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What does Your Apparel Rivals actually track?

It automatically tracks your competitors' public Shopify storefronts — price changes, promotions and discounts, bestselling products, and new or restocked items — on a schedule, without you having to check manually.

Does this work outside apparel?

Yes. Tracking works on any Shopify store's public product data, regardless of category — apparel, beauty, supplements, home goods, accessories, anything sold through Shopify. The product started apparel-focused; the underlying tracking has never been apparel-specific.

How is this different from just checking competitor sites myself?

Time and consistency. Checking one or two competitors by hand is genuinely fine — you don't need software for that. Once you're watching five or more, manual checking means either missing changes or spending real hours on it every week. This checks continuously and only surfaces what actually changed.

How is this different from Semrush or similar tools?

Semrush's strength is SEO, ads, and traffic estimation. This is narrower and more specific: live product-level signals from Shopify stores — pricing, promo patterns, bestseller shifts, restocks — the kind of data general SEO/marketing tools don't track at all.

Is this legal? Are you scraping data I'm not supposed to have?

No. Everything tracked comes from data every Shopify store already publishes publicly — the same product feed that powers their own site search and apps. No login, no paywall, no private or gated data.

Does my competitor get notified, or do I need their permission?

No. Adding a competitor doesn't contact them or notify them in any way — it's the same public data anyone gets by visiting their site.

How often is the data updated?

Every 4 hours, automatically. You'll also get a weekly email summary even if you don't log in.

What if a competitor isn't on Shopify?

Currently Shopify-only — tracking relies on the public product-feed format that's specific to Shopify stores. Other platforms may be considered later.

What's included in the free plan?

Track 1 competitor free, with full features — the same price tracking, promo detection, bestseller tracking, and restock alerts as paid plans. No card required to start.

How do I add a competitor?

Paste their Shopify store URL. No setup or account needed on their end.