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Black Friday is almost upon us, and with it comes the Christmas shopping season. But when everybody starts to buy Christmas Gifts, there is also a risk that some products will be out of stock. In this guide, we show you how to find where a product is in stock, and how to monitor a product's inventory status.
In this guide, we show you how to do the following:
Watch inventory status: A guide in 10 simple steps on how to, on your phone or computer, watch the inventory status for an item and get an email when the item is back in stock at any of the stores listed on PriceRunner.
Find stores that have an item in stock: A guide in three steps on how to use the filter "Show only in stock" to see which stores have the item you were planning on buying.
The steps are basically the same whether you're on a phone or on a computer.
Do you want to buy an item, but it's not in stock? Since the holidays are almost upon us, some products might currently be sold out in all stores. Then you can use PriceRunner to watch the inventory status. This is what you need to do, step by step, to monitor it and get an email as soon as the product you are looking for is in stock at any store:
Go to our start page www.pricerunner.com.
Click on the field with the text "What are you looking for today?" This is where you search for products.
Type the name of the item or type of product you're looking for. In this guide, we use Lego as an example.
When you've typed in your search phrase, you click on the suggestion that best matches what you're looking for. In this example, we choose to click on the top suggestion; "Lego in Toys" and get a large number of products.
If you search for a type of product, you get a lot of suggestions for a variety of toys.
Click on the product you are looking for. In our example, we choose the most popular, that is shown on the top of the page; Lego Jurassic World T-Rex vs Dino Mech Battle 75938.
If the product is not in stock, you will see a box with information that you can "Monitor" the product's inventory status.
If you are NOT a PriceRunner member, the box to watch inventory status will have an empty field. Type in your email address in that field and click "Monitor".
If you are already a PriceRunner member, you don't have to type in your email address. Just click "Monitor".
When you've typed in your email address and clicked "Monitor", you get a confirmation about your setup at the top of your screen.
Even if a product is sold out in a lot of places, there might still be stores that have it in stock. We show you in three simple steps how you find where you can still get the product you're looking for.
Find the product you want to buy. In this example, we go to the category Lego.
On your computer, click the filter "Show only in stock" in the filter menu on the right. If you're on a phone, press the three dots and select "Show only in stock" in the menu that pops up.
Now you've filtered out all products that are sold out. The products you now see on your screen can be purchased at at least one of our stores. Pick the product you're interested in to see at which store you can buy it.
Now you hopefully have everything you need to get just the Christmas presents that your kids have wished for. And if you're lucky, you might get it at a good price, as well. Make sure to use our price graph for the product in question to see if the current price is a fair one. The price graph can be found under "Statistics".