Chronos Price Tracker

Drawing inspiration from the 'E-Commerce Pricing' scraper, 'Hyperion's' intricate lore and sense of enduring history, and 'Memento's' fragmented yet revelatory timeline, the 'Chronos Price Tracker' project aims to empower consumers in the e-commerce landscape. Imagine a tool that, instead of just showing current prices, reveals the 'story' of a product's price over time. Users can input a product URL from a supported e-commerce platform, and the tool will scrape and store its historical price data. This data is then presented in a visually intuitive timeline, akin to the non-linear narrative structure of 'Memento.' This allows users to identify genuine sale periods, understand price seasonality (e.g., Black Friday drops, holiday surges), and even predict future price movements with a degree of probability. The 'Hyperion' influence comes in the concept of an enduring narrative – the 'price story' of a product, which unfolds over its lifecycle. Implementation would involve web scraping libraries (like BeautifulSoup or Scrapy in Python), a simple database (like SQLite or a free tier cloud database like Firestore) to store the historical data, and a basic front-end (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) to display the timeline. The niche aspect lies in focusing on historical price analysis rather than just current price comparison. The low-cost implementation leverages free scraping tools and open-source databases. High earning potential can be realized through a freemium model: a free tier offering basic tracking for a limited number of products, and a premium subscription unlocking unlimited tracking, advanced analytics, price drop alerts, and possibly even AI-driven price prediction models. This caters to bargain hunters, budget-conscious shoppers, and those looking to make strategic purchases, a significant and often underserved segment of the e-commerce market.