Never overpay again in South Africa

Track price history across Takealot, Makro, Bob Shop & more — real-time, honest data.

Takealot
Makro
Bob Shop
Game
Mr Price
Best match
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Samsung 65" QLED 4K Smart TV — QA65Q70C
EAN: 8806094906820  ·  Tracked across 3 stores  ·  Updated 23 min ago
🔥 Lowest price in 60 days
Takealot
R 12,499
▼ R400 vs last week
Best deal
Makro
R 13,199
No change
Bob Shop
R 13,850
▲ R650 this month (fake sale?)
Price history — honey trail
Takealot
Makro
Bob Shop
Lowest ever
R 11,999
Takealot · 42 days ago
Average (30d)
R 13,100
Across all stores
You save now
R 601
vs. average price
Smart insights
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Lowest price in 60 days on Takealot. This is a real drop — confirmed by historical data.
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Bob Shop inflated the "original price" by R650 before marking it down — this is a fake discount.
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Historically, Takealot drops this further during month-end. Consider waiting 5–7 days.
Set a price alert — it's freeGet a WhatsApp or email the moment this drops below your target price.
Plans — built for SA
Free
R 0 / mo
Compare prices across stores
30-day price graphs
Track 3 products
Email alerts
Most popular
Pro
R 49 / mo
Unlimited product tracking
90-day + full history
WhatsApp alerts
Price drop predictions
Fake discount detector
No ads
Business
R 999 / mo
API access
Bulk product monitoring
Competitor pricing reports
Market analytics dashboard
Data export (CSV/JSON)
Technical architecture — PHP + Hostinger + MySQL
PHP 8.2MySQL 8CRON

Scraper layer

PHP cURL scrapers run via CRON jobs every 4–12h per store. Guzzle HTTP for rotating user agents. Data normalised and SKU-matched before DB insert.

MySQLPDO

Database design

Tables: products, stores, price_history, alerts, users. Price history indexed on (product_id, store_id, recorded_at) for fast graph queries.

PHPChart.js

Frontend

PHP-rendered product pages. Chart.js for price graphs. Alpine.js for interactivity. Mobile-first, sub-2s load time on SA networks.

WhatsAppMailgun

Alerts system

CRON checks alert triggers every 30min. WhatsApp via Twilio/WATI API or UltraMsg for SA users. Email via Mailgun for free tier.