# Monitor Competitor Shopify Prices and Stock

**Use case:** 

Monitor competitor Shopify prices, sales, stock and catalogue changes. Replace the sample store URLs and run this Task on a schedule. The first successful run creates a baseline; later runs return changed products, alert-ready events and one status row per store.

## Input

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    "https://www.allbirds.com",
    "https://www.deathwishcoffee.com",
    "https://colourpop.com"
  ],
  "stores": [],
  "mode": "monitor",
  "outputMode": "changesOnly",
  "includeImages": true,
  "includeDescriptions": false,
  "country": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "record_type": {
    "label": "Record type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "event_type": {
    "label": "Event type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "detected_at": {
    "label": "Detected at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "store": {
    "label": "Store host",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "external_id": {
    "label": "Your external ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "product_id": {
    "label": "Product ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "variant_id": {
    "label": "Variant ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "handle": {
    "label": "Handle",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "before": {
    "label": "Before",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "after": {
    "label": "After",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "changed_fields": {
    "label": "Changed fields",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_url": {
    "label": "Source URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Shopify Products Scraper, Price & Stock Monitor](https://apify.com/automa-flow/shopify-price-stock-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automa-flow/shopify-price-stock-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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