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Introducing my little app that tracks any product’s price on Amazon.

Project Link: https://trackerbase.herokuapp.com/

In this article, as I had written the documentation (at https://github.com/yewyewXD/React-Amazon-Price-Tracker), I will walk you through using this app step-by-step.

It might take a few seconds to load because Heroku (a hosting platform) will put my app to Sleep Mode if it's inactive for 30 minutes.

  1. Log in (you can log in as a guest) or create an account (please don't use your real info for this demo app). Note that guest mode will disable the database and backend CRUDs.

  2. View "dashboard" and click the "plus" button to track a product's price. In the "Product URL" field, you can either paste the link of any Amazon product detail page or simply use our demo link.

  3. Label your track record in the "Name" field, enter your ideal/target price in the "Expected Price" field, and hit the "Track" button.

Now your product is being tracked!

To edit, use the "Edit" or "Detail" button (it depends on your device).

To delete, select a track record, and then use the delete button.

To get the latest price info of all your tracked products, just click on "Update all".

**If you wanna suggest something or contribute to this project, leave a comment and let me know! Thank you for reading, stay safe!

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mzeenkala23

Hey really cool project would you I be able to work with you more to add some additional functionality?

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KangWei Yew

Hi there! Thank you for checking it out. Sure! Please leave your contact info so that we can communicate better.

As the Oktoberfest is still ongoing, I will consider launching this repo as an open-source project and allow more people to join our fun!

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mzeenkala23

Sure you my twitter handle is 23_mzee

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Wispri • Edited

Thanks for sharing this new application in detail. I loved reading your articles. I hope you will publish more articles soon on price tracking tool

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KangWei Yew

What an app! I'm sure people would love it more if they could try it without having to create an account. Like, set an alert and only have to enter their email, then they will be alerted thru email when any price drops.