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Niamh Lynch

Niamh Lynch

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If you like online shopping, you’re going to love Product Observer, a new Firefox add-on that monitors your favorite products and alerts you when the price has dropped below a certain level.

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Product Observer doesn’t limit itself to price, however. You can also choose to be notified if an unavailable product becomes available or, in the case of certain websites, if the number of product reviews reaches a certain level. Currently, the add-on supports Amazon (.com/.ca/.co.uk/.fr/.co.jp/.de), BestBuy.com, Newegg.com, Zappos.com, Borders.com, Overstock.com and Argos.co.uk.

Amazon users will be doubly pleased to find out that Product Observer also supports Wish Lists. Just fill in the URL of the wish list, and Product Observer will automatically fetch the list and allow you to tweak notification criteria for each and every item.

You don’t need to register for Product Observer – instead you’ll be given a randomly-generated ID that you can use to identify yourself. If there are lots of products you are interested in, setting up the notifications can be a bit of a chore, but once it’s done, it makes chasing a bargain easier than ever. Obviously we’ll need to give the add-on a longer trial run to see how it really performs, but I definitely like the look of it and will be installing it on my laptop as soon as I get home.

Happy Shopping!

Niamh Lynch

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