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Get an alert when a competitor changes prices
Paste this into an AI assistant to set up a monitor that checks the competitor pages you choose — pricing, promotions, announcements — on a schedule, and alerts you with exactly what changed. The AI first asks who to watch and what matters to you. Use it if you tend to find out about a competitor’s promotion from a customer who mentions it.
Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any AI assistant. Replace anything in [brackets] with your own details before you send it.
How to use it
List competitors with the exact pages worth watching — a pricing page and a promotions page tell you more than a homepage. Be selective: three competitors checked weekly with clear alerts beats ten checked daily with noise you start ignoring.
Insist on alerts that state the change ("their basic service went from $99 to $119"), and keep the running log — trends show up over a season, not in a single alert.
One tip: this monitors public pages only — the same information any visitor to their site can see. That is the point, and the boundary.
Questions readers actually ask
How do I track competitor prices automatically?
Paste this prompt into an AI assistant that can write code. It asks which competitors and which of their pages matter — pricing, promotions, announcements — then builds a monitor that checks those pages on your schedule and alerts you by email, text, or a shared doc when something changes.
What does this prompt actually produce?
A monitor that checks the specific pages you listed daily or weekly, alerts that state exactly what changed rather than just that something did, and a running log of changes over time so you can see patterns — like a competitor who discounts every quarter-end.
Who is this prompt for?
Businesses in price-sensitive local markets — gyms, salons, trades, retail, restaurants — where a competitor’s promotion pulls customers before you even know it is running.
Is it okay to monitor a competitor’s website?
The monitor reads public pages — the same thing you would see visiting their site in a browser, just on a schedule. Keep the check frequency modest (daily or weekly is plenty) and stick to public pages; it does not and should not access anything behind a login.
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