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Use case

A competitor just sold out. Your ads are still pointing at them.

Respot alerts media buyers the moment a competitor's product goes out of stock, so you can shift budget and capture the demand they can no longer serve.

The problem

The problem

When a competitor runs out of stock, their demand does not disappear, it moves. But you often find out days later, and by then a rival has already scooped up the traffic.

Checking competitor product pages by hand across dozens of SKUs is not realistic. Stock-outs happen at any hour, and the window to react is short.

Without automated stock monitoring, you miss the exact moments when bidding harder or launching a campaign would pay off the most.

The solution

The solution with Respot

Add the competitor product URLs you care about. Respot checks stock status automatically on an adaptive schedule and alerts you within minutes of a change on any store.

When a competitor goes out of stock, raise bids or launch a campaign to capture their demand. When they restock, dial spend back. You react to the market, not to a weekly report.

In practice

Mini case study

A media buyer tracking 120 competitor SKUs set up out-of-stock and restock alerts. During a seasonal shortage, they shifted budget to categories where two rivals had sold out and captured demand at a lower cost per acquisition than their usual campaigns.

Get started

Recommended plan: Pro

400 trackers, all alert types, per-tracker overrides. Enough coverage to watch every competitor SKU that moves your budget.

FAQ

Common questions

Turn competitor stock-outs into your next win