Description: MyScout is proprietary software that enables clients to
search the top retailers daily, "putting eyes" on the market to look for
specific events, or triggers. The triggers are confidential to each client
and may be set to find answers to questions such as:

   Price:

   New Models:

   Retailer Management:

   Technology Advances:

How It Works:   clients input their search criteria, or triggers, into the MyScout search engine. Using the client's search criteria, MyScout runs daily to looking for matches to the client's triggers. When it finds a match, it sends the client an email notification with the results. This email informs the client if any triggers matched, and if so, what the results of the match were. The client can change their search criteria at any time to be used the next time the search engine runs. Knowing this information on a daily basis is a tactical advantage. Clients can quickly take action to better manage their business and outflank their competitors.

MyScout is Best-in-Class:  MyScout search technology is best-in-class because it is the only search engine that tracks retail products by brand, company, key product classifications, lowest priced, highest priced, middle priced, etc. and makes this database information available to clients’ searches. Other search engines may offer to provide a low price of certain models, but “where does this data come from? Are they showing the pricing for just one model that is on special by one retailer, or have they tracked all models? Can they drill down and show all competing products by brand, side by side?” MyScout offers comprehensive searches for professionals who are serious about tracking industry trends in the retail market because retail is their livelihood.

How Do I Get It?   Contact a representative from PriceG2 and we will get you on your way to setting up your own MyScout to put surveillance on the retail markets you do business in.

The pricing tables and charts are a powerful tool to see exactly where competitors are pricing their products relative to your own. You can select up to 6 suppliers to plot on this page at a time. Suppliers products may be selected by company name, brand, and key product features. Here is an example.


Hyperlinks Made Easy: cells on the table and in the charts have hyperlinks attached. If the mouse is hovered over a cell in the table or a point in a chart, it will display that item's key information. Then if this item is clicked on, it will jump to the original retailers web page and bring up this item (provided it is still on sale by the retailer).

With one click, clients can see all of their industry’s products on the shelf at a retailer, organized by product category. Use this page to see what competitors are selling directly against you at a retailer and what their product capabilities are. Clients can also use this to verify their own products are made available by retailers. Here is an example.

This web page functions as the inverse of the Shelf web page: the client selects just one supplier’s products and the table then renders a map of all of the retailers that currently distribute that supplier"s products. The selection can be made by supplier only, or by supplier/brand/key features. For example, if a client wanted to see if a competitor’s product line included the newest highest capacity products, this web page could find the answer in just a couple of mouse clicks. Here is an example.

There are 2 web pages that provide charts with a) the lowest $/GB products found as of today and b) the market price erosion on major category products measured as the starting price from week 1 of the quarter to the lowest price found as of today. Here is an example.

There are many retail holidays throughout the calendar year. This page plots the major retailer holidays and includes a calculator so clients can plot their day/week/month setback schedule activities required to prepare for a specific retailer holiday. Here is an example.