Automation library · Data collection

Track Walmart price drops and marketplace offers with Apify

Started by a clock, and works across Apify, Google Sheets and Slack. 13 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 6

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Every Monday morningSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Optional: only deep discountsFilterLogic
  3. 3Optional: post the deal to SlackSlackService
  4. 4Optional: push it to your own endpointHttp RequestService
  5. 5Set the products to watchSetLogic
  6. 6One search per productSplit OutLogic
  7. 7Search WalmartApifyService
  8. 8Keep rows that are real productsFilterLogic
  9. 9Flag the price cutsCodeLogic
  10. 10Route by what mattersSwitchLogic
  11. 11Append the full price historyGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Log this week's dealsGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13Log the marketplace offersGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
13, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Apify, Google Sheets, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Apify, Google Sheets and Slack accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.