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iTunes Store Price Tracking
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I know this thread is almost a year old, but I've been looking for exactly the same thing. Did you ever find such an app or site that tracks iTunes prices for TV Shows/Movies?
Strange... with all the app price tracking wites & apps out there, you'd think someone would have one for music/movies/tv shows...
Send a request to http://www.camelcamelcamel.com That might be something that would attract them. It's already a fantastic site for tracking Amazon, Best Buy and Newegg.
Good idea. I use camelcamelcamel for Amazon - would be exactly what I'm looking for...
I almost never buy music from iTunes. Has been more 100% of the time for me. I go to Amazon, and usually save about 30% on music over iTunes.
Checked in with camelcamelcamel (never heard back) and AppShopper (not on their radar)... hope someone does something with this idea...
Nearest thing I could find is this site, but it's clearly linked to the US iTunes store, in US dollars, and so of no use to those of us in the UK.
http://www.itmsmoviedeals.com/itunes-movie-price-drops
http://www.itmsmoviedeals.com/itunes-movie-price-drops
I had an idea...
I'm also looking for a solution for searching for cheap movies. The prices on many older films go up and down constantly.
For example, the other day, movies like Ghostbusters 1 & 2, 28 Days Later 1 & 2, King Kong (Extended), Alien 1 & 2 (Director's Cut), the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and MORE were all lowered in price to $9.99 Two days later, and they're back to their normal prices. The sale was unadvertised, and only up for a day!
Any system to monitor these random price drops would be stellar.
Anyway.. the iPhone has a web app available in the iTunes store called IFTTT (If This, Then That). I think there might be a way to use itmsmoviedeals.com RSS feed to send a push notification or text message command straight to your phone whenever it's updated..
I have not tried it yet though..
I'm also looking for a solution for searching for cheap movies. The prices on many older films go up and down constantly.
For example, the other day, movies like Ghostbusters 1 & 2, 28 Days Later 1 & 2, King Kong (Extended), Alien 1 & 2 (Director's Cut), the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and MORE were all lowered in price to $9.99 Two days later, and they're back to their normal prices. The sale was unadvertised, and only up for a day!
Any system to monitor these random price drops would be stellar.
Anyway.. the iPhone has a web app available in the iTunes store called IFTTT (If This, Then That). I think there might be a way to use itmsmoviedeals.com RSS feed to send a push notification or text message command straight to your phone whenever it's updated..
I have not tried it yet though..
Check out: https://www.myilist.com/us it shows the best deals of the day and it tracks movie and tv show prices in any region and will send push notifications when there is a price drop on a movie or tv show that's in your wishlist
Yes! I use http://www.followthatpage.com to do it. Just got to what you want to track in iTunes and click to share the link. Open that link in a browser (it'll be a short URL) and then copy the full URL. Put that URL and your email in at Follow That Page and create an account.
It will give you a text preview of the page. There is a section called Block Filter. You can give it the starting text and ending text of the block it should watch.
For example, when I want to track a movie I found where the price displayed in the text preview at the bottom of the page. I set a Block Filter to only watch between the text "View in iTunes" and "iTunes extras" which has the price between those points. And that's it!
That seems like a lot of manual work, and will alert you when the price goes up which happens a lot and isn't helpful... have a look at https://www.myilist.com it does exactly the tracking / emailing you're after
It's way cheaper to buy tv shows and movies on Amazon. I don't bother with iTunes, as even if things are on sale, they are still much more expensive.
Films and tv shows can be bought for $2 on Amazon. Never happens on iTunes.
Films and tv shows can be bought for $2 on Amazon. Never happens on iTunes.
Guys you missing out the CheapCharts app. CheapCharts is all what you are looking for, it covers all iTunes media and all iTunes prices. You can create a wish list with all your stuff and get notified when the price drops. And you can browse the newest iTunes deals every day... They also have an amazing AppleTV app!
I saved tons of $$$ since I use CheapCharts, It's a must have for any1 who is using iTunes!
I saved tons of $$$ since I use CheapCharts, It's a must have for any1 who is using iTunes!
Yes, On the online web there are huge numbers of platforms that can be sent you emails and SMS for price drops like camelcamelcamel, honey, and many more. Wispri is also a new one that alerts you by SMS. For personally this is a great platform especially for Australia and New Zealand users.
Still appears to be the best and doesn't seem to require relinquishing one's privacy across the web like many browser add ons.