Fetch competitor pricing with the Price API service
Fetch competitor pricing with the Price API service in Productsup.
You may wish to gain insights into your competitors’ pricing. If you have a Price API account, you can connect this to Productsup using the Price API service. As a result, you will import price information into the Platform.
Note
You will need an external API Key and a contract with the Price API company in order to use this service.
Make sure you have set a product identifier to use this service.
Add the Price API service
In order to add the Price API service, you should:
Navigate to your site
Navigate to Data Services on the left-hand tab
Click add service
Add the Price API service
Give the service a name (if desired)
Define a custom column prefix (if desired)
Select whether to use the service on the import or intermediate level
Click add
Add in your Price API Token
Select the country you wish to base your comparison on from in the dropdown menu
Select the channel you wish to base your comparison on from in the dropdown menu
Select the type of identifier you wish to use under the product key dropdown menu
Determine in which column the product key is found in the Platform, under the product key column
Set how many pages of results you wish to retrieve under max pages
Determine how current the results should be under max age
Select only trigger during scheduling if you want to not trigger the service during a refresh of the Data View
Click save
Once you have set this up, new columns which include your information (the names are based on your prefix) will be created in the Platform.

Edit an existing Price API service
In order to edit settings for your Price API service, you should:
Navigate to your site
Navigate to Data Services on the left-hand tab
Click on the settings wheel
Delete an existing Price API service
In order to delete your Price API service, you should:
Navigate to your site
Navigate to Data Services on the left-hand tab
Click on the settings wheel
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click remove this service