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Auto refresh for restocks and product drops
Restocks can sell out in minutes. Whether you want to sit and watch the product page or be pinged when the Add to cart button comes back, there are two ways to do it.
Watch a product page yourself
- Install the extension. Add Auto Refresh & Page Monitor to Chrome. Auto refresh is free and needs no account.
- Open the page and pick an interval. Click the extension icon, then choose a preset (5s, 15s, 30s, 1m, 5m or 10m) or set your own hours, minutes and seconds. For a drop with a known time, 5 to 15 seconds works. For an item that may come back any time today, 1 to 5 minutes is plenty.
- Press Start. The ring counts down to the next reload. Pause any time, and switch on Hard refresh to skip the browser cache on every reload.
Turn on Hard refresh for shop pages. Product pages are often cached, and a cached “sold out” page is exactly the one you don't want to be looking at.
Get ready before it comes back
Restocks are won in the checkout, not the refresh. Log in, save your address and payment details, and pick your size or colour variant ahead of time so you only have to click once the button appears.
Or let a monitor watch for the restock
Open the product page, tell the AI what you want and leave it. The monitor keeps checking from our servers for up to 30 days, even with your computer off.
- “Let me know when size 10 is back in stock.”
- “Tell me when the Add to cart button appears.”
- “Alert me if this item stops saying sold out.”
The AI looks at the page the way you do, so it can follow a size or colour that matters to you rather than any change on the page. Use WhatsApp or Telegram for restocks so the alert reaches you fast. A monitor that checks every 30 minutes for a week with email alerts costs about 126 credits ($1.26), and the extension shows the exact price before you start.
Questions
Is a monitor or auto refresh better for restocks?
Use auto refresh when you're at your desk and the drop time is known. Use a monitor for items that could come back at any time, so you don't have to keep a tab open.
Can it watch one size or colour?
Yes. Describe the variant you care about and the AI looks for that one, not just any change on the page.
Will every shop work?
Most public product pages do. Some shops block automated visits, and if we can't reach a page we'll let you know. Auto refresh runs in your own browser, so it isn't affected by that.
Does it buy the item for me?
No. It tells you when the page changes, and you complete the purchase yourself.