How to use Keepa to shop smarter during Black Friday 2020
If you are shopping online during Black Friday, then the Keepa extension can help track product prices overtime to make sure you’re getting a good deal.
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Black Friday 2020 is once again upon us, and unlike previous years, this one is expected to be a lot different with a focus on online purchasing rather than in-store shopping. And stores likeAmazonare planning to start offering deals even before Thanksgiving day, and they’re expected to continue beyond the weekend.
Although the biggest sales event of the year will includeall sorts of bargainsfrom laptops and desktops deals to accessories, office supplies, and many other tech gadgets, as well as kitchen appliances and toys, it doesn’t mean that you’ll be scoring a good deal on every purchase. Amazon, for example, is one of those retailers where prices are always in fluctuation, making it difficult to understand if you are grabbing a worthy deal, and this is when Keepa comes in handy.
Keepa is a freemium service that tracks the price history of products on Amazon. With the extension available onWindows 10, you can view the history information within the product page. If you come across a discount that seems too good to be true, you can review the data to see how the price has changed over time to make an informed decision on the purchase.
In addition, if you’re not sure about a particular deal, you can also use Keepa to save the item on your list to track its price and receive an alert immediately after the product drops to your desired amount.
In this Windows 10 guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to use the Keepa browser extension to track the Amazon product’s pricing history, which can help you find the best deals during the Black Friday 2020 sales event.
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How to install Keepa on your browser on Windows 10
On Windows 10, you can install Keepa in the most popular browsers, including Edge, Firefox, and Chrome. (The extension is also available for Safari and Opera.)
Install extension on Microsoft Edge
To install the Keepa extension on Microsoft Edge, use these steps:
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Install extension on Mozilla Firefox
To install Keepa in Firefox, use these steps:
Install extension on Google Chrome
To install Keepa to Google Chrome, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, Keepa will install, and you can begin to use the extension to check the price history of products during the Black Friday 2020 sales event.
How to check Amazon product price history using Keepa
To check the price history of Amazon products, use these steps:
In thePrice historytab, you’ll find a graph with price history from Amazon and third-party sellers. However, usually, you want to pay attention only to theorangedetails, as it includes the information of the product sold and fulfill from Amazon.
Thepurplegraph shows the price history of third-party sellers, and thegraygraph is for used products available from third-party sellers and Amazon.
Using the right navigation pane, you can click each item to show or hide its information to focus only on the price history for a specific seller type.
At the bottom of the navigation pane, you’ll find a “Range” option that allows you to change the history range of a particular product. Options available include “day,” “week,” “three months,” and “all.”
Once you analyze the historical data, you’ll be able to determine if the original price was inflated and significantly reduced to make it look like you’re getting a good deal.
In addition to using the extension, it’s also a good idea to do a quick online search to make sure the same product isn’t selling for less money on another website, which helps you to save even more money.
How to track Amazon product price using Keepa
You can use the service without an account, but you’ll need one to track products and receive notifications as soon as the item drops to the price you’re willing to pay.
Create Keepa account
To create an account with Keepa to track prices of Amazon products, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, you can add virtually any product from Amazon to track their prices and get alerts as soon as a deal becomes available.
Create Keepa tracker
To track prices of Amazon products during Black Friday 2020, use these steps:
After you complete the steps, Keepa will monitor the price, and you’ll receive an email notification as soon as the product reaches your desired amount.
If you want to track more products, you’ll need to repeat the steps outlined above. If you have to see the list of all the products you’re following,you can login to your Keepa account.
While in your account, you can view all the items in one view. You can sort and filter the items and customize the view using the left navigation pane option, and you can even delete trackers when they’re no longer needed.
How to change Amazon product price settings using Keepa
The Keep extension comes with many customization settings to ease the process of tracking prices during Black Friday or any other sales event.
To customize the extension settings, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, the changes will save automatically, and they will become the default when using the extension on the Amazon website.
We’re focusing this guide on Windows 10. However, you can use the Keepa extension in the equivalent versions of the supported browsers in older versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux to help you shop a little smarter during Black Friday.
Mauro Huculak has been a Windows How-To Expert contributor for WindowsCentral.com for nearly a decade and has over 15 years of experience writing comprehensive guides. He also has an IT background and has achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, and CompTIA. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years.
