matching—helps you recover instead of failing silently. Key features: Works on modern, JavaScript-heavy sites Monitors any value (prices,...