Auto Refresh

Use case

Know the second it is back in stock

Point the extension at a product page, tell it which wording means buyable, and let it reload while you do something else.

Add to Chrome

Why this has to run in your browser

Plenty of retailers show different stock to signed-in customers, region-lock their pages, or sit behind a bot check that a server-side crawler trips instantly. Running in your own logged-in session sidesteps all three, because the page sees an ordinary browser doing ordinary things.

Suggested setup

Interval
10–20 seconds, randomised so the rhythm is not robotic
What to watch
In Stock OR "Add to Cart" AND NOT "Sold Out"
Trigger
Alert when it appears
Alerts
Sound plus bring the tab to the front; add email if you will be away from the machine

Step by step

  1. 1Open the product page and start a refresh at 15 seconds.
  2. 2Grant this one site access so the extension can read the page.
  3. 3Add the restock template, or type the exact wording the page uses when the item is available.
  4. 4Turn on captcha detection so it pauses instead of hammering a challenge page.

If the page you want to watch is public and you need it checked while your computer is off, this extension is the wrong tool — Pulse runs the same kind of check on a server.