That '70% Off' on AliExpress — Is It Real? Now You Can Check.

Quick answer: AliShopping's Price Tracker records one real price snapshot per day for any AliExpress product you choose — for up to 180 days. Free during beta (20 products, login required). You see what the product actually cost over time, not what the seller claims it used to cost. Install AliShopping Tools on the Chrome Web Store →

You find a wireless earbud case on AliExpress. The listing says $39.99 now $11.99 — "70% off, sale ends in 2 hours."

Your gut says: that original price was never $39.99.

You are probably right. But you have no way to prove it. AliExpress does not show you what the product cost yesterday, last week, or last month. The only price history on the page is the one the seller wrote — and the seller has every reason to make the discount look as large as possible.

This is the problem the AliShopping Price Tracker solves.

The discount game, and why it works

Here is what happens before every major AliExpress sale event:

A product normally sells for $12. Two weeks before the sale, the seller quietly raises the listed price to $35. On sale day, they "discount" it to $11.50. The badge now reads "67% off." The countdown timer adds urgency. You feel like you are getting a deal.

You are paying roughly what the product always costs.

This is not a secret. Experienced AliExpress buyers know it happens. The problem is that knowing it happens in general does not help you with the specific product in your cart right now. You need the actual price history for that product — and until now, you did not have it.

What the Price Tracker actually gives you

Once you tap "Track" on any AliExpress product, AliShopping starts recording:

• One price snapshot per day, automatically. You do not need to visit the product page. The price is checked and stored whether you open your browser or not.
• Up to 180 days of history. Six months. Enough to see through two or three sale cycles and know what the product genuinely costs in between.
• Prices we recorded ourselves. The chart is built from independent observations — not the seller's "original price," not a number from a third party. If we did not observe it, it is not on the chart.

You get a simple line chart. The lowest price recorded. The typical price. Where today's price sits relative to both. That is it — no scores, no badges, no "buy now" pressure from us. Just the data.

Three moments where this changes how you shop

1. "Should I buy now or wait?"

You are looking at a phone case for $8.40. You have been thinking about it for a week. Is this the normal price, or did it just drop? With 30 or 60 days of price history, you can see whether $8.40 is the floor, the ceiling, or somewhere in between. If a big sale event is two weeks away and the price has been flat at $8 for months, waiting might save you nothing. If the price was $5 three weeks ago, you know a lower price is possible.

2. "Is this sale real?"

11.11, Summer Sale, Anniversary Sale — AliExpress runs sale events constantly. The Price Tracker turns "70% off" from a claim into a verifiable fact. If the price was $12 for the past 90 days and it is now $11.50, you know the sale is cosmetic. If it was $15 for three months and just dropped to $9, that is a real cut. The chart does not lie.

3. "I saw this cheaper before"

You remember a product being cheaper last month, but you are not sure. Memory is unreliable — maybe you are thinking of a different listing, maybe the price included a coupon. The tracker removes the guesswork. Scroll back on the chart. Either the lower price is there or it is not.

How to start tracking a product

1. Open any AliExpress product page in Chrome with the AliShopping extension installed.
2. Click "Track Price" in the AliShopping panel. One click. Done.
3. Check "My Traces" anytime — see every product you are following, today's price, and the full history chart.

You choose what to track. You can stop tracking anytime. Your data is exportable as JSON or CSV whenever you want it.

Free beta — what you get

• Free — no payment, no credit card, no trial that expires into a charge
• 20 product slots — enough to cover the items you are actually considering
• 180 days of history per product
• Login required — so your tracked products persist across devices and sessions
• Export anytime — your data, your format, your decision

What we will not do

We will not tell you to buy. We will not add fake urgency. We will not hide the data behind a paywall during beta and then surprise you.

The Price Tracker shows you what a product costs over time. What you do with that information is your call. That is the entire point — you have the evidence, you make the decision.

Get access

The Price Tracker beta is in final testing. To get it the moment it opens:

1. Install AliShopping Tools — free Chrome extension
2. Log in to your AliShopping account inside the extension
3. Access will be enabled automatically when the beta opens

No waitlist. No email drip. No "enter your phone number." Install, log in, done.

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Suggested social share: AliExpress sellers control the "original price" — so how do you know if 70% off is real? AliShopping's free Price Tracker records the actual price every day for 180 days. Now you can check before you buy.

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