Learn how to use the Acuity Pricing OnSite browser extension.
Acuity Pricing OnSite will enable you to instantly react to competitor pricing and promotions directly from a retailer website. OnSite can be downloaded from the platform and used with the same login credentials.
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Users can utilise this tool on competitor websites to:
- Assess what the current prices in the market are
- Assess price competitiveness across retailers
- Review product assortment
Once enabled, OnSite will sit in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and will activate when you navigate to a licensed retailer’s site. To turn it on and off, simply click the Acuity eye icon in your extensions bar.
Cheapest mode
There are two price options on OnSite, Cheapest and Difference, which you can select from the dropdown menu.
With the Cheapest view enabled, coloured boxes will appear surrounding the products on the retailer website.
Products in green are cheapest / joint cheapest in the retailer you are viewing compared with the other retailers you are licensed to view. A trophy will also appear to show this.
Products outlined in red are more expensive in the retailer you are viewing, compared with the other retailers you are licensed to view.
If more than one retailer has the cheapest price, hover your mouse over the price to see a breakdown of the retailers.
Opening the OnSite sidebar will give further insight into the price competitiveness across retailers. Simply click on the OnSite logo in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to launch.
Click into any of the products to see additional details such as promotions, changes in price and last seen date for the website you are on and the cheapest retailer.
Click on the arrow next to the retailer's name to view a pricing ladder comparing all retailers' pricing.
Once in this view, you can click on the Pricing History button to see the data trended over time. This includes all retailers in your selection as well as a line highlighting the cheapest price. Hover your mouse over the pricing history to view the details including promotions.
Difference mode
You can also view one retailer directly to another. Click on the OnSite button, select Difference and the retailer you would like to compare against.
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With the Difference view enabled, coloured boxes will appear surrounding the products on the retailer website.
Products outlined in green are cheapest or the same price in the retailer you are viewing compared with the retailer you are comparing against. If that retailer is the cheapest retailer compared with all retailers in the selection, a trophy will also appear.
Products outlined in red are more expensive in the retailer you are viewing, compared with the retailer you are comparing against.
Products outlined in grey are not sold in the retailer you are comparing against.
From this view you can still click onto products within the OnSite sidebar to see additional details, including access to the pricing ladder and Pricing History views.
OnSite settings
You can amend your OnSite settings by clicking on your username at the top of the sidebar. Here you can ratio adjust pricing, change the price type, change the date range, and select the price normalisation mode you would like to see.
Click the Highlights tab to invert the red/green colouring or remove it entirely.