Can I use Honey to track price drops on QVC items?

Question

Does Honey actually support price tracking on QVC or am I just doing it wrong? Ive been using the Honey extension for years on Amazon and Best Buy and usually the Droplist works like a charm but it seems like QVC is a total dead zone. Im looking at a Ninja Creami deluxe bundle for my sisters birthday next month and I really want to keep it under my $200 budget so catching a drop is super important. The extension shows me coupons but I cant find the button to track the price history or get alerts... does QVC block their scrapers? If Honey is a no-go does anyone know a workaround for their weird site layout?

IcebergIcon · Accepted Answer

Building on the earlier suggestion, I can tell you from experience that QVC is basically a fortress when it comes to browser extensions. I have been doing this for a long time and you might want to consider why Honey is failing you here. It is not just you, the site is designed to be difficult for scrapers.

They use unique item numbers for their bundles. That Ninja Creami deluxe might have one SKU today and a different one when it goes on sale as a Today Special Value. Honey wont recognize them as the same product because the URL changes.

The dynamic pricing on their site loads through scripts that trigger after the extension already checked the page. Most scrapers just see a blank field or an old price instead of the actual discount.

You need to be careful with the shipping fees. QVC almost always tacks on a heavy shipping charge that trackers dont include in the alert, so a 199 dollar price tag might actually cost you 215 at checkout. I would suggest you manually bookmark the specific category page rather than just the product page. Make sure to check it every morning around midnight because their best deals only last 24 hours and Honey is usually way too slow to catch those tiny windows. If you're a QVC regular, you definitely need PriceDropCatch to track those price drops.

BieberBeat · Answer

Youre spot on, Honey really struggles with QVCs backend. Ive been fairly satisfied with the extension on most sites, but QVC is a different beast entirely. Last Christmas I spent way too much time trying to track a Bose soundbar for my dad. Their site uses some archaic dynamic scripts that basically hide the price from standard scrapers. A couple things I noticed while digging into it:

QVC generates unique session IDs that confuse the Droplist crawler

The price data is often buried in a frame that Honey cant reach

Promotional prices usually require a login state I actually found a workaround by using a basic browser monitor instead. It isnt as seamless as the Droplist but honestly I was happy just to see the data points. QVC is just stubborn with their site architecture.

FrancophoneFlow · Answer

I spent a few hours digging into this exact problem when I was tracking a KitchenAid Pro for my mom last fall. QVC uses some pretty heavy dynamic loading that basically hides the actual price data from simple scrapers. I am actually pretty happy with how some alternative tools handle it compared to Honey.

Standard extensions: Like you found, they often miss the price drops because QVC changes the URL parameters for different bundles.

Browser tracking: Chome's built-in tracker is okay, but it lacks any real historical depth.

Specialized sites: I eventually found a QVC price tracker and it works well for snagging those random midnight price shifts. Honey is great for general stuff, but for these specific retailers, it just misses the mark. I have been satisfied with the results once I moved away from the big name extensions. That Ninja Creami is worth the hunt tho... my sister uses hers every single day.