I’m not sure if this has been answered before as I haven’t seen anything in the forum on this subject. I want to track the price on a discount electronic website that has similar product options to Apple’s website, you click several different options to “build” your device. When I choose my options on the website and later reopen the page, it doesn’t save my choices, so I don’t think Distill is tracking my options and is instead tracking the “starting from $__” price. How can I make sure that Distill is monitoring my specific options?
@twdeals It sounds like the site is dynamic (similar to Apple’s) and doesn’t keep your selected product options in the URL. The default monitor always loads the base page, so it won’t see the updated price for your chosen configuration. In such cases, you can use a Macro to handle this. A macro will simulate the steps of choosing your options (like clicking the specific model, color, etc.) each time before checking the price. This way, the page loads with your configuration and the monitor captures the correct price. For more information about Macro on how to create and manage them you can refer to the link below:
https://distill.io/docs/web-monitor/macro-to-record-replay-actions/#what-is-a-macro-in-distill
Thank you, this was helpful!
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