# Track competitor prices on Shopify stores

**Use case:** 

List the Shopify stores you compete with and get one row per product with its current price, compare-at price and availability. Schedule the task daily or weekly and compare two runs in a spreadsheet to see price changes, new products and items that sold out. The Actor returns the current catalogue; the comparison between runs is yours to make.

## Input

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    "https://www.allbirds.com",
    "https://www.deathwishcoffee.com"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerStore": 20,
  "includeVariants": false,
  "maxItems": 40,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "debugLog": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "store": {
    "label": "Store",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "productId": {
    "label": "Product ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Lowest price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "priceMax": {
    "label": "Highest price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "compareAtPrice": {
    "label": "Compare-at price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "available": {
    "label": "Available",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "updatedAt": {
    "label": "Store updated",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "retrievedAt": {
    "label": "Collected at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Shopify Products API & Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Track competitor prices on Shopify stores". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/zV1OQfU3C3KpBvHxw) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Track competitor prices on Shopify stores" task

The Shopify Products API & Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like store urls, maximum products per store, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Track competitor prices on Shopify stores" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as store, product id, title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Track competitor prices on Shopify stores" task via API](https://apify.com/sourcing-data-studio/shopify-products-api.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Shopify Products API & Scraper](https://apify.com/sourcing-data-studio/shopify-products-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/sourcing-data-studio/shopify-products-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/sourcing-data-studio/shopify-products-api.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).