How to Check Amazon Price History: 3 Tools to Track Product Prices

Most Amazon sellers focus on sales when they’re doing product research, but don’t overlook price when you’re trying to decide what items to sell. Offering products that are favorably priced is an important part of running a profitable business.

Tracking prices is also critical once you start selling. Your competitors will constantly be adjusting their pricing to try and gain an edge, so you need to be doing the same to keep up.

Luckily, there are a number of ways to check and track Amazon price history, and we’ll go over those methods here.

What’s a Good Price for an Amazon Product?

The ideal price for an Amazon product can vary depending on factors such as the product's category, competition, and perceived value. It is best to research and analyze similar products in the market to determine a competitive and profitable price point.

In terms of selling products, items listed between $30 and $70 are considered optimal.

This is because they are priced high enough to generate good profits while remaining affordable for buyers without extensive deliberation.

Remember, just because a product has a good price now doesn’t mean that will always be the case. Prices regularly change, so you should always look at an item’s history to ensure the price will remain profitable for you throughout the year.

How to See Price History on Amazon

There are a number of apps you can use to track prices on Amazon. We’ve featured three tools here that will give you the pricing information you need to make an informed decision:

1. AMZScout PRO Extension

The AMZScout PRO Extension is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to see all sorts of in-depth insights on any product sold on Amazon’s website.

Here’s how to use the PRO Extension to view a product’s price history:

1. Install the AMZScout PRO Extension (available on a free trial).

   

   

   

   

   

2. Search for a product or niche on the Amazon website.

   

   

   

   

   

3. Open the tool. When the results come up, click on the PRO Extension icon in the top right corner of your browser.

4. Review the dashboard. All of the products that appeared in your search will now be listed in the PRO Extension, along with metrics like rank, price, FBA fees, net margin, estimated sales, reviews, and more.

5. Open the Product history. Click on the arrow next to a product to open the dropdown menu and then click Product History.

   

   

   

   

   

   This will bring up a graph that displays the sales, rank, and price of the product over the last two years.

6. Review the data chart. The grey line indicates the price. Move your mouse over the graph to see the exact price for a specific date.

Ideally, you want to find a product with a fairly consistent price. This tells you:

• The price won’t drop by a large amount all of a sudden, which will hurt your profit margins.

• The product isn’t too competitive, as lots of price fluctuations often mean merchants are fighting for the lowest price.

• The item sells well all year round. If you notice the price drops during certain times of the year it’s probably a seasonal product.

It’s a good idea to review the price history of any item you’re thinking of selling on Amazon.

With AMZScout PRO Extension you’ll also be able to view an item’s:

• Average monthly sales

• Average monthly revenue

• Average sales rank

• Average number of reviews

• Visibility score (indicates the level of competition)

• Niche score (indicates the profitability of the niche)

• Sales history

• And more

This all-encompassing tool provides you with everything you need to determine which items will make you the most money. It even has an FBA fees estimator that calculates your expenses.

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2. Product Database

The AMZScout Product Database is a powerful search tool that helps you generate product ideas. It includes a number of filters, such as sales, reviews, price, weight, and more to help you narrow your search and look up items that meet your strict criteria. It also includes a price history feature for any product you find with the tool. 

Here’s how to use the Product Database to view an item’s price history:

1. Click here to go to the Product Database.

2. Set filters. Enter your search criteria for the products you would like to check. These criteria may include minimum/maximum monthly sales, reviews, price range, or weight. If you need inspiration, you can also utilize the Product Selections feature.

   

   

   

   

   

3. Click on "Find Products" to initiate your search. Your results will be displayed below.

4. Select the product you are interested in and click the chart icon located beneath the price.

   

   

   

   

   

5. Analyze the pricing data. This chart will show you the item’s price and rank, with the price represented by the yellow line. You can adjust the timeframe to one month, two months, one year, two years, or all time.

For the most information, click “All-Time” to see the product’s price history over its entire lifespan. This will let you see how the price has changed year to year and if there are certain seasons that result in more sales.

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3. Amazon Dropshipping, Arbitrage, and Wholesale

One additional tool you can utilize to view an item's price history is the AMZScout Amazon Dropshipping, Arbitrage, and Wholesale extension. This tool enables you to check the Buy Box Price, Amazon price, FBA and FBM minimum prices of a product. You can also review other metrics such as sales and rank, and even calculate product profits.

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to use the extension to view an item's price history:

1. Install the AMZScout Amazon Dropshipping, Arbitrage, and Wholesale extension.

   

   

   

   

   

2. Open Amazon and search for the product you wish to check.

3. Go to the product page where you will see a window adjacent to the product listing.

   

   

   

   

   

4. Click the "Show Rank, Price and Buy Box History" button to view the chart.

5. Analyze the data. The graph displays the item's rank and price, with different colored lines representing various prices. You can select timeframes of one month, two months, one year, two years, and all-time.

   

   

   

   

   

This tool can assist you in analyzing price variations when you are planning to resell products and developing a smart pricing strategy.

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What Factors Cause Amazon Prices to Change?

When examining the price history of products on Amazon, it is crucial to comprehend the factors that contribute to price fluctuations.

Here are a few reasons the price of a product might change throughout the year:

• Competition: When multiple sellers are competing for the buy box there’s a lot of pressure to have the lowest price. As a result, sellers might lower their price in order to win the buy box and generate more sales.

• Demand: As a product becomes more popular people will be willing to pay a higher price for it. Sellers recognize this and bump up their prices as the demand increases.

• Supply: If there’s a limited supply of a certain product it inherently makes it more valuable. So, sellers will usually increase their price if they know they have something that’s in short supply.

• Time of Year: Some items sell better during certain times of the year. For example, pool toys sell better in the summer and snow shovels sell better during the winter. Sellers will raise the prices of their products when they’re in high demand and lower their prices when people are less likely to buy them.

These are just a few of the reasons prices might rise and fall. These changes happen regularly, sometimes daily, so it’s important to monitor the price of your products as much as possible.

Other Indicators to Check

As we mentioned earlier, prices are impacted by a number of factors. Because of this, it’s a good idea to check other metrics that might affect your product. This will help you more accurately predict price fluctuations in the future.

Here are a few other indicators to keep your eyes on:

1. Demand

One of the best ways to measure demand is sales, which can be accessed via the PRO Extension. 

You can see average sales for an entire niche or the sales for each individual product. An item that averages over 300 sales per month is considered to have high demand.

You should also look at the sales for a product over time. To do this, check out the niche and product history features, where you can see the sales history over the past two years. If sales are trending up that likely means demand is increasing.

A product’s Best Seller Rank is also an indication of demand. The higher the rank the more in demand an item is. Like sales, you can see a product’s rank within the PRO Extension and track it over time using the niche and product history features.

2. Competition

The PRO Extension has two ways for you to measure the competition of a niche.

The first is the Visibility Score. This measures how many other sellers have viewed the niche. Ideally, you want the score to be one, but a score of two or three isn’t bad either.

The second is the Niche Score, which includes a separate score for the competition level of the niche. It’s based on saturation, the number of sellers, the number of reviews, and the quality of the listings. Look for products with a competition score of seven or higher.

3. Seasonality

Checking an item’s price and sales history is the best way to see if it’s a seasonal product. You can do this by using the niche and product history features within the PRO Extension.

Look at an item’s history over the last two years and see if there’s a particular season where price and sales regularly drop. If this is the case then it means you’ll likely have to deal with fluctuating prices throughout the year. These types of products should usually be avoided.

Conclusion

Don’t overlook price when doing product research and monitoring your performance. By finding products that are optimally priced, and monitoring your competitors’ pricing, you’ll have a much better chance of making money on Amazon.

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