I used to have an app on my Android phone which provided a share option in my other apps. Now that I am on a new phone I can no longer find that app in the Apple Play store. How do you guys check pricing history on your mobile without these apps?
My short bio: In 2008, I created http://camelcamelcamel.com/ -- an Amazon price tracker -- as a code experiment / demo, not intending for it to be a long term project nor really anything other than something interesting to work on. People started (and kept) using it, so I kept working on it, and now it is 9 years later. I currently have two incredibly smart and talented people working with me full-time on the project.
I received a lot of AMA requests in a thread in r/Entrepreneur, so today is the day! To pre-answer the basic stuff... here's our Quantcast profile, for traffic related questions: https://www.quantcast.com/camelcamelcamel.com ; we had our millionth user registration in December 2016; and sorry but I won't be answering questions about our revenue or other incredibly confidential info.
I will be around for most of the day, but need to launch some things today so please forgive me if my responses aren't always immediate.
My Proof: https://twitter.com/camelcamelcamel/status/838814719670525958
Edit: After a verification snafu, we are back.
By the way, we've got a fledgling sub r/camelcamelcamel/ if anyone would like to help make it goodly.
Thank you so much for making this site. I always check product price history before big purchases to make sure I'm not buying at a high point. Do you have any plans to expand to checking prices on other websites?
Is there a reason you haven't plugged your Browser Addon anywhere? I'm not sure if you get the same revenue stream from it compared to the site, but it's helped me.
For all those people saying the site looks cool but will forget it, just get the Addon (called Camelizer for Firefox and Chrome) and click it any time you're on a product page! Shows you the history and allows you to setup notifications at the same time.
Thanks for this great service u/L1quid.
When I discovered CCC, I loaded it up with boardgames hoping to snag some sweet deals. Naturally, I set it to notify me when the lowest recorded price for a game pops up again. Since that time, both games I've ordered from CCC notifications have been scams.
Let me stress that this isn't a problem with CCC. The site is working as designed, and it works very well. I received an e-mail when the games hit the price I entered (a price that wasn't obscenely low for two separate games that are several years old) and I immediately placed my order.
However, I didn't realize that offering was from a brand new third-party seller/scammer. These sellers take forever to move on the product, then send you a fake tracking number (that constantly claims the item has "shipped" and is in "transit from seller to the carrier"). They give you an obscenely far off delivery date and, since the item has "shipped", they've taken your money and you can't just cancel your order.
Now I'm stuck waiting for the far off delivery date to come and go, then filing a claim with Amazon A-to-Z to get my money back. I've now contacted both sellers and asked for a refund in hopes of speeding this process up with Amazon (as you can file an A-to-Z claim if the seller is non-communicative) and I'm fully confident that I'll get my money back, but obviously I'd have rather avoided this scam to begin with. Had these games been purchased for an event, birthday, or other holiday, and not just growing my game shelf, I'd be in trouble.
So, be warned. Scammers are obviously targeting board games on Amazon and CCC is being made an unwitting accomplice. Before you place your order, make sure the seller is legit with a history of verified purchases. This seems like an obvious step, but if you've grown complacent with the ease and reliability with Amazon (as I had), it's an easy one to overlook.
Well man...even if its Amazon.com... you should check sellers reputation..specially when you find crazy deals. I use camel camel camel a lot, and its kind of sad that this has been happening, its not only for board games, but its always a new seller.
Also lately I've noticed two things...Amazon is price matching Wal-Mart..and coupons are starting to appear, and camel camel camel does not take those into account...
CCC Pro Tip: Only set price watches as sold by Amazon
Scams and fakes aside, CCC does not account for Third Party shipping cost so you are going to get a lot of false positives when you have a Third Party price watch.
What you want to see happen in the CCC graph is a steep stair looking graph that indicates a price war with a Third Party. In this case always buy from Amazon even if it is a bit more to maximize the number of people that get in on the deal. Once the Third Party is sold out Amazon will bounce back up to their normal price.