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We operate a powerful brand tracking system to monitor branded products sold on Amazon. If you're a brand looking to protect your products, check out www.semantics3.com



We built this neat little app using our new Push notifications API. It allows you to set up price push notifications on any product sold online, regardless of retailer. Check it out here: www.semantics3.com/products/push


Generally, propular sites and products will be refreshed much more frequently - as often as every 24 hours


We're doing an AMA over at Reddit as well: http://www.reddit.com/r/ecommerce/comments/35zpxh/xpost_from...


[Disclaimer] I work at Semantics3.

We've been secretly working on a much more industrial-scale version of this, with a focus on getting price updates for eCommerce products.

Basically you can register a product URL, select the price change event that matters to you, and we'll push it to you via our Push Notifications API.

Its been in the works for a while, but we have MASSIVE scale. Our database is >60 million, and you can get price change push notifications on any of them.

Pretty useful if you're building your own shopping app and want the latest prices! It also helps, especially if you're trying to keep up with Amazon's pricing games.

Link: content.semantics3.com/webhooks-intro


How would this work with events like Tour de France? Wouldn't there be excessive sweating?


excessive sweating isn't an issue at all. The fabrics used throughout the cyclewear industry have undergone significant developments as recently as 5 years ago.

The main principle is "moisture wicking" , where sweat is pulled away from the skin towards the outer layer of the fabrics where they evaporate, keeping you dry.

Our main fabric supplier, MITI, has been in this game since the early 20th century and they are always at the forefront of fabric technology. We are currently enjoying the advantage of "trickle down tech" where fabric technology that was currently only available on the really expensive BibShorts are now available at a lower cost - largely due to economies of scale and process efficiency.


Very interesting concept. Where are you guys manufacturing the products? Do you design these yourselves?


Semantics3 (www.semantics3.com) has been tracking Amazon for almost 2 years now (we have price histories to boot!). We can, and do still offer price comparison functionality for products sold on Amazon; you can also compare these prices against other domains.


I'm a happy customer of Semantics3, although the number of products they have data for isn't overwhelming.


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