Price aggregators — Hotline and Price.ua in Ukraine, Ceneo in Poland, idealo in Germany — show offers from dozens of shops for the same product on one page. For anyone tracking competitor prices, that is a ready-made sample of the market: there is no need to look for every seller separately.
Why collecting prices from aggregators pays off
- A smaller budget. One product page on an aggregator replaces checking dozens of sites: if 5–10 of your competitors are listed there, monitoring costs several times less.
- Competitors you did not know about. An aggregator shows every shop selling the product, including new and small ones.
- A quick start. There is no need to set up collection for each competitor site — it is enough to match your product with its listing on the aggregator.
- Availability and terms. Next to the price, an aggregator shows availability and often the delivery cost.
Limitations to keep in mind
An aggregator only shows the shops listed on it, and its prices lag behind the sellers’ own sites. So it makes sense to also track key competitors directly on their websites and to use the aggregator for a broad view of the market.
How it works in Helecos
Helecos collects prices from aggregators (such as Hotline) and from competitor websites in one project: you upload your catalogue, the service matches the products and sends scheduled reports on prices and RRP violations. More on the aggregator price monitoring page.
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