About Waltrack

Frequently asked questions

How often are Waltrack prices checked?

The answer to that question is: it depends.

We update the price and product data in three ways:

1. When users visit a Walmart.com product page with our extension installed
2. When users visit a product page on Waltrack.net, we fetch the latest product information
3. On a regular basis we get a catalog copy from Walmart itself (thanks Walmart!)

We also divide our products in two categories: the products that are tracked by users (so price alerts on that product), and those that are not tracked.

The last thing we want is to miss a price drop on a product that is tracked. That's why we refresh tracked products 10 times a day.

We have a little bot that runs daily and refreshes the product info of around 2,000 products, the ones that haven't been updated the longest first (FIFO).

Why don't I have to enter a password to create an account?

Great question!

In our opinion: passwords are a hassle. They get hacked, they might be too weak (looking at you people who use something like 123456 as a password), you forget them, you need a password manager to save them, etc.

That's why you can only sign in passwordless on Waltrack. When you sign in on Waltrack, you receive an email with a unique link. You simply click that link to go to Waltrack, and you are immediately signed in.

That way you don't have to remember yet another password, we don't have to worry about a malicious party taking your password, and it's super easy, as you probably already have your email open.

How are deals found?

Deals are found by both our Deal Finder bot and our human Deal Finders.

By browsing the Walmart.com website with the Waltrack Chrome Extension installed, and visiting product pages of potential deals, we get the most recent prices of all those products.

Then our Deal Finder bot checks those updated products, and checks if it can be considered "a deal".

If it is considered a deal, it goes for human review. If they then consider it a deal as well, it's published on our Walmart deals page.

What are the Walmart Best Sellers?

When people with the Waltrack Chrome Extension installed visit a category page on Walmart.com, the best selling products of that category are sent to our servers.

Then we update the Best Sellers page.

How do I create a price alert?

Go to any product page on Waltrack.net.

Beneath the product chart is a form to create a price alert.

Enter your desired price and your e-mail address and submit the form.

Congrats, you just created your first price alert!

How can I show a product chart on my own website?

Yes you can!

Beneath the product title on any product page on Waltrack is a "Share" button. Click it.

There you'll see the option to embed the chart of that product on your website

Simply copy the HTML code and paste it on your website. Where in the HTML you paste it, is where it will be shown.

Also, any backlink is much appreciated!

How does Waltrack make money?

You can safely assume that every link you click on Waltrack that leads to a page on Walmart, is an affiliate link.

Every time someone clicks a link and ends up buying something on Walmart, I receive a small percentage of the total order amount.

How much does Waltrack make?

All goals and milestones are shared on Waltrack's Indie Hackers page.