Service · Price & assortment monitoring

MSRP and MAP monitoring

We track how sellers honor your suggested retail price and minimum advertised price. We sweep online stores, marketplaces, and price aggregators, find violations, and document evidence with screenshots. A violator is visible the day the price deviates, not at the end of the quarter.

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MSRP and MAP monitoring
who it's for

Who needs MSRP enforcement

MSRP enforcement matters to manufacturers, brands, and distributors: anyone who sells through retail partners and cares about pricing policy.

Manufacturers and brands

See every MSRP deviation across all sales channels and talk to partners in the language of facts.

Distributors

Keep dealer and reseller prices in check and protect channel margins from individual sellers' dumping.

Sales teams

Get ready-made violator reports, with evidence for enforcement claims and negotiations.

Legal and compliance

Hold dated screenshots and violation history for letters, claims, and contractual penalties.

engagement formats

Engagement formats

Three formats to fit the task: monitoring, data matching, or custom solutions. We calculate the exact cost for your channels, product count, and check frequency, and send an estimate before we start.

Monitoring
Base

Scheduled, recurring price capture: with change history and alerts.

  • One or several sources
  • Change history
  • Change alerts
  • Delivery: file, feed, or API
Custom solutions
Custom

Turnkey data as a service: API access, DaaS, or a ready-made interface, dozens of sources, and an SLA.

  • API access, DaaS, or an interface
  • Dozens to hundreds of sources
  • SLA on timelines and quality
  • Integration with your systems
transparent pricing

How pricing works

How much does MSRP and MAP monitoring cost? The total comes down to clear factors, from the number of channels to the report format. We send an estimate and a data sample before work begins.

Number of sources
How many stores and marketplaces need enforcement coverage.
Data volume
The number of products, pages, and fields in the extract.
Update frequency
One-time, daily, or hourly: the more frequent the checks, the higher the load.
Source complexity
Dynamic pages, logins, and anti-bot protection.
Delivery format
File, refreshed feed, API, or a ready-made web interface.
Extra processing
Matching, enrichment, translation, normalization, and deduplication.

Priced for your task

Describe your task and volume, and we'll come back with a cost estimate, timeline, and a data sample within one business day.

projects from $150

What a manufacturer's suggested retail price is

MSRP is the manufacturer's suggested retail price set for sellers of your products. MAP is the minimum advertised price: selling below it is prohibited under your reseller agreements.

The manufacturer sets the rules. Monitoring checks that they're followed. Without enforcement, a suggested price quickly turns into a formality.

Why MSRP enforcement matters in e-commerce

Dumping works like a chain reaction. One seller drops the price, and the rest are forced to chase it down. Everyone loses:

  • retailer margins fall, and selling your products loses its appeal for the channel;
  • major partners demand discounts or pull products from the shelf;
  • shoppers get used to the low price and start waiting for deals;
  • brand reputation and price credibility erode.

MSRP enforcement breaks that chain. You see the first deviation and react the same day. The price war never gets off the ground.

In one of our projects, channel compliance rose from 61% to 93%. Sellers follow the rules when they know monitoring is in place.

How price monitoring works: the process

The enforcement process is simple:

  • you hand over a price list with the MSRP and MAP for your products;
  • we find those products across every sales channel: on marketplaces, in online stores, and on price aggregators;
  • the scraper captures actual prices at the frequency you need, from once a day to once an hour;
  • every deviation is recorded: seller, platform, size of the undercut, and a dated screenshot.

We record price deviations in both directions: sales below MAP and prices above the suggested level. Change history is kept for every product and seller.

We account for the real price the shopper pays. Promotions, promo codes, loyalty-card discounts, and marketplace-funded discounts sit in separate fields. You decide what counts as a violation.

Products are matched automatically. Ambiguous cases are reviewed by a human. Matching accuracy protects you from false claims against sellers.

Price enforcement across online stores and marketplaces

We cover every platform where your products are sold:

  • marketplaces: Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and others;
  • online stores: from niche shops to national chains;
  • price aggregators and comparison shopping sites.

The same store can hold different prices across regions. We capture the cities you need separately. Price information is tied to its region, and comparisons stay fair.

We scan for new stores and sellers regularly. A gray-market seller can't hide on a platform you didn't name: we hunt for offers on your products, not just a fixed list of stores.

Violation reports and evidence

We adapt the report format to your process:

  • an email report: Excel or CSV with violations for the period;
  • a dashboard with compliance trends by channel;
  • an extract or API: data flows into your CRM and enforcement workflow;
  • same-day violation alerts: email, messenger, or API.

A seller dossier builds itself. Violation history, response to warnings, size of deviations. That's the evidence base for claims and contractual penalties.

We store screenshots and hand them over for every violation. Each capture is dated and tied to the page URL. Reports and screenshots help you defend the manufacturer's position in negotiations with retail.

Trend analysis shows the main thing: whether your pricing policy is working. Violation counts, seller reaction speed, compliance by channel. Numbers instead of hunches.

What MSRP monitoring includes, and what adjacent services cover

MSRP and MAP monitoring watches your products and the prices sellers put on them. Adjacent tasks fall outside the service and are covered by dedicated tracks:

Enforcement claims stay with your team: you hold the contracts and the leverage over sellers. We provide the oversight tool: facts, evidence, and violation history.

We don't capture shelf prices in brick-and-mortar stores. We work with information published online. Retail solutions are collected under "Data for retail".

We've been collecting price data for e-commerce since 2015. A dedicated project manager replies within one business day. Before you start, we'll check a few of your SKUs free of charge and show the report format on real violations.

why us

An MSRP enforcement tool: our advantages

We've been collecting price and market data for manufacturers, brands, and distributors since 2015. Monitoring is only valuable when data arrives reliably and in the right shape.

01
Accurate matching

Products are matched automatically, with ambiguous cases reviewed by a human. Accuracy rules out false violations.

02
An evidence base

Every violation is documented with a dated screenshot: an argument for your claim, not just words.

03
Every channel at once

Marketplaces, online stores, and price aggregators in one report: dumping has nowhere to hide.

04
Alert speed

A violation is visible the day the price deviates. You respond before prices crumble across the whole channel.

how we work

Launching MSRP monitoring: from request to price enforcement

A transparent process: estimate and sample report before work begins. No hidden fees, no surprises.

01 · REQUEST

Request

You share a price list with MSRP and MAP plus the channels that matter to you.

02 · ESTIMATE

Estimate and sample

A trial audit on a handful of SKUs and the exact project cost: all before launch.

03 · SETUP

Enforcement setup

We match products across channels and configure deviation thresholds and alerts.

04 · DELIVERY

Enforcement

Daily price monitoring, alerts, and violator dossiers: report, dashboard, or API.

outcome

What you get

Oversight of how your pricing policy holds up: facts for every product, seller, and sales channel.

Violation report

Who deviated from MSRP or MAP, where, and by how much: for every SKU, seller, and channel.

Violator dossiers

Deviation history for every seller: an evidence base for claims and penalties.

Alerts

Notification the day a violation appears: by email, messenger, or API.

Screenshots

Dated page captures showing the price: evidence for claims and negotiations.

related services

What else we can offer

MSRP enforcement is part of a larger e-commerce price monitoring system. We'll assemble a solution for your task.

questions & answers

Questions about MSRP and MAP monitoring

If you don't see the answer you need, send a request: we'll reply within one business day.

What are MSRP and MAP, and how do they differ?

MSRP is the manufacturer's suggested retail price set for retailers; we record deviations from it in both directions. MAP is the minimum advertised price: selling below it is prohibited by contract, so we watch for dumping. Thresholds and tolerances are configured to match your pricing policy.

How do you know it's really my product?

We match products by part numbers, barcodes, names, and attributes. Ambiguous cases are reviewed by a human. Matching accuracy keeps false violations out of the report.

Do you account for promotions and promo codes?

Yes, we record the actual price the shopper pays. Promotions, loyalty-card discounts, and marketplace-funded discounts are split into separate fields. You decide what counts as a violation.

Will the screenshots support enforcement claims?

Screenshots are dated and tied to the page URL. The price, seller, and product are visible in the capture. If litigation is a possibility, we can agree on a hardened evidence format.

How much does MSRP and MAP monitoring cost?

Projects start at $150. The final cost depends on the number of products, the number of channels, check frequency, and report format (see the factor breakdown above). We send an exact estimate and a free trial audit of your SKUs before work begins.

Why does a manufacturer need MSRP monitoring?

One seller's dumping sets off a price war across the whole channel: retailer margins fall, shelves lose interest in the product line, and brand reputation erodes. MSRP monitoring surfaces the first deviation the day it appears. Fighting dumping is easier on day one than a month later. That's why companies keep watch over retail prices continuously.

How often do you check prices?

We tune check frequency to the channel: from once a day to once an hour. During sale seasons the frequency can be raised temporarily. Change history is kept for every product and seller.

Do you file claims against violators yourselves?

No, enforcement stays with your team: you hold the contracts with sellers and the leverage. We supply the oversight toolkit: reports, screenshots, and violation history for every seller. Finding gray-market sellers and protecting brand reputation is covered by brand monitoring.

Do you track competitor prices too?

Within MSRP enforcement we watch your products only. Competitor prices and assortment are captured by online store price monitoring, and marketplaces are covered in detail by marketplace monitoring. Pricing helps you manage your own prices on market data.

get in touch

Need MSRP enforcement? Start with a free audit

Send a few SKUs with their MSRP and MAP. Your project manager will show violations and the report format within one business day.

Emailorder@scraping.pro
LocationsGeorgia · Hong Kong

We'll reply within one business day.