Price alerts for pet food
Pet food comes in big bags, and that is where the price per kilo stops being obvious. A 10 kg sack is not automatically cheaper than two 4 kg sacks, and the order changes as soon as one shop runs an offer. DipCatch does that sum every few hours, so you do not have to do it in the aisle.
What this looks like
A 10 kg sack of dry cat food is €44.99 at zooplus.nl and €39.95 at bol.com. Per kilo that is €4.50 against €4.00, so the same food costs 11 percent less at the second shop. Pick €38 as your price and you hear about it when either one gets there.
Getting the most out of it
- Follow the big sack and the small bag as two products. Then compare them per kilo instead of guessing which one is better value.
- Pick a price you would really reorder at. Pet food keeps, so there is no reason to buy at the top of the range.
- Watch for the warning on the product page. Two shops can list the same food in different pack sizes.
Shops we know well
- Zooplus
- Zooplus.co.uk
- Bitiba
- Dierapotheker
- Pets Place
- Medpets
- Welkoop
- Pets at Home
- Fressnapf
- Maxi Zoo
- bol.com
- Amazon.nl
- Albert Heijn
- Jumbo
Paste a product link from any other shop as well. Most shops work. We only set a shop up ourselves when its page is too tricky to read otherwise.
Common questions
Which pet shops work?
Paste a pet-shop or supermarket link. Most shops work. We set up Zooplus, Bitiba, Dierapotheker, Pets Place, Medpets, Welkoop, Pets at Home, bol.com, Amazon, Albert Heijn and Jumbo ourselves. Many smaller pet shops work straight from what is on the page.
Can it compare sack sizes?
That is the point of the page. DipCatch shows price per kilo next to the shelf price, so a bulk sack and a small bag can be judged against each other.
Does it track litter and treats too?
Anything with a product page and a price. If you buy it more than once, it is worth tracking.
Does it handle subscription or auto-delivery prices?
DipCatch reads the price on the product page. A discount that only appears in your basket is not there yet. So read the alert as the normal price, and take your own discount off it.
How many shops can I compare per product?
Four on the free plan, and as many as you like on Pro. Three is usually enough: the ranking rarely changes below that.
Can I get one mail a day rather than one per drop?
That is what you get by default. One email a day, grouped per product, at 09:00 in your own time.