E-commerce Automation and Optimization - Automated Price Comparison Tool

 

Notes:

• Problem: E-commerce businesses struggle to keep up with competitor pricing.

• Benefit: Automatically compares competitor prices and adjusts your pricing strategy.

• Adoption: Users can customize price comparison parameters and integrate with dynamic pricing models to stay competitive.

Code:

import requests

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def get_competitor_price(url):

    response = requests.get(url)

    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')

    price = soup.find('span', {'class': 'price'}).text

    return price

def compare_prices(product_url, competitor_urls):

    product_price = get_competitor_price(product_url)

    for competitor in competitor_urls:

        competitor_price = get_competitor_price(competitor)

        print(f"Comparing prices: Product - {product_price}, Competitor - {competitor_price}")

# Usage

product_url = 'https://example.com/product'

competitor_urls = ['https://competitor1.com/product', 'https://competitor2.com/product']

compare_prices(product_url, competitor_urls)