Web Scraping APIs for Real-Time Product Monitoring

Featuring Actowiz Solutions
In today’s hyper-digital marketplace, brands aren’t competing once a quarter — they’re competing by the hour. Price drops on Amazon, a flash sale on Flipkart, or a stockout on Walmart can shift buying decisions in real time.
So, how do data-driven businesses keep up?
Enter: Web Scraping APIs for Real-Time Product Monitoring.
Actowiz Solutions has helped hundreds of clients — from solo sellers to global retailers — gain pricing visibility, SKU availability, and competitive trends at the speed of the internet.
What is a Web Scraping API?
A web scraping API is a tool that lets businesses extract structured data from websites automatically — without building and managing their own crawlers.
Instead of just downloading data manually, you request product data via API and get:
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Live product prices
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Stock availability
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Reviews & ratings
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Delivery timelines
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Offers & discounts
And it works on a schedule — hourly, daily, or near real-time.
Why Real-Time Product Monitoring Matters
Let’s say you're a seller of electronics on Amazon and Flipkart. Your competitor drops the price of a power bank by ₹200 on Amazon — you don’t notice it until sales dip the next day.
With real-time product monitoring via scraping API:
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You get an alert as soon as the price changes
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Your pricing engine updates automatically
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Your product stays competitive, and your margins stay intact
Real-time monitoring = less guesswork, more growth
Use Cases Across Industries
1. E-commerce Sellers
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Detect price undercutting, bundle offers, and dynamic pricing
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Compare product prices across Amazon, Flipkart, Walmart, etc.
2. Retail Chains
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Adjust in-store promotions in sync with online activity
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Track MRP vs discounts on platforms like Blinkit, Zepto, Instacart
3. D2C Brands
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Enforce MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) policy compliance
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Monitor resellers on marketplaces to prevent price erosion
4. Travel & Hospitality
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Price match offers and track surge pricing trends
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Extract flight, hotel, and rental rates from OTAs like MakeMyTrip, Expedia
How Actowiz Solutions Delivers Web Scraping APIs
At Actowiz Solutions, we specialize in custom-built, scalable APIs that can fetch real-time product data from virtually any public website.
Here’s how it works:
Step 1: Platform Targeting
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Choose sources like Amazon, Blinkit, Walmart, Flipkart, etc.
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Pinpoint countries, categories, or SKUs to monitor
Step 2: API Setup & Authentication
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We build an API tailored to your needs (REST/JSON format)
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Secure token-based access for your systems
Step 3: Data Frequency & Format
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Hourly, daily, or custom schedule
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Output as CSV, JSON, or API feed into dashboards like Power BI, Tableau, Looker
Step 4: Alerts & Visualization
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Get notifications for price drops or out-of-stock items
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Visual dashboards available for non-tech users
Sample API Output (JSON Format)
Here’s an example output from our Blinkit real-time API:
Case Study: Price Monitoring for a Leading Indian FMCG Brand
Client: National FMCG brand with 120+ products listed on Amazon, Flipkart, BigBasket, and Blinkit
Challenge: Products were being sold below MRP on 3rd-party listings, impacting brand value.
Actowiz Solution:
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Created scraping APIs across 4 platforms
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Detected 52 SKUs priced 10-25% below MRP
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Integrated data into client’s internal compliance dashboard
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Enabled takedown notices to violators in real time
Result:
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97% compliance within 3 weeks
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Brand perception improved
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Partner relationships became stronger
Speed & Scalability: What Makes APIs the Smart Choice?
Setup Time
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Traditional Scraping: Days to weeks
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Scraping API: Hours
Real-time Capability
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Traditional Scraping: Limited
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Scraping API: Yes
Integration with Tools
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Traditional Scraping: Manual CSV import
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Scraping API: Seamless
Ideal For
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Traditional Scraping: Reports
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Scraping API: Live data
Scalability
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Traditional Scraping: Moderate
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Scraping API: High
Real-Time Product Monitoring = Competitive Advantage
Here’s what real-time APIs can uncover:
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Hourly price drops
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SKU delisting
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"Out of Stock" alerts
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Fake discounts (MRP manipulation)
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Delivery window fluctuations
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Flash sale timings (based on scrape timestamps)
With this data, your pricing engine can:
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React instantly
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Automate pricing decisions
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Protect margins while staying competitive
Sample Data Table – Competitor Pricing Snapshot
Product: Dove Soap 3x100g
Amazon
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Price: ₹149
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MRP: ₹170
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Discount: ₹21
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Stock: In Stock
Flipkart
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Price: ₹155
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MRP: ₹170
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Discount: ₹15
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Stock: Out of Stock
Blinkit
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Price: ₹160
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MRP: ₹170
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Discount: ₹10
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Stock: In Stock
Is It Legal to Use Web Scraping APIs?
Great question.
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Actowiz Solutions uses ethical scraping methods that respect robots.txt and site TOS.
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We only access publicly available data.
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No personal data, no login-required pages, no fake identities.
TL;DR: If it's visible on the site, we can fetch it — respectfully.
Powering Smarter Decisions Across Teams
🧾 Marketing:
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Align campaign pricing with real-time platform insights
Finance:
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Benchmark margin impact of competitor pricing
Product:
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Track customer-facing changes and packaging shifts
Sales:
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React to deals, bundles, and discounts instantly
Actowiz Solutions Offers:
Custom-built Web Scraping APIs
Real-time pricing and stock intelligence
Country-wise, pin code-wise, platform-wise monitoring
Integration-ready APIs (Zapier, Power BI, Looker, Tableau)
24x7 monitoring & SLA-based delivery
Ready to Start?
If your business relies on competitive pricing, you need real-time product monitoring. And you need a reliable scraping partner who can scale with you.
That’s where Actowiz Solutions comes in.
Whether you're tracking 50 SKUs or 50,000 — we’ve got you covered.
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