UK Price Comparison Actor

Overview

Track product and shop prices in the UK market using GTINs (EAN‑13/EAN‑8), covering major retailers such as Amazon, Argos, Currys, John Lewis, AO, Very, eBay, B&Q, Boots, Asos...
Built for eCommerce teams, marketers, and analysts who need clear, reliable price data.
No coding required — this Actor is designed to be no‑code friendly, so anyone can run it and export results without technical setup.

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✨ Features

• Input: List of GTINs (8 or 13 digits, usually EAN‑13 or EAN‑8).
• Tracks the lowest price and saves product details with a timestamp for each item.
• Optionally collects all available merchant offers for competitor comparison.
• Produces:
  • Default dataset → product summary with shop dictionary of merchant prices.
  • Offers CSV file → one row per merchant, ready for Excel or BI analysis (download link is logged after the run).

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⚙️ How it works

1. Enter GTINs (EAN‑13/EAN‑8 numbers)
   Paste one or more 8‑ or 13‑digit codes. Each GTIN (EAN) identifies a product you want to track.

2. Include all shop offers
   Switch ON to collect all available merchant prices. Switch OFF to save only the lowest price for each product.

3. Generate Offers CSV file
   Switch ON the Generate Offers CSV file input.
   After scraping, the Actor logs a direct download link at the bottom of Log:
   📂 Offers CSV file created. Download here: https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/<STORE_ID>/records/offers-dataset.csv
   Click the link to get the file — it contains merchant‑level rows for Excel/BI analysis, structured differently than the Default dataset.

4. Run the Actor
   It gathers product details and prices, then saves results into the default dataset and (optionally) the offers CSV file.

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📊 Example Outputs

Default dataset (JSON): → product summary with shop dictionary of merchant prices.

{
  "ean": "8806097166917",
  "category": "TVs",
  "productId": "3406198366",
  "name": "Samsung QE55LS03FAUXXU 55 Inch The Frame QLED Art Mode Smart AI TV",
  "lowestPrice": 799,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "outOfStock": false,
  "images": "https://owp.klarna.com/product/3212469895/Samsung-QE55LS03FAUXXU-55-Inch-The-Frame-QLED-Art-Mode-Smart-AI-TV.jpg",
  "productUrl": "https://www.pricerunner.com/pl/2-3406198366/TVs/Samsung-QE55LS03FAUXXU-55-Inch-The-Frame-QLED-Art-Mode-Smart-AI-TV-Compare-Prices",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-25T19:28:23.258Z",
  "shop": {
    "Amazon": 799,
    "Currys": 799,
    "John_Lewis___Partners": 849,
    "Samsung": 949,
    "Very": 949
  }
},

Offers dataset (CSV): → merchant rows for Excel or BI analysis, created only if the checkbox is ON (direct download link is logged after the run).

ean	productId	name	category	merchant	price	scrapedAt
8806097166917	3406198366	Samsung QE55LS03FAUXXU	TVs	Amazon	799	2026-05-25
8806097166917	3406198366	Samsung QE55LS03FAUXXU	TVs	Currys	799	2026-05-25
8806097166917	3406198366	Samsung QE55LS03FAUXXU	TVs	John Lewis	849	2026-05-25
8806097166917	3406198366	Samsung QE55LS03FAUXXU	TVs	Samsung	949	2026-05-25
8806097166917	3406198366	Samsung QE55LS03FAUXXU	TVs	Very	949	2026-05-25

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💡 Use Cases

• Monitor prices for your product catalog.
• Compare competitors’ pricing.
• Feed BI dashboards with shop‑level data.
• Support affiliate or SEO content with verified prices.

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📌 Notes

• This Actor is GTIN‑based (EAN‑13/EAN‑8) and built for the UK market.
• Data is sourced from pricerunner.com.
• Designed to respect the pricerunner.com robots.txt file as of 25.05.2026.

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