Proposal · Prepared for Larry Natkin · Abe's of Maine

Price Compare Proposal

Tiered exactly the way it should be: the bare-bones base is what you originally asked for. Smart pricing features are bundled into Better. Full automation lives in Best. Or build your own — check any feature below and your monthly total updates live.

Base Package — Price Compare Core

Visibility into Willoughby's and B&H prices on your full 296-product catalog. You change your prices by hand. Amazon tracking is a separate add-on (see below).

$300/mo
Billed monthly · No setup fee

What's In The Base $300/mo

Exactly what you asked for, nothing extra. The base covers visibility into your catalog versus your two starting competitors. Amazon is a paid add-on.
Live pricing dashboard, full catalog
All 296 products in one view, side-by-side with competitor prices.
2 competitor sites tracked
Willoughby's and B&H Photo.
Color-coded price gaps
Green when you're cheaper, red when a competitor is. Scan the catalog and decide.
Out-of-stock & not-carried indicators
Clear when a competitor is OOS or doesn't carry the item, instead of mysterious blanks.
Last-updated timestamps
Every price shows when it was last scraped so you know if you can trust it.
Mobile-friendly
Check prices from your phone on the floor or on the road.
Plain-English error messages
"Willoughby's didn't respond, retrying" — not a cryptic stack trace.
Hosting, uptime, & maintenance
Server, SSL certificate, monthly backups, security patches — all handled.
4Full Catalog Scans / mo
One scan per week, manually triggered. Each scan checks all 296 products against your 2 base competitors — that's 592 price checks per scan, or ~2,368 checks per month.

Three Plans — Pick The Right Fit Bundled Pricing

If you'd rather not buffet through the à la carte list, here are three packaged tiers. Each one bundles features at a discount vs. picking line-by-line.
Good

Self-Serve Bare Bones

$300/mo

Exactly what you originally asked for. You watch, you decide, you change prices yourself.

4 manual catalog scans / month · ~2,368 price checks
  • Willoughby's + B&H only (no Amazon)
  • Live pricing dashboard
  • Color-coded price gaps
  • Out-of-stock indicators
  • Mobile-friendly
  • Hosting & uptime
  • No Amazon, no auto-scans, no alerts, no Gloria
Best

Hands-Off Automation

$1,899/mo

Set it and walk away. Prices update themselves directly on your store — no CSV upload step. Smart pricing engine, Amazon Buy Box, stealth-scan infrastructure.

Unlimited stealth-mode scans · 24/7
  • Everything in Better, plus:
  • Best Price / Price Match status engine
  • Suggested price recommendations (0.25%–1.00%)
  • Price history charts (30/60/90 days)
  • Amazon Power Pack (Buy Box, FBA, Prime, sellers)
  • MAP violation monitoring
  • Margin tracking + floor-price rules
  • Auto-repricing engine
  • Auto-push directly to your store (Shopify/Magento) — no CSV step
  • Stealth Scan tier (residential proxies + captcha solve)
  • SMS alerts + Discord + Slack

Smart Pricing Features Add À La Carte

Each of these is optional. Pick exactly the ones that solve a real problem for you and skip the rest. Your monthly total updates live as you check boxes.
FeatureWhat It DoesPrice
Scrape Verifier + Self-Learning EngineTwo cheap, smart layers that catch the kind of mistakes B&H has historically thrown at us. (1) Image-URL verification: the product's image filename on B&H, Willoughby's, and Amazon almost always contains the MPN or model number — we already pull that URL during scrape, so it's basically free to confirm we landed on the right product page. Wrong product? Re-scrape automatically. (2) Self-learning lessons file: when a mistake slips through (rare), the system writes a permanent rule for itself ("on B&H when strikethrough + sale price both appear, take the sale price"). Next scrape applies the rule. The scraper gets smarter on its own without you or me touching it. AI fallback (Gemini) only kicks in for the rare ambiguous cases — keeps cost low.$49/mo
Best Price / Price Match status engineEvery product gets a labeled status: Best Price, Price Match Required, or Price Match. Tells you exactly what to act on.$49/mo
Suggested price recommendation engineFor every product where you're overpriced, the dashboard suggests four prices (0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%, 1.00% under the lowest competitor). Click and copy.$79/mo
Catalog snapshot dashboards & chartsDonut charts of your catalog status, coverage analysis, biggest gaps. Quick visual summary at a glance.$39/mo
Cheapest Night Revenue CalculatorBuilt into the dashboard — shows projected extra revenue from being the cheapest competitor for one night. Models 1–2x/week scenarios with adjustable discount bands.$49/mo
Full Amazon ASIN mapping (296 products)Every product mapped to its real Amazon ASIN so Amazon prices return reliably. Hours of one-time work, baked in.$39/mo
Sortable columns, instant search, category filtersClick any column header to sort. Type to filter live. One-click filters for lenses, bodies, etc.$29/mo
Bulk CSV product importUpload a spreadsheet of SKUs and the system adds them all at once. Saves hours when expanding the catalog.$29/mo
CSV export of pricing gridDownload the entire pricing grid as a CSV anytime — share with your team, archive, analyze in Excel.$19/mo
Discord notification hookupLive notifications wired into a Discord channel. The plumbing for any future alerts is in place.$29/mo
Scrape error indicators & retry trackingRed icons when a specific scrape fails so nothing looks mysteriously empty. Retry tracking under the hood.$19/mo
Loading indicators & progress barsWatch scrapes run in real time instead of staring at a blank screen. Polished UX that wasn't in the original ask.$19/mo
Authentication & login systemUsername/password protection so the dashboard isn't open to the public web.$19/mo

Extras We're Proposing To Add Not Built Yet

New capabilities I'd build for you next. Pick whichever ones make sense for how you actually run the store.
FeatureWhat It DoesPrice
Scheduled Automatic ScrapingSet prices to refresh on a schedule — daily, every 6 hours, weekly. Removes the scan limit on the base. Unlimited automated refreshes.$29/mo
Price Change Alerts by EmailGet an email when a competitor drops their price below yours, or by more than a set percent.$29/mo
Price Change Alerts by SMSText message alerts via Twilio for the stuff you need to see right now. (SMS usage billed at cost.)$19/mo
Each Additional Competitor SiteBeyond the 3 included sites. Each new site needs its own scraper. Per-site, per-month.$49/mo
Price History Charts30/60/90-day price trends for every product, for you and your competitors.$49/mo
Historical Competitor ScreenshotsArchived screenshot of each competitor's product page every scrape — proof of what they charged, when.$39/mo
Competitor Out-of-Stock AlertsWhen a competitor runs out of a hot item, you get pinged — raise price or push the listing.$19/mo
Competitor New-Product AlertsKnow the moment a competitor lists a product you don't carry. First-mover advantage on new gear.$39/mo
Amazon Buy Box TrackerTrack who owns the Amazon Buy Box on your SKUs and why you're losing it when you are.$79/mo
MAP Violation MonitoringUpload your MAP list. We flag the moment any competitor drops below it so you can report to your vendor.$49/mo
Margin Tracking by ProductUpload your costs and we show real margin per product — sort by most profitable, spot loss-leaders.$29/mo
Floor-Price / Price-War ProtectionSet a minimum price per product. Auto-repricing never drops below it no matter what a competitor does.$29/mo
Weekly Email Reports (PDF)Clean PDF summary of pricing movement delivered to your inbox every Monday.$19/mo
Audit Log / Who Changed WhatEvery price override, product add, or setting change logged with user + timestamp.$19/mo
Inventory System IntegrationConnect your e-commerce platform (Shopify, Magento, etc.) so product data stays in sync.$99/mo
Google Sheets Live SyncKeep a Google Sheet auto-updated with current pricing — for people on your team who live in spreadsheets.$19/mo
Google Shopping Feed SyncPush your real-time prices straight into your Google Shopping feed — no lag, no manual updates.$69/mo
Auto-Repricing EngineAutomatically adjust your prices based on rules you set. Includes safety rails and approval flow.$199/mo

Amazon Power Pack Amazon-Specific

Amazon isn't just another competitor — it's the one that affects your Buy Box, your sponsored ads, your Prime eligibility, and your visibility on Google Shopping. These are Amazon-only features Larry asked about during our conversation.
FeatureWhat It DoesPrice
Amazon Tracking (turn it on)Adds Amazon as a 3rd competitor on your dashboard. Includes the full ASIN mapping for all 296 products (already done — hours of one-time work). Required before any of the items below can be turned on.$99/mo
Amazon Buy Box TrackerTrack who owns the Buy Box on each of your SKUs and why you're losing it when you are (price, FBA, seller rating). The single biggest lever on Amazon revenue.$79/mo
Amazon Seller Count + FBA/FBM DetectionFor every product, see how many sellers are on the listing and whether they're FBA (Amazon-fulfilled) or FBM (merchant-fulfilled). Helps you decide where to compete.$49/mo
Amazon Prime Eligibility TrackingKnow which competitor offers are Prime-eligible. Prime products convert 2–3x better — when you're up against a Prime seller, the price gap matters less.$29/mo
→ Amazon Power Pack Bundle (all 4 above)Bundle and save. Includes Amazon tracking + Buy Box + Seller/FBA + Prime. Bundle pricing saves vs picking individually. Reliability is highest when paired with the Stealth Scan tier.$229/mo

Auto-Push Prices To Your Store Full Automation

Right now you'd see the suggested prices on the dashboard and update your own site by hand. These add-ons close the loop: when our system decides on a new price, it writes it back into your e-commerce or POS system automatically. No more manual data entry.
FeatureWhat It DoesPrice
Shopify Auto-SyncConnect your Shopify store. New prices push directly into product variants. Optional: hold for approval before publishing, or fully automatic.$99/mo
Magento / Adobe Commerce Auto-SyncSame thing for Magento. Per-store-view pricing, configurable rules, full audit log.$99/mo
BigCommerce / WooCommerce Auto-SyncSame connector pattern, different platform. We build it once for your platform of choice.$99/mo
QUOTECustom POS / ERP IntegrationIf your store runs on a custom or older POS (Lightspeed, NetSuite, in-house ERP) we'll build a connector. Quoted on request — pricing depends on what API your system exposes.Quote
on request
Approval QueueOptional layer on top: every suggested price change goes into a queue you (or a manager) approve before it goes live. Safety net for high-margin SKUs.$49/mo

Scan Compliance & Stealth Tier Anti-Block Infrastructure

If you want to scan more often without worrying about being detected or rate-limited, this tier puts your scrapes behind enterprise-grade anti-block infrastructure. Same tools the Fortune 500 retail-intel companies use.
FeatureWhat It DoesPrice
Residential Proxy RotationEvery scan request comes from a different real residential IP address (rotating pool). To Willoughby's / B&H / Amazon, your scans look exactly like normal shoppers browsing from home. Virtually undetectable.$89/mo
Captcha Auto-SolveWhen a competitor throws up a captcha, our system solves it automatically (machine + human-backed) and continues. No interruption.$39/mo
Distributed Multi-IP ScanningScans run in parallel from a pool of geographic IPs. Faster full-catalog refreshes, lower per-IP request rate (less detectable).$69/mo
Request Pattern RandomizationRandomized timing, headers, and user-agent strings so scans don't look like a bot. Acts like real human browsing.$29/mo
Compliance Audit LogFull log of every scrape request, IP used, response — defensible record if anyone ever asks. Required for some legal/insurance contexts.$19/mo
→ Stealth Scan Bundle (all 5 above)Bundle and save. Full enterprise anti-block infrastructure. Unlimited automated scans, undetectable, with a defensible compliance trail. Lets you scan 4–6x per day if you want.$199/mo
À La Carte · Optional

Gloria — Your AI Pricing Assistant

Single bundled price covers every Gloria capability below. Add it or skip it — completely separate from everything else.

$149/mo
Chat widget on the dashboard
Chat bubble for adding products, fixing SKUs, or asking any question.
Gloria on Discord
Same assistant, reachable from your team's Discord server.
Tech support through Gloria
First line of support, 24/7. Free for the first two months.
Add or update products by chatting
"Add the Sony 24-70 f/2.8 GM II" — Gloria finds the SKUs and saves the entry.
Ask Gloria to explain a price
"Why is B&H $50 cheaper?" — she pulls the page, checks bundles/coupons/rebates, and explains.
Trigger scrapes on demand
"Gloria, re-scrape the Canon section now" — fresh pull without touching a button.
Persistent memory
Gloria remembers your preferences, your team, and your past requests across sessions.

Prepared by Daniel Kalina · LetAIBuildIt LLC · Live builder dashboard at pricecompare.letaibuildit.com

Your Live Monthly Total
Base Package ($300) + 0 add-ons · $3,600/year
$300/mo