Camelcamelcamel

{{Short description|Amazon price-tracking website}}

{{Infobox website

| name = CamelCamelCamel

| logo = Camelcamelcamel-logo.png

| screenshot = CamelCamelCamel_homepage_screen_shot.jpg

| language = English, Spanish, French, German, Italian

| area_served = Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

| founder = Daniel Green

| url = {{URL|camelcamelcamel.com}}

| launched = {{start date and age|2008}}

}}

Camelcamelcamel is a website that tracks prices of products sold on Amazon.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/207192/Track_Amazon_Price_Drops_with_Camelcamelcamel.html |title=Track Amazon Price Drops with Camelcamelcamel |website=PCWorld}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-12-05/amazon-discount-tracker-camelcamelcamel-tips-users-to-deals |title=Amazon Discount Tracker - Camelcamelcamel Tips User to Deals|website=Bloomberg|date=6 December 2013 }} Founded by Daniel Green{{Cite web|url=https://camelcamelcamel.com/about|title=About camelcamelcamel|website=camelcamelcamel.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5xuniu/im_the_founder_of_camelcamelcamel_ama/|title=r/IAmA - I'm the founder of camelcamelcamel, AMA!|website=reddit|date=6 March 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-06}} in 2008 and developed by Cosmic Shovel Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://stolasinformatica.eu/shopping/camelcamelcamel-controlla-prezzi-amazon/|title=Camelcamelcamel - Compra su Amazon a prezzi bassi|date=2019-11-28|website=Stolas Informatica|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-11-28}}

In 2015 it was voted as the most popular price tracking tool among Lifehacker readers.{{Cite web |url=http://lifehacker.com/five-best-price-tracking-tools-1692745053/1693679036 |title=Most Popular Price Tracking Tool: CamelCamelCamel |website=Lifehacker|date=25 March 2015 }}

Due to a failure of three hard drives on the database server on January 26, 2019, the service was unavailable for several days. The service itself listed a breakdown of the costs needed to recover the service.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic they agreed to Amazon's request to stop tracking prices in select regions.{{Cite web|url=https://camelcamelcamel.com/blog/amazon-eu-covid-19|website=camelcamelcamel.com|title=Amazon EU + COVID-19|date=25 March 2020 |access-date=2020-07-15}}

According to Cosmic Shovel Inc., the overall maintenance of camelcamelcamel amounts to about $11,000 per month.{{Cite web|url=https://camelcamelcamel.com/donate|website=camelcamelcamel.com|title=Donation Page|access-date=2023-04-11}}