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title: "Setting Up Price Alerts"
status: draft
version: 1.0
last_updated: 2026-03-20
description: "How to create, manage, and use price alerts in CartSnitch."
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# Setting Up Price Alerts

Price alerts let you set a target price for any product. When the price drops to your target (or below), CartSnitch notifies you. It's the easiest way to stock up when prices are right.

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## Creating an Alert

1. Go to **Products** and search for the item you want to watch
2. Tap the product to open its detail page
3. Tap the **+ New Alert** button
4. Select the store you want to watch (or all stores)
5. Enter your target price — this is the price at or below which you want to be notified
6. Tap **Create Alert**

That's it. CartSnitch checks prices automatically and notifies you when your target is hit.

`[SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER: Price Alerts page showing triggered alerts at top and watching alerts below, with + New Alert button]`

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## How Alerts Work

CartSnitch tracks prices from your connected stores. When a price update comes in that matches or beats your target, the alert triggers.

Triggered alerts show up in two places:
- **Your dashboard** — a green banner at the top shows how many alerts have fired
- **The Alerts page** — triggered alerts are separated from active watches so you can see what's ready to act on

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## Managing Your Alerts

### Viewing alerts
Go to the **Alerts** tab to see all your alerts. They're grouped into:
- **Triggered** — prices have hit your target. Time to buy.
- **Watching** — still waiting for the price to drop.

### Deleting an alert
Tap any alert card and hit **Delete** to remove it. You can always create a new one later.

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## Tips for Better Alerts

**Use price history to set realistic targets.** Before creating an alert, check the product's price history chart. If eggs have bounced between $3.49 and $4.99 over the past six months, a target of $3.49 is realistic. A target of $1.99 probably isn't.

**Watch staples, not impulse buys.** Alerts are most valuable for things you buy every week — milk, eggs, bread, chicken. A $0.50 savings on something you buy 50 times a year is $25 back in your pocket.

**Set alerts across stores.** If you've connected multiple stores, set the alert to watch all of them. The same product can vary by $1-2 between stores on any given week.