• ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world
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          13 hours ago

          3Camels was, maybe still is, fully dependent on the Amazon affiliate program. A program that was reduced at one point, killed off 3Camels competitors, but not 3Camels. Then Amazon asked them to stop tracking during Covid for a time which they did.

          This is around the time that I heard about Keepa which has a different model, not solely Amazon but other stores too, and not paid via affiliates program.

          Also it’s just faster. 3Cs was getting super slow to notify. You’d get an email, click and surprise, that sale was over yesterday.

          I probably heard about the controversy on Reddit at the time but there’s a chance I found this site here which covers some of my recollections.

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      21 hours ago

      I’ve found it useful enough not too long ago, mostly for comparing Amazon’s pricing differences for identical products between various EU countries.

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      20 hours ago

      Yes CamelCamelCamel is still useful. I check it every time before a major purchase.

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      21 hours ago

      Never heard of this. Sounds useful, except I’m really only buying something from them because I need it quickly most of the time. I don’t have the convenience of waiting for price drops like I do with Steam games haha. Thanks for sharing!