About Scout
Last updated 13 August 2026
Scout is a price comparison tool. You describe what you want to buy in plain English — cheap headphones, 27 inch monitor under $200 — and it checks what shops are charging right now, then shows you the cheapest option and the best-value one side by side.
Who runs it
Scout is built and run by Trey Kuehnle. It's an independent project, not a company with a support department — if something's broken or wrong, the email below reaches a person who can fix it.
Reach me at scoutfindr@gmail.com.
Where the prices come from
Prices are pulled live from Google Shopping's product index at the moment you search. Nothing is stored and re-served as current — every price you see was fetched seconds earlier.
That said, retailers change prices constantly, and stock moves faster than any index. Always check the price on the shop's own page before buying. If there's a difference, the shop's page is the real one.
What "best value" means
The cheapest listing is often not the one worth buying. A $29 pair of headphones with eleven reviews is a different proposition from a $248 pair with twelve thousand.
So Scout scores every listing on two things: how its price compares to the typical price for that search, and how well reviewed it is — weighted by how many people actually left a review, because five stars from three people means very little. A price far below the typical one is treated as suspicious rather than excellent, since it usually means a different or counterfeit product.
Both picks are always shown. If you want the cheapest, it's labelled. Scout just won't pretend the cheapest is automatically the best.
Price history
Every search records what things cost that day. Search the same product again later and you'll see whether it's gone up or down, and the lowest price Scout has ever seen for it. The history builds from real searches, so it gets more useful the more the tool is used.
What Scout isn't
- It doesn't sell anything or process payments. You buy from the shop.
- It doesn't cover every retailer — only what appears in the shopping index.
- It isn't a review site. Ratings shown come from the shops themselves.
- It can't guarantee a price, stock level, or that a seller is reputable.
How it pays for itself
Some links may earn a commission if you buy through them. That never changes the price you pay, and it never affects the ranking. The full explanation is on how we make money.