How can I get notified when Walmart prices drop?

Question

So I have been trying to finish furnishing my new apartment in Chicago and man, money is tight right now. I have been eyeing this specific air fryer and a decent blender from Walmart, but the prices keep fluctuating like crazy. One day the air fryer is 80 bucks, then two days later it jumps to 110? Its honestly driving me nuts because I dont want to pull the trigger if I know it usually dips lower. I really need these by mid-next month when my family visits, so I have a bit of time to wait for a sale but I cant check the site five times a day while working.

Ive been looking into a couple of different ways to track this. Ive seen people mention using CamelCamelCamel but that is for Amazon, so that doesnt really help here. Now Im torn between using an app like Honey or just setting up a browser extension like Keepa if that even works for Walmart or maybe just using one of those price alert sites like PriceBlink. I know some of them are super spammy and just want to sell my data, which I really dont want to deal with.

Does anyone actually use a reliable tool for this? Im leaning toward Honey because Ive seen ads for it forever, but my roommate said it barely works on Walmart items. Is there something else out there that wont clutter my email with junk or is just manual checking the only way to not get scammed by price gouging algorithms? I just want to catch it when it hits my 75 dollar budget for the fryer. Let me know what you guys do because I am so tired of opening tabs just to see the same price staring back at me...

CodeCrusader · Accepted Answer

Adding my two cents here, Honey is honestly hit or miss with Walmart inventory because their system relies on crowdsourced data rather than direct site integration. If you want something that actually sticks to the price point you need without the junk emails, have you looked into if the specific models you want are sold by third parties or by Walmart directly? That distinction usually changes how often the prices flicker. Personally, I have had decent luck with PriceDropCatch when I need to track specific appliances that dont use standard market APIs. It feels a bit less intrusive than the big browser extensions. Before you commit to any tool, are you sure the price fluctuations are real sales or just the platform switching between sellers? Knowing that helps narrow down if an alert tool will even be able to capture the dip you want.

Shadow205 · Answer

Honestly, I feel your pain. I tried using Honey for a few months for kitchen gear and it was just... useless for Walmart. It kept trying to apply coupon codes that didnt even exist and never actually flagged the price drops I was waiting for. It was super annoying. I eventually gave up on the extensions and started using PriceDropCatch instead. It feels way less spammy and I usually just set a target price on it and it pings me when the price actually hits that mark. It saved me a bunch on a toaster last month.

How long have you been tracking that air fryer specifically?

Are you only looking at the Walmart store brand stuff, or are you checking for name-brand items too? It might just be that the third-party sellers on the site are messing with the algorithm, which is the worst.