How to Get an Email When a Price Drops
There are a few ways to get an email when a price drops: a tracker site such as CamelCamelCamel for Amazon, a coupon company's browser extension, the retailer's own 'notify me' button, or one sentence handed to MailMeWhen, which needs no account or app.
You've decided to buy the thing — just not at today's price. The rational move is to wait; the annoying part is checking back every few days like it's a part-time job.
Ways to get a price-drop alert by email
A price-drop alert in one sentence
Tell MailMeWhen the product and what counts as good news — a target price, or any drop at all. Silence until it happens; a short letter when it does.
First 7 days free with no payment details; then $5/month, stopping by itself if you don't subscribe. Every letter has a one-reply stop link.
Good to know about price-drop alerts
This is an event-driven request — no news is the normal state, which is precisely the point. If you'd rather get a weekly 'still $1,299' check-in so you know it's working, ask for that in the sentence.
Some store pages resist automated reading; if a specific product can't be watched, the first letter says so honestly instead of going quiet.
Try it — hand us this sentence:
Watch this laptop's price and mail me if it drops below $999: [paste the product link]
Common questions
How often is the price checked?
The checking is the part you hand over, so you never look yourself. What you receive is event-driven: nothing while the price holds, a short letter when it drops or crosses the line you set. Within 24 hours of your request one letter confirms what is being watched; if you'd like a weekly 'still $1,299' check-in as proof it's running, ask for that in the sentence.
Does it work for any shop, or only big retailers like Amazon?
It isn't tied to one retailer: paste the product link from whichever shop you're buying from. Two limits: pages behind a login can't be watched, and some store pages block automated reading — if yours is one of them, the first letter says so honestly instead of going quiet.
Do I have to set a target price, or does any drop count?
Either. Write 'below $999' or 'any drop at all' — the sentence is the setting. A target price spares you the small dips; 'any drop' is for when you'd rather hear about every one.