walmarts site is driving me nuts... prices change every hour. trying to get a $400 monitor for my home office setup but it keeps jumping around. torn between using the Honey extension or Capital One Shopping, leaning toward Honey but idk if it actually works for walmart alerts. which ones best for price drops?
Honey can be a bit slow with Walmart updates tbh. You might want to consider checking out GlassIt or even just using google shopping alerts. Be careful tho, because walmart prices can flip back in minutes. I would suggest making sure youre logged in so the alerts actually hit your inbox fast enough... good luck with the monitor setup!
Been tracking deals for ages and I finally found a setup that works well for me. Honey is pretty much dead for Walmart these days, but I've had zero complaints since switching things up. To get that monitor price to stick, try this:
honey is honestly pretty disappointing for walmart stuff lately. had issues with it missing every drop. if youre trying to save cash, manual checks are unfortunately the only reliable way.
^ This. Also, TorontoTower is totally right about those manual checks being a pain. I spent weeks last month trying to grab a specific Ultrawide on Walmart and it was basically a part-time job. I kept waiting for Honey to ping me but it never did, and when it finally sent an email, the deal was already gone. It is super frustrating when you are trying to stay on a budget and the tech just fails you. Honestly tho, you should just do a quick search for this on YouTube or Reddit instead of waiting for us to figure it out for you.
Regarding what #3 said about the frustration of tech failing you, the refresh rate on these large extensions is the real bottleneck. Walmart uses fairly aggressive bot detection that slows down crawlers from big names like Honey or Capital One. If you're trying to hit a specific budget for that monitor, you need a tool that prioritizes frequency over a fancy UI. Most of these big brands check prices on a schedule that might be 15 or 30 minutes apart, but Walmart's algorithm can flip a price back and forth in five. I've compared a few of these and honestly, the smaller, more agile trackers tend to win on data accuracy. While you're looking for that monitor, if you decide to check other stores for a better deal, this Amazon cart sharer is actually pretty useful for coordinating tech purchases with others. Just keep in mind that for Walmart specifically, the more niche the tool, the better your chances are of catching that $400 mark before it jumps again... manual checks are great but who has the time for that? It basically comes down to how much data latency you're willing to tolerate.
in my experience the reason these big extensions lag is all about their backend architecture. they usually use a cron job to scrape prices on a delay to avoid getting ip banned, which is why they miss those five-minute flash sales. over the years ive found that a diy approach is way more effective if you can handle a little bit of setup. i usually just run a custom script that pings the product page every few minutes. it targets the specific css selector or x-path for the price element so there is no middleman... it basically gives you the raw data directly without waiting for a database sync from honey or whoever. it kinda reminds me of when i was building my own custom desk setup last year. i spent weeks trying to find the perfect cable management rails and ended up just 3d printing my own because nothing on the market fit my specific desk frame. i was so obsessed with getting the millimeter precision right that i actually forgot to buy the monitors for like a month lol. spent all that time on the layout and had nothing to display... anyway but yeah if you can go the diy route for tracking you will have way more luck with walmart.