Browser Connector 1.6.2 for Chrome · optional
Your daily checks, done by your own browser.
With the extension paired, Chrome checks your tracked listings once a day, as you, from your own connection. When Chrome is closed, AMZM's servers do the check instead, so nothing is missed. It never asks for your Amazon password and never copies your cookies.
Already installed? Open your dashboard; it pairs by itself. Nothing to copy or paste.
Illustration of the connector's status in your dashboard
How a daily check runs
Here is exactly what runs where.
AMZM
Your Chrome
Your Chrome
Once a day, it reads your tracked listings
In the background while Chrome is running, a minute or so apart, like a person would. Pages you open yourself count too.
Your Chrome
It reads what's on the page
Price, title, images, rank and the other details listed below.
Your Chrome
Sends one snapshot
Only that snapshot leaves your browser, with your private pairing token.
AMZM
AMZM adds it to the listing's history
Anything your browser didn't check (Chrome closed, paused, a CAPTCHA) AMZM checks from its servers a few hours later.
AMZM
AMZM compares and alerts you
If anything changed since the last snapshot, you get an alert and a suggested next step.
What it reads, and what it never touches
Reads from your tracked product pages
- ASIN and title
- Price
- Rating and number of ratings
- Number of images, and whether there is a video
- Whether the listing has A+ content
- Best Sellers Rank and category
- The stock message
- Who holds the Buy Box, and the bullet points
Never reads or stores
- Your Amazon password or sign-in details
- Your cookies (they stay in Chrome; nothing copies them)
- Payment information
- Order history
- Cart contents
- Seller Central or any other private account page
When it stops, and who takes over
It checks a handful of pages a day, spaced out, and backs off at the first sign of trouble.
| Situation | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome is closed or the extension isn't installed | AMZM's servers check your listings a few hours after they're due. | Nothing. |
| Amazon shows a sign-in, CAPTCHA or verification page | The extension stops for 6 hours and sends nothing. AMZM's servers cover those checks. | Nothing. If you see a CAPTCHA, solving it as usual is fine. |
| You'd rather it didn't check from your browser | Untick "Daily checks in this browser" in the extension. It then only snapshots listings you open, and the servers do the daily checks. | One click. |
Set up in three steps
About two minutes, start to finish.
Download and load it into Chrome
Unzip the download, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked. A Chrome Web Store listing is on the way.
Open your dashboard
It pairs by itself. There's nothing to copy or paste.
Keep Chrome running
Your tracked listings are checked once a day in the background. Any you open yourself are added too.