Automated product matching
Automatically match your products with your competitors’ and get ready to monitor their prices.
- Automatch is a continuous process.
- Automatch is based on Price2Spy's ML technologies.
- All products in your Price2Spy account that don't have a match on a particular competitor website are attempted to be matched.
- Matching is performed according to a set of matching rules, which we define together with our clients.
- Once the process is finished, you will be notified of the outcome.
- Automatch can work continuously, with the goal of finding new competitors selling same products.
Who is Automatch for?
If your business and industry have characteristics listed below, Automatch is likely for you.
- Your products have a unique identifier, such as SKUs, UPCs, or MPNs.
- Your competitors' websites are searchable via unique product identifiers.
- You deal with thousands of products.
Why go for Automatch?
Here are the most important Automatch benefits you don’t get with our product matching types.
Competitor inventory overview
It can happen that at the initial moment of product matching, some of your competitors don't have certain products in stock and you do. With Automatch, you will know when they add these products and be able to start monitoring them.
Efficiency of Automatch
Manual product matching becomes can demand significant resources when dealing with 10,000 products or more. Also, the time it takes to match this number of products is likely going to be unacceptably long.
Cost-effective at scale
As opposed to manual product matching, Automatch becomes much more cost-effective the more products you need to match.
Automatch rules
At its core, Automatch takes into account the factors listed below.
- Searchable product data, where applicable (eg. EAN/UPC);
- Product naming variations (eg. 'Galaxy S24 Onyx Black' vs 'Galaxy S24 Black');
- Desired matching accuracy (determined by several factors, including linguistic proximity);
- Need for manual checks of the matches (depends on the previous factors).
Multi-Automatch
For when you need matching for multiple competitors on a price comparison website
- If two or more competitors are listed on a major price comparison website (eg. Google Shopping), Multi-Automatch is the cheaper solution.
- Finds new competitors on a particular price comparison website who are selling the same products as you.
- Has 3 modes of operation: Match all competitors, Match whitelisted competitors, Don't match blacklisted competitors.
- Futureproof yourself by letting Multi-Automatch notify you of new competitors every time it discovers them.
What Automatch type is the right one for you?
Automatch FAQs
Let’s address some of the most commonly asked questions about Automatch.
What if no EAN/MPNs are available?
Automatch may still be able to help. It uses advanced matching techniques that can compare the similarity of products based on several linguistic, price, color criteria, etc. You need to decide if you want to automate the process completely by designating a specific matching accuracy threshold, or if you want to manually approve every match.
Can Automatch be integrated with your own software?
Yes, it can. With Price2Spy’s API, you can integrate Automatch with your software. This way, it may be easier for you to see matched products, or approve/disapprove new matches.
How much does Automatch cost?
Automatch is never standardized. Each client of ours requires a customized Automatch approach. In terms of the pricing structure, there are two main parts:
- Setup (one-off) costs – calculated per competitor, not per number of products;
- Monthly costs (on top of the regular Price2Spy subscription) – this cost depends on the number of products and competitors and the frequency of Automatch checks.
For a specific quote, reach out to us at info@price2spy.com.
Also, if you are interested to see our overall pricing structure in detail, please refer to our price plan comparison page.
What if total automation is not possible?
In this case, we recommend using Hybrid Product Matching.
It is a product matching process based on our own Machine Learning algorithms that are backed by human checks from our dedicated team.
This approach provides a high level of accuracy while maintaining acceptable levels of efficiency. It is usable in every industry and in any language.