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Some things are worth knowing the moment they happen.

Just type what you’re looking for in everyday language. We’ll monitor the web and email you the receipts the moment it happens.

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A show near you “Tell me when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play within 3 hours of Grand Rapids.” Use this example in the box aboveApplications open “Tell me when the Knight Science Journalism fellowship opens applications.” Use this example in the box aboveA price drops “Tell me when the Stagg EKG kettle drops below $150.” Use this example in the box aboveBack in stock “Tell me when the Patagonia Better Sweater in medium is back in stock.” Use this example in the box aboveA new job posting “Tell me when Stripe posts a product designer job.” Use this example in the box aboveLowest in a year “Tell me when Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones hit their lowest price in a year.” Use this example in the box aboveTickets on sale “Tell me when tickets go on sale for Hamilton in Chicago.” Use this example in the box aboveA recall “Tell me if the Graco 4Ever car seat is ever recalled.” Use this example in the box aboveIn the news “Tell me when NASA sets a launch date for Artemis III.” Use this example in the box above

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  1. Step 1: Ask in plain words

    Type it the way you’d ask a friend, or paste the page if you have one. Answer a question or two with a click. No settings.

  2. Step 2: See it before you pay

    We run the check today and show what we’d watch, what counts as news, and the fee.

  3. Step 3: Hear from us

    One email when it happens, with quotes and links as proof. We check daily to weekly, as it needs, not in real time.

Case brief · Sample Watching

Yeah Yeah Yeahs play near Grand Rapids

You asked
“Tell me when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play within 3 hours of Grand Rapids.”
We watch
A web search, daily to weekly, and the pages it finds
A match is
A new show in a town within 3 hours, with its date
Terms
Daily · 3 months · $2.99 once
Last checked today 09:14 · Ends Nov 30

Pay once.

No subscription, no auto-renew. The fee covers the watching, match or not. Full refund if we can’t start or you cancel within 24 hours.

3 months $2.99 Checked daily to weekly
1 year $7.99 Checked daily to weekly
3 years $17.99 Checked daily to weekly

Questions

What can you watch?

Almost anything that gets published on the public web: a price dropping or hitting its lowest in a year, something back in stock, a new job posting or rental listing, tickets going on sale, applications opening, a band playing near you, a recall, a bill becoming law, a person or company in the news. Ask in plain words. We search the web and read the top pages it finds, or we check up to three pages or feeds you name. Before you pay, we run the check and show you what we can see today.

How is this different from a page-change alert?

A page-change alert tells you a page changed, and you read it to find out if it matters. Most changes don’t: a new banner, a moved menu, a date in the footer. We watch for the thing you asked about, not the page. We search the whole web for it, so you don’t have to know which page will have the news, and we only email when a page actually says it, quoted word for word.

How do you know it really happened?

Every email quotes the page word for word and links to it. Before we send one, code checks that each quote is really on the page we read, that it covers everything you asked for, and that it wasn’t already there when you started. For web searches a second reader must agree too; if they disagree, we don’t email and a person reviews it.

What if you can’t do it?

Then we tell you before you pay. If a page needs a login or blocks automated checks, if the web doesn’t write about what you’re asking, or if we can’t read a price for your product (some big shops, like Amazon, block us), we won’t take the case. If we accept a paid case and then can’t start it, you get a full refund.

Is this real-time?

No. We check prices and pages you name about once every 24 hours. Other web searches run daily when the results say it could happen soon, otherwise every few days, never more than a week apart. Your case page shows the next check. When we find a match, we email you with the evidence we saw and when we saw it.

What won’t you do?

We don’t log in to sites, get past paywalls or CAPTCHAs, or act for you — no purchases, bookings, applications or messages. We only see what’s published on the public web, and we check at most once a day, so don’t rely on us for emergencies.