Why the Keepa browser extension will be your Black Friday 2019 best friend

Black Friday 2019 sales are happening now, and even though, online as well as physical retailers will be packed with great deals, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be saving money on every purchase.

Amazon is one of those retailers known to change prices regularly, which makes it confusing (even more on big shopping days) to see if you’re getting a good deal. Keepa is a freemium service that tracks the price history of virtually every item available in Amazon, and using the browser extension on Windows 10 will embed a graph with a history of the price for the product you want, which it’ll help you make a more informed purchase decision this Black Friday.

If you notice that the product isn’t a good buy, you can also use Keepa to track it and receive email alerts as soon as the price drops to your desired amount.

In this Windows 10 guide, we walk you through the steps to install and use the Keepa extension on Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Firefox, to understand how an Amazon price has fluctuated over time to shop with confidence during the Black Friday 2019 sales event and beyond.

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How to install Keepa extension on Windows 10

Keepa is available for most modern browsers, and here are the instructions to get it on Edge, Chrome, and Firefox.

Adding Keepa to Microsoft Edge (legacy)

To install the Keepa extension in the legacy version of Microsoft Edge, use these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge (legacy).
  2. Load this Microsoft Store page.
  3. Click the Get button.
  4. Click the Get button in the Microsoft Store.

    Source: Windows Central

  5. Click the Launch button.
  6. Click the Turn it on button in Microsoft Edge.

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Adding Keepa to Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

To install the price history tracker extension in the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge, use these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge Chromium.
  2. Load this Chrome web store page.
  3. Click the Allow extensions from other stores button.

    Keepa Chrome extension for Chromium Edge

    Keepa Chrome extension for Chromium Edge

    Source: Windows Central

    Quick tip: If you don’t see the option, use this guide to enable extensions from other stores.

  4. Click the Allow button.

    Keepa setup on Edge

    Keepa setup on Edge

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  5. Click the Add to Chrome button.

    Keepa extension add option on Edge

    Keepa extension add option on Edge

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  6. Click the Add extension button.

Adding Keepa to Chrome

To install Keepa in Chrome, use these steps:

  1. Open Google Chrome.
  2. Load this chrome web store page.
  3. Click the Add to Chrome button.

    Keepa extension add option on Edge

    Keepa extension add option on Edge

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  4. Click the Add extension button.

Adding Keepa to Firefox

To install the Keepa add-on in Firefox, use these steps:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Load this Firefox Add-ons page.
  3. Click the Add to Firefox button.

    Keepa extension for Firefox

    Keepa extension for Firefox

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  4. Click the Add button.

    Keepa install on Firefox

    Keepa install on Firefox

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Once you complete the steps, you can start using Keepa to see the price history for Black Friday products, or to monitor Amazon products until they reach the price you’re willing to pay.

How to see Amazon product price history with Keepa

After Keepa is installed on your web browser, you can get started with these steps:

  1. Open your web browser.
  2. Navigate to Amazon.com.
  3. Select the product you’re interested in purchasing.
  4. Scroll down, just below the product description, to load the Keepa information.
  5. Click the Price history tab.

On the Pricing history tab, the single most crucial piece of information is the Amazon (orange) chart, which shows you the price history of the product sold and fulfilled by Amazon in the last three months (you can expand the view using the “Range” option on the right), allowing you to quickly find out you’re getting a good deal.

The New (light purple) graph will also show you the price history for the product but from third-party sellers.

The Used (dark) graph will display the lowest price of a used product, and this information can be from Amazon or third-party sellers.

Also, the graph will show Amazon Warehouse deals, which don’t happen every day, and as such, they appear with a purple X mark.

Once you complete the steps, you’ll have a better understanding of the price history, which helps determine if you’ll be getting a good deal during Black Friday 2019.

How to track Amazon product prices with Keepa

You don’t need to create a free account with the service, but if you want to track products and receive alerts as soon as a product drops to your desired price, you’ll need to sign up with Keepa.

Creating a Keepa account

To create a Keepa account to plan your Black Friday 2019 shopping spree, use these steps:

  1. Open Keepa.com.
  2. Click the Register option in the top-right.

    Keepa register button

    Keepa register button

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  3. Click the Register tab.
  4. Specify your personal details, such as username, email, and password. (Or use one of the available sign-up options.)
  5. Click the Register button.

    Keepa create new account option

    Keepa create new account option

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Once you complete the steps, you’ll be able to create price trackers for Amazon products.

Creating Amazon price tracker

To tracker product prices using Keepa for an Amazon item, use these steps:

  1. Open your web browser.
  2. Navigate to Amazon.com.
  3. Select the product you’re interested in purchasing.
  4. Scroll down, just below the product description load the Keepa information.
  5. Click the Track product tab.
  6. Specify the desired price you wish to pay when the product is sold and fulfilled by Amazon.

    Keepa Amazon tracker settings

    Keepa Amazon tracker settings

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  7. Specify the desired price you wish to pay when the product is sold by a third-party product.

    Quick tip: Set the desired price a little above the amount you want to pay. This way, if the price drops, and it’s just above the price you’re willing to pay, it may still be a good buy. You don’t want to miss a good deal because of a few bucks difference.

  8. (Optional) Specify the desired price you wish to pay when the product condition is used.
  9. Use the Track for drop-down menu to select how long you want to track the product price.
  10. Click the Start tracking button.

After you complete the steps, Keepa will monitor the price for the product, and you’ll receive an email as soon as it reaches your desired amount.

If you are monitoring multiple Amazon products during Black Friday 2019, you can also see all your tracked products in your Keepa account online.

How to change Amazon price tracking settings using Keepa

Keepa also allows you to customize several aspects of the extension on your web browser to make tracking prices on Amazon even easier, including settings to update the chart appearance, options to define default tracking settings, and extension style.

To change the settings of the Keepa extension, use these steps:

  1. Open your web browser.
  2. Navigate to Amazon.com.
  3. Select the product you’re interested in purchasing.
  4. Scroll down, just below the product description load the Keepa information.
  5. Click the Settings tab.
  6. Under the “Chart appearance” section, you can change several settings, some of which include:

    • Graphs to show — Specifies which sellers you want to see in the “Pricing history” tab.
    • Range — Allows you to set the time range for a product history. The default is three months, but you can check prices up a year or up to all the data available in Keepa.
    • Filter extreme values — Excludes extremely high prices from the history.

    Keepa extension preferences

    Keepa extension preferences

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  7. Under the “Tracking settings” section, you can adjust various default tracking settings, some of which include:

    • Tracking mode — Changes the mode to “Basic” (default), which only tracks prices. The “Advanced” option enables you to set additional tracking settings, such as Prime-only items, shipping cost inclusion, Lightning Deals notifications, and more.
    • Desired price reduction preset — Sets the default reduction price when building a history tracker.
    • Merchants to prefill with desired prices — Automatically fills out the prices when preferred sellers based on the desired price reduction preset.
    • Track for — Specifies the default time range when creating a new Amazon price tracker.
    • Alter rearm timer — Allows you to continue to receive alters after the price already reaches your desired price.
  8. (Optional) Under the “Add-on settings” section, you can customize various style aspects of the extension, such as vertical and horizontal sizes, default view, and more.

Once you complete the steps, you need to refresh the page to apply the new settings.

This guide is focused on Windows 10, but because it’s a browser extension, you can also use Keepa in the equivalent versions of the supported browsers in older versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Although Keepa provides a subscription plan to access advanced features, the free tier should be more than enough for anyone who just wants to get some price history information to spend money wisely and track several items during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale events.

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